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DIED. BERNARD SCHRIEVER, 94, German-born retired general who led the development of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could deliver a nuclear bomb from thousands of miles away; in Washington. Schriever, who also helped develop the Air Force's space program, streamlined its high-tech weaponry operations and oversaw the development of the Atlas, Titan, Thor and Minuteman missiles at the height of the cold war in the 1950s and '60s, when building the ICBM was the military's highest priority...
...seek to land deals to supply the Apples and HPs of the world?and that kills profits. According to Macquarie Securities in Taipei, the net profit margins at six major Taiwan tech companies fell to an average of 2.9% in 2004 from 7% in 2002. One solution to this high-tech death spiral: get big quick, through acquisitions that produce economies of scale along with brand recognition. Other Taiwan companies are striking deals similar to BenQ's. Earlier in June, Taiwan's TPV Technology agreed to buy part of the computer-monitor-and-LCD-TV operation of Dutch electronics giant...
...about 30 days behind schedule in our fund raising . . ." The note looked as if it had been handwritten, yet if Hawkins had personally scribbled all 40,000 letters that went out, terminal writer's cramp would have set in. In fact, the note was run through a high-tech copier that duplicates the script...
...This year Joan Ripple of Las Vegas has purchased more than 200 Home Shopping items, ranging from a mink Teddy bear to a two-inch color TV. Another steady customer, Gloria Jones of Cordova, Tenn., confesses, "I pretty well watch it all the time." Among her TV purchases: a high-tech telephone programmed for speed dialing the Home Shopping Club when the next bargain appears. --By Stephen Koepp. Reported by Elaine Dutka/Los Angeles and Lianne Hart/Houston
...said only that it was one of the worst cases ever involving the diversion of Western computer technology to the Communist world. Clearly, though, the U.S. had been severely stung by East-bloc espionage agents, who had managed to place in Moscow's hands some $11 million worth of high-tech hardware that could be used in space-based missile defenses...