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...shopping spree? In part, it's a self-perpetuating cycle. Once a few big companies in an industry join forces, everyone else feels compelled to hook up. (In consumer products, the betting now is that Kimberly-Clark and Colgate will be next.) The buying binge is also being fueled by rising stock prices--and the loads of cash piling up on corporate balance sheets. The S&P 500 is up 40% from its 2002 low, and companies in the index are sitting on $2.3 trillion in cash. Writing dividend checks is one way to spend the largesse. Microsoft paid...
...Broadband's quick start is partly attributable to its unusual business model. Anyone signed up for PCCW broadband Internet access is eligible for a free set-top box to also hook up the same line to his TV. Instead of selling basic cable-style packages, which often force consumers to pay for channels they don't want, PCCW opted to offer a content menu that is almost entirely ? la carte. Fees for individual channels?among them BBC, HBO, the Disney Channel and MTV?start at about $2 a month. Subscribers can readily drop channels and sign...
...undersized Sacred Heart frontcourt that was without Sudanese 7’2 senior Mading Mading, Cusworth poured in a career high 21 points on a staggering 9-of-11 from the floor. Having his way in the low post, the seven-footer hit a variety of turnaround jumpers, hook shots, and power layups to propel Harvard to the victory...
...undersized Sacred Heart frontcourt that was without Sudanese 7’2 senior Mading Mading, Cusworth poured in a career high 21 points on a staggering 9-of-11 from the floor. Having his way in the low post, the seven-footer hit a variety of turnaround jumpers, hook shots, and power layups to propel Harvard to the victory...
...days before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and the inhabitants of a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan are anxious to know when the Americans are coming. They pool all of their radios together to trade for a satellite dish and ask a teenage tech whiz called Satellite to hook it up to a TV so the elders can watch the news. When the boy flips to Fox News, President Bush is on the screen, announcing the start of the war. But there are some things even the most modern technology can't surmount. "What is he saying...