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Are we in for another nasty winter? It's still autumn, but last week a "pineapple express" of soggy Pacific air dumped 2 ft. of snow and drenching rainfall over large portions of the Northwest. The previous week, unseasonably cold air barreling across the Great Lakes picked up moisture and...
"My real prediction is Michigan 42, Ohio State 35," he said, referring to the game between Michigan and its undefeated arch-rival, also to be played today
It's worth noting that establishing growth at a company the size of IBM--with $72 billion in sales last year, it is the 18th largest on the planet--is no mean feat. In fact, to grow at the 7% rate their corporate bosses are planning, IBM's sales force...
Gerstner, in contrast, still believes in big iron. He is making a huge wager that the flood of interest in the Internet and internal networks (intranets) will produce a surge in demand for the sort of giant computers only IBM can make and maintain. The prediction evokes some scary memories...
Does Fidelity's new strategy for expansion--leveraging its massive technology infrastructure to obtain new revenues via benefit plans, human-resources-administration duties and payrolls--raise concerns about the company's focus and privacy issues? Fidelity's access to personal information in these areas would no doubt give the firm...