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...internet as a major factor in causing the numbers confusion, specifically weblogs, or “blogs,” that fed early exit poll data to millions of people without warning viewers of the polls’ limitations. Beginning at noon on Election Day, numbers from one-third of the precincts were leaked to blogs...
Mobile-phone makers scored a surprising hit four years ago when they introduced handsets equipped with tiny digital cameras. Today, nearly one-third of the cell phones sold worldwide do double duty as cameras, and that could reach two-thirds by 2009, according to the Boston-based research firm Strategy Analytics. So what will the mobile-phone industry do for an encore...
...industry is gleaming today. Prices are running at 20-year highs, driven by strong demand from a booming China, which is expected to grab up to one-third of steel produced this year for infrastructure and other projects. Last year, estimated global crude steel consumption reached 976,000 metric tons, up 6% from the previous year and 15% from three years earlier. Last month, the $4.02 billion Anglo-Dutch steel producer Corus recorded its first half-yearly profits since its formation five years ago. "We're keeping our feet on the ground," said chief executive Philippe Varin. But "we expect...
...boldest in a series of M&A maneuvers that steel producers hope will help them thrive. According to its owners, the industry's problem was that too many providers made prices too competitive and profits impossible. For example, the world's Top 10 steelmakers supply less than one-third of all steel produced; by comparison, the world's Top 10 automakers have more than 90% of the global auto market. Historically, especially in the U.S., automakers have been able to play off one mill against another to secure lower prices...
...importance of voter turnout is good news for young Democrats. We are the ground troops that enable candidates to reach voters where they live. Every employee of the ACT office where Marinelarena works is under 25. Morgan Simon, who is in charge of one-third of Moving America Forward’s ambitious New Mexico voter registration goal, is 21 years old. In every part of the country, young people are the driving force behind massive voter turnout operations...