Word: markets
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...Arbor is an extremely Web-savvy market," says Kraner of why it was selected for this experiment, "probably the most Web-savvy Newhouse has. Secondly, with all the high-tech industries in this town, this market is very open to new ideas and new concepts. Third, we want to be the hub of connection. I don't know if you can find a market anywhere that has such passion for its community...
...recent years, as India embraced the free-market philosophy she championed, Devi--disillusioned by political corruption and the decay of her beloved city--devoted herself to charitable work. "Jaipur is ruined," she said in a 2006 interview. "Everybody's just making money." The feudal excess of its royal past had been replaced by the excesses of concentrated wealth and power, and the love of a princess wasn't enough to save...
...momentum as student tech demands mount and budgetary pressures strain campus IT departments. Handing the e-mail keys over to Google helps schools avoid costly server upgrades while capitalizing on Web-based e-mail's popularity among students. Eric Weil, managing partner for Student Monitor, a national college-focused market research firm, says the average college student has two or three personal e-mail addresses, and Gmail's popularity among students has doubled over the past two years. (Read "Google's Chrome: Taking Aim at Microsoft - and the iPhone...
Tons of people were doing this, but there were consequences. Renters were being evicted, through no fault of theirs, with a couple of days' notice when the house finally went on the market. People are now paying a premium to live in apartment buildings, which in Vegas are almost always owned by a corporation. Sure, short selling damages the sellers' credit rating, but they just bought a new house, so they don't care...
...Baucus, the Montanan who chairs the Senate Finance Committee and is a leading player in health-care reform). Montana was said to be ripe for conflict. Local unemployment and the ranks of the uninsured have risen dramatically in the past year as the bubble of the once booming construction market burst, sinking many resort jobs along with building trades and services. (See the top 10 health-care-reform players...