Word: marketization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long will these new investors and new managers continue their symbiotic relationships? So far this year, 30 new Internet companies have come to market, and the buyers have lapped up their deals. Meanwhile, companies with real earnings that have gone public, including Pepsi Bottling Group, one I bought for the long term this week, go flat soon after opening...
Fortunately, two are coming out that are worth a look. The Buzz, Huffy Bicycle's first foray into the market, has got just about everything right. You'll be able to buy one for $649 in the next few weeks at various retail stores and online at Huffy's website www.getabuzz.com) My demo came in the mail--a box neatly packed with a collapsed 48-lb. lime-green electric scooter. I groaned, thinking that hours of assembly were required. They weren't. The scooter, which is powered by a 24-volt battery and belt-drive motor, is an ingenious collection...
...judge from the script by John August (a comer; no, an arriver), Ralph's Market in Hollywood is stocked with sirloin starlets. Katie Holmes, she of the angel-slut face, is there from Dawson's Creek. Sarah Polley--with Creature-from-the-Black-Lagoon eyes and a mouth born to pout (some clever director will cast her as Heather Graham's younger, savvier sister)--is a cashier. Party of Five's dreamboat Scott Wolf is in Polley's check-out line. The film isn't five minutes old and already you suspect you'll be entranced even if it stinks...
...conference calls that are usually organized by a company to discuss its earnings. Making this inside dope more available is the goal of bestcalls.com a new online directory that tracks the many such meetings that are, in fact, often open to all--complete with date, time and phone numbers. Market watchers can enter their favorite stocks, and bestcalls.com will regularly update them with e-mail alerts...
...readers who wrote in suggested some terrific sites. ohmygoodness.com is funny and raunchy--a refreshing alternative to bluemountain.com the cloying market leader; wordwiseweb.com lets you mix and match words to customize such, er, unique greetings as "Amazing Friend" and "Feel Great." My new personal favorite (thanks, Roz!) is bowcreek.com Its sweet and elegant cards can be sent in batches of up to 25 people at once...