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During his long career with Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, Paul Otellini has had a catbird-seat view of the remarkable social and business changes wrought by the information technology revolution. Now Intel's CEO, he has also witnessed some of the tech industry's biggest setbacks, such as the implosion of the dotcom bubble in 2000 that plunged the U.S. into recession. In an recent interview with TIME senior editor Jim Erickson, Otellini discussed some of the differences between the dotcom bust and the current global financial crisis - and whether technology's Next Big Thing can help...
...Palin wants to stay in Alaska politics, however, there's only one good job other than governor: U.S. Senator. It seems unlikely that she would run this quickly for Ted Stevens? seat if he wins his tight election and subsequently is forced out of the Senate. She needs time to recuperate and, frankly, to study up on the issues. But in 2010, Republican Lisa Murkowski will be up for re-election. Palin's broad popularity in Alaska (her approval rating at home is still in the 60s despite her turbulent autumn) wouldn't change the fact that Murkowski, whose approval...
Risch defeated four rivals to fill the seat vacated by Senator Larry Craig, who retired after getting ensnarled in a sex scandal. Risch, a Republican and former lieutenant governor, ran on a tax-cut platform but had to defend himself against charges that he had ducked the Vietnam draft...
Democrat Udall beat former Congressman Bob Schaffer for a vacant seat. The son of longtime Arizona Congressman Mo Udall, who mentored John McCain, he benefited from his 2002 House vote against the Iraq invasion and from his green cred, which allowed him to tar his opponent...
...joins cousin Mark in the Senate after 10 years in the House. Udall replaces Republican budget hawk Pete Domenici, who had held the seat since 1972. The former state attorney general beat Representative Steve Pearce, who labeled himself "very conservative" in an election that wasn...