Word: giante
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Clear Channel’s treatment of Stern is interesting not because it is a new phenomenon for the media giant, but because it isn?...
...break, and let your voice do the work with Lifeline ($40), a new game from Konami for PlayStation 2 that's voice activated. Set in a futuristic hotel in space that has been attacked by aliens, Lifeline lets players do battle and solve riddles with voice commands. When a giant slug tries to eat you, start destroying it by saying "eye" or "head" to shoot bullets in its direction. Lifeline requires a USB headset (about $30) that plugs into your game box. --By Anita Hamilton
...flash point in the struggle over globalization, and the drama is being played out everywhere, from supermarkets to college cafeterias. A decade-long supply glut has impoverished some 25 million small farmers in 50 countries. Three American multinationals--Kraft, Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee--plus the Swiss giant Nestle together buy almost half the world's beans, and their profits have percolated as farmers' incomes have dripped dry. With human-rights activists crying foul, some consumers are turning to Fair Trade--and away from unfettered "free" trade--as a way to help...
...cost of beans than with the hassle of rejiggering its supply chain. The company is no Scrooge. It pays on average $1.20 per lb. for its high-quality beans, well above average. But most of that money goes to multinational exporters, who buy from middlemen in coffee regions. The giant traders pool beans from small plots and big estates. The anonymous farmer earns a sliver of what Starbucks pays. But Fair Trade's 346 struggling farmer-owned co-ops might need hands-on training and investment to meet Starbucks' specs, an investment the company might find expensive. Indeed, to improve...
StubHub's success has attracted a hungry giant--Ticketmaster, a company that dominates the primary ticket business and is owned by Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp. After StubHub inked deals with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Seattle Mariners and the L.A. Clippers, several Ticketmaster clients asked Diller's company to launch a secondary platform for their season-ticket holders. The game...