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...sometimes numbers alone can paint a pretty clear picture. Take Chemdex.com a vertical e-market based in Palo Alto, Calif., developed for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in 1997. Chemdex is reducing sales and distribution costs industrywide by 20%--more than $4 billion of the total $20 billion global life-sciences research-products market, according to Volpe Brown analyst Finnie. "In effect," he says, "Chemdex is turning around to the chemical producers, and it is saying, 'Congratulations! This is your lucky day. You just won the lottery. Here's a check for $4 billion.' These guys have not seen their...
...fear, uncertainty, doubt) factor that is sure to slow the pace of change at some big corporations never seemed to affect ex-farmer Zaitz, who says radical change suits him just fine. "I grew up on a dairy farm, where everything that happened in your life revolved around the cows," he says. Feeling trapped by the job, Zaitz often wondered, "'Boy, wouldn't it be great if you could go fishing anytime you wanted?' With Farms.com I wanted to create a lifestyle out of this business--and I did." B2B enterprises like his seem certain to keep cropping up until...
...LIFE SPLITS Men and women who divorce in middle age go their separate ways in more ways than one. According to a recent study, women become more assertive, gregarious and optimistic, while men get demoralized and depressed. Study co-author Paul Costa cautions that more research is needed to explain why. Who divorced whom and who gets what may be factors, says Costa, but the phenomenon may be unique to this generation of first-wave baby boomers...
...should breast-feed or bottle-feed an infant. New research shows that infected breast-feeding moms run at least a 10% risk of transmitting the virus to their babies over the course of two years. The greatest chance of infecting a baby: during its first five months of life...
...with my 86-ft. painting F-111. Leo placed young artists' work in good collections and in museums throughout the world, even if he didn't make a big commission. He favored artists more than collectors and offered them stipends. He had a real zest for life. After he collapsed in 1976, the art world thought he was done for. But I'll never forget seeing Leo a year later at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, proudly standing in his tiny swimsuit among the bikini-clad starlets--despite a new pacemaker visible under his chest...