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...slip to below 10% by 2010. A few retailers like Zappos.com, which sold $600 million worth of shoes and accessories last year, still entice shoppers with free overnight shipping. But that's a big expense for any business to swallow. So more often than not, consumers pay a premium to get goods shipped, and then spend anxious days waiting for their new bathing suit, DVD box set or laptop computer to arrive...
...construct a business model that does not generate revenue," notes Internet analyst David Card of Jupiter Research. Spock aims to get around this problem by offering broader people-search offerings on celebrities, people in the news and general categories like plumbers or singles. Meanwhile, ZoomInfo is selling a premium version of its service to recruiters and businesses. It might help if they got their facts straight first...
...fact, Dimitrijevic thinks emerging-market equities may eventually trade at a premium to developed-market equities. His biggest trade, however, is to buy the Taiwan equity index and pay Taiwan interest-rate swaps to finance it. The audience pounces: Why would an emerging-market specialist rate Taiwan, a market no longer "emerging"? Relative value is the answer. "Against the broader world backdrop, Taiwan is cheap," Dimitrijevic contends, "and financing in Taiwan is ridiculously cheap." Taiwan doesn't share the deflationary problems of neighboring Japan, so long-term interest rates of just over 2% seem crazy, he explains...
...Some corporate deadbeats of a decade ago are back in the market for cash-and investors are happy to stump up, at rock-bottom rates, just as they were before. The risk premium that Asian borrowers have to pay is near historical lows. It's a worrying sign of global exuberance. Ironically, Asia has played a role in stoking dangerous imbalances in the global economy. Its 'dirty-peg' currencies, which ostensibly float but in fact are controlled by central banks, have kept exports higher and imports lower than they would be otherwise. In the case of China, with...
...will be more successful in 10 years." That's bravado, of course, but in itself such self-confidence is a sign that a new, more flexible Germany is bouncing back. HIGH PERFORMANCE With steady increases in production and profits fueling its stock surge, BMW has become the leading premium car brand [This article contains a chart. Please see hardcopy of magazine...