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...From what I see, there is very little nasty competitive behavior in class," he says. "Almost never does someone say something just to put someone else down. They are much more likely to articulate opinions to advocate a certain point of view...
Mocha's comments point to another difference between little mergers and the monster variety (besides the obvious one of size). Although the conglomerate craze is waning, most big-time mergers still aim at a degree of diversification. But small firms almost always combine with others in the same industry. That, of course, frequently means mergers of direct competitors or potential competitors, like Personify and Anubis. But while trustbusters may try to stop such a merger between two giant competitors or at least attach onerous conditions, they are almost sure to ignore combinations of little competitors. It is difficult to imagine...
...really. Political boundaries have not defined economic relationships on this continent for decades, and the Michigan-Ontario relationship is the paramount case in point. Since the Canada-U.S. auto pact was signed in 1965, the two places have been economically intertwined. Last year two-way trade between Ontario and Michigan amounted to an astonishing $52 billion, much of it related to the automotive industry. The so-called automotive alley of assembly plants and partsmakers that stretches from Toronto and London, Ont., to Detroit is one of the world auto industry's most productive centers. But autos are nothing like...
That's the point. The key reference and utility programs continue to sell well for three reasons: the number of PC owners gets bigger every year; software companies are finding new ways to adapt their products to the Web; and they keep adding new bells and whistles while holding prices in check...
...case this point had escaped anyone, it seems that industry isn't doing the planet any good, and our riverways may be getting the brunt of the abuse. Among the world's largest - and most traveled - waterways, the Yellow River (China), the Colorado River (U.S.) and the segment of the Nile River that runs into the Mediterranean (Africa) are in terrible shape, due mostly to agricultural and industrial run-off, as well as increased rates of evaporation. On the bright(er) side, the relatively sheltered Amazon (South America) and Congo (sub-Saharan Africa) are looking pretty robust. For the moment...