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...compiled by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray sank 95% in the two years following its peak in December 1999. Meanwhile, though, business executives have quietly kept their modems switched on. In a survey early this year of 686 large and mid-size companies, AMR Research of Boston found that about one-third were using some form of online exchange. Another third expected to get involved in the next few years. The businesses investing most heavily in B2B were the largest ones, with the clout to compel smaller partners to follow them into cyberspace. Says AMR's John Bermudez: "Companies have been...
...miles annually, leasing is a good option. Residual values aren't so inflated as they were a few years ago, which means monthly payments are higher. But on a regional basis, there are some sporadic good deals. You're getting one, Spinella says, if you can find a monthly payment on a 36-month lease that's one-third lower than the monthly payment on a 60-month purchase...
...single biggest problem is geographic dispersion,” says Frieden. “Less than one-third of the faculty have offices in the same building. I rarely see the colleagues that are not in my building.” Blackbourn is sympathetic to the government department’s space dilemma. While the history department’s headquarters in Robinson Hall, professors have office space in Coolidge and CES as well. Blackbourn calls the history department a “friendly place to work,” but acknowledges that the geographic reality limits the ability...
...year is only one-third over,” said Cabot House IM Coordinator Susannah K. Graves...
STATINS WORK Already 25 million people worldwide take so-called statin drugs to lower their cholesterol. The largest statin study ever conducted shows that one of them--a drug called Zocor--lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke one-third in high-risk patients (for example, people with diabetes). The big surprise: the drugs worked even when cholesterol levels were normal. The same study looked at whether the antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta-carotene have a similarly beneficial effect. The answer...