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...digital age, Carp believes, Kodak will make most of its profits after, not before, a picture is taken, helping customers store and print their digital images in all sorts of new ways and charging a premium for the service. That means everything: adding borders or frames, turning color into black-and-white, eliminating red eye and fashioning posters, homemade greeting cards, glossy album pages, calendars, T shirts and maybe even wallpaper...
...criteria, such as the energy source. That prompted EP&L into action. Renewable energy's future is a simple case of demand and supply: if EP&L and others influence consumers to choose renewables, more suppliers will enter the business. And bringing in more suppliers will close the price premium that green energy often carries, which will in turn spark demand...
...Some analysts questioned the steep price Allianz is paying for Dresdner, a 40% premium over the bank's recent share price, but the consensus was that the deal will probably go through. "I think for Dresdner it's a fair price and a graceful exit," says John Leonard, a banking analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in London. The merged company has decided to finesse the problem of what to do with the profitable Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein investment bank. DKW will be floated on the stock market in about three years as an independent entity, but with Allianz keeping a majority...
...term, the concept of an open market of idea transfer services is not just another small perk of the wired world, but could constitute an educational revolution. As students become able to choose the lecturer they like best from an array of possibilities, market forces might actually place a premium on the skills of imparting knowledge. Great teachers might actually be in demand, valued for their rare skills, and might start to be rewarded proportionately to their immense contribution to society. And for students, instead of being forced to take on the responsibility of their education themselves by an institution...
...first line of action, passengers need to be more realistic-and savvier-consumers when it comes to airline travel. Flyers should not expect premium service on a super-saver, $89 fare. What's more, travelers ought to punish poorly performing carriers by diverting their business to other airlines (such as Southwest, Midwest Express and JFK-based Jetblue), which consistently win awards for superior service. And at the most basic level, I can only say that if flying is such an awful experience, then don't fly. The U.S. has plenty of forms of alternate transportation to get you where...