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...leaving little room for exchanges to profit. And then there's always the possibility that, like the big automakers, small businesses in the same field could band together and establish their own exchanges, relying less on the dotcoms. It's unlikely this will happen anytime soon, according to Melissa Shore, a senior analyst at Jupiter Research. "The reason proprietary exchanges work with the big automakers is that they dominate the marketplace and suppliers have to come to play," she says. "Small businesses still don't have enough power or money to make that happen...
...Washington appeared more mindful of the diplomatic danger following Monday's Israeli attacks on Gaza, publicly cautioning Israel against an "excessive" response and privately, but through the New York Times, castigating it for the same. The attempt to assume a more even-handed posture may reflect an attempt to shore up Washington's own diplomatic standing in a region where it is regarded as overwhelmingly partial to Israel. But the angry men and women on the Arab street make no distinction between Israel and the U.S., and that makes it even more difficult for Mubarak or Jordan's King Abdullah...
...Ibis, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting In an undisclosed location on our nation's eastern shore. And the Poonsters have the seeming of an opium addict's dreaming, For the lamplight o'er them streaming throws his shadow on their floor; And their souls from out that shadow that lies floating on their floor Shall be lifted--nevermore...
...this country? Election night gave us the most famous double-bungle in recent reporting history. As poor Dan Rather was forced to tell the world that Florida was miss-called in what head statisticians called a "beaut of a mistake," Rather could only grin sheepishly and attempt to shore up the remainder of the journalistic integrity and credibility left in his haggard body. As the hours wore him down, he eventually experienced what could only be described as a full-blown psychotic episode. Mounting pressure forced Dan into cryptic quasi-stream-of-consciousness spewings like "...we won't know until...
...even the boardwalk. A few days after the funeral, I drove out to the Jersey Shore to watch the sunrise. Walking on the familiar wooden slats, I passed the arcade that my parents took me to as a child. There were still a few pinball machines left amid the new video games. Somehow, I didn't have the urge to drop in a single coin. But I did imagine a time when I could take my own kids down to the beach and let them play to their hearts' content...