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Davis didn't invent the JV, but he was one of the first to show how lucrative it can be. Arista's 1989 investment in hip-hop-heavy Bad Boy Records, run by Puff Daddy, and its 1994 investment in R.-and-B. powerhouse LaFace Records, run by L.A. Reid and the producer Babyface, were mere chicken feed: about $3 million apiece. Last year LaFace chalked up sales of more than $75 million and Bad Boy of about $35 million. "Rather than buy companies and pay multiples," says Davis, "we started from scratch and made a relatively modest investment...
...with it, but eventually you have to tell him to shut the hell up. He isn't a danger to anybody. He's just big and loud and arrogant. He's a guy wearing a 38-double-D bra on his head, and all we needed was someone to run the government...
Once again the suspect safety record of Japan's nuclear power industry has been caught in a harsh blue glare. In a nation where memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still painfully strong, and where earthquake faults run under much of the country, Japan still clings to an uneasy reliance on nuclear power. The country has 52 nuclear power plants, which supply more than 35% of the electricity demand. There are plans to build 20 more plants over the next decade. All of that would seem to demand ultra-strict safety standards. But the industry has been plagued by accidents...
...moment. However, most up-and-coming bots have just the sort of customizable features that made his site such a hit. You will, for instance, be able to tell your bot to transact only with companies that offer two-year-warranties or free shipping or that don't run sweatshops in Malaysia...
Another big advance in the works could provide nearly all patients with better than 20/20 vision. Today's lasers, and the computer programs that run them, assume all corneas are more or less spherical. Scientists are developing instruments that will map the entire surface of the cornea and make point-by-point alterations to smooth out individual aberrations. Such carefully customized reshaping of the cornea could make astounding improvements in vision more of a sure thing...