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...another potentially powerful player in the PC processor market is the PowerPC, jointly developed by IBM, Apple and Motorola. Like the Alpha, the PowerPC belongs to the clan of CPUs that has as its motto "Simple Is Beautiful." Known as reduced instruction set computers (RISC), these systems attempt to execute simple-instructions as fast as possible...
HANGING OUT A "HELP WANTED" sign for a new chief executive officer at a company like International Business Machines should have brought a long line of eager job seekers. It did not. Instead many chief executives, including Apple Computer's John Sculley and Motorola's George Fisher, went out of their way to avoid being drafted. The Big Blue board eventually settled on Louis Gerstner, chairman of RJR Nabisco, although he has absolutely no computer- industry experience. Gerstner's main qualification is his ability to turn companies around by cutting costs, but he will have his work...
...joins a Who's Who of U.S. companies entering or expanding in China. Among them are Motorola, McDonald's, Nike and Ford Motor. Coca-Cola greatly enhanced its Chinese presence by agreeing to build or upgrade 10 bottling plants in the interior of the country. And that's only a small start toward quenching a billion thirsts...
...global competition heats up, spying among allies will grow more intense, says Peter Schweizer, author of the recently published book, Friendly Spies. Despite its persistent denials, Schweizer says the U.S. intelligence community has spied on friends and allies in the past. And American companies, such as Motorola, are setting up their own business-intelligence units. "In the new world order," he says, "yesterday's political allies are today's economic competitors." Schweizer foresees a fundamental shift in intelligence priorities. "Business secrets have become more vital than military secrets," he says. "And counting machine tools is now more important than tracking...
...cellular-phone controversy could put a crimp in the industry's plans for growth. Motorola wants to build more powerful phones that can bounce their signals off low-flying satellites. Apple and AT&T plan to connect pocket phones, laptop computers and electronic notepads through a "wireless world" of microwaves. But before consumers buy into a pervasive network of cellular devices, they might well demand some answers about the one that is already in place...