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President Bush arrived in Botswana for a party. Normally when Air Force One wings into a foreign country, the President is met by strings of troops snapped at attention. Here, the American President was greeted not with troops but with little pockets of bright local color.
“I strongly believe in the ideas and principles that go back to the New Deal and the social security act of 1935,” she says. “Cambridge is an economically solvent system overall, but there are several pockets that are not reaping the...
"When the economy isn't allowing you to get any bigger, the risk of staying a small fish in the pond is pretty big," says Tom Topolinski, vice president of the Gartner research firm. Already, 25% of the software manufacturers in existence in 2000 have disappeared, mostly by burning through...
Ellison may have some of the deepest pockets in his industry. Oracle boasts $5 billion cash on hand and $9 billion in annual revenues, and its net income increased 31% in the most recent quarter. But Ellison also faces a whole range of challenges. His biggest asset is Oracle's...
Unlike giant defense contractors, many extreme-sports-gear companies are privately held and can't afford to hire Washington lobbyists or navigate the thickets of red tape involved in bidding for government contracts. Instead, they're getting their gear into military exchanges and booking sales to individual troops who want...