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White-hot competition is another part of the equation, and it's a jarring reality pretty much across the tech board. Success breeds imitators. Imitators flood the market with goods. Prices (and profits) come down. Again, take Intel. It supplies nearly 90% of the microprocessors in PCs worldwide--a more commanding grip than even Microsoft's stranglehold on PC operating systems. But to protect its position, Intel has cut semiconductor prices faster than anyone expected as rivals Cyrix and Advanced Micro Devices compete furiously to supply cheaper components for the $1,000 PCs now taking the world by storm. Intel...
TOKYO: It was good while it lasted, but it didn't last long. Wednesday saw the Japanese prime minister unveil plans for a $15.46 billion income-tax cut, which earned a stock market vote of confidence; Thursday, however, profit-taking sent Tokyo stocks back into the hole. The Nikkei 225 index fell 379.42 points, or 2.3 percent, to close at 16161.64. The previous day's party had the index jumping 3.5 percent...
Rice Will Miss Playoffs What does it profit a team to win home field but lose Jerry Rice? The Niners find out after their star receiver cracks a bone in his surgically repaired left knee during the team's 34-17 rout of the Broncos, CNNSI reports...
...only distantly related media. TV appeals to the broad middle-aged, movies to the young and younger. The living room is the woman's domain, the cineplex a guys' clubhouse. TV bathes in social reassurance; movies strut toward sociopathic threat. Not many performers commute between the two with much profit or comfort. Yet Hunt has one of the 10 highest Q ratings (recognizability plus likability) of all women in entertainment, and her most recent movie, Twister, was the second top-grossing film...
...Michael Eisner's estimated profit from last week's sale of Disney stock options granted...