Word: marketed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great benefit, a great recruiting and retention tool in a tight labor market," says Doherty...
...things right, including a national budget surplus and an enduring expansion without much inflation. But most enlightening by far is that the 57 stocks in their portfolio walloped the S&P 500 over 10 years, proving again that patience--not brilliance--is the way to prosper in the stock market...
...stern words are soothing balm. Gates claims that this case is about whether U.S. companies will be permitted to benefit consumers through constant innovation and improvement. But it is Microsoft, not the government, that has stifled innovation and injured the consumer. And while we can all support a fair market, leveling a playing field dominated by Mount Microsoft is a daunting project of uncertain outcome. As a computer user, I will know how to judge the success of this case--an operating system that truly works. SHELDON DANIELSON Boulder, Colo...
...month Nissan announced a sweeping restructuring with thousands of job cuts, and last week it reported a $3 billion loss, one of the biggest in history. The overwhelming reaction among Japan watchers was...jubilation. These days each time Mitsubishi, NEC or Hitachi announces a plant closing, the Tokyo stock market surges higher. Economists now cheer as banks that once could have bought small countries desperately merge or plead for a white knight (even foreigners are welcome) to save them from insolvency. Behind this seemingly misplaced optimism in Japan's ailing economy, however, is not so much faith in the ability...
...racked by restructuring woes, new start-ups emerge every day in Japan. To be sure, their ranks are puny by U.S. standards, but the movement seems to have taken hold. This fall 2,300 enthusiasts turned out for a meeting promoting the establishment of a NASDAQ over-the-counter market in Japan. Old business models are being tossed aside like yesterday's sashimi. The hero of a popular novel is the young president of a chain of bars. One of Japan's biggest growth industries is continuing education. And Tokyo's newspapers are filled with ads for night schools designed...