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...Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Finance Committee that will draft the tax bill, waxed philosophical. "In the House of Representatives, the river starts out high in the mountains, very swift-flowing," he said. "As it reaches the Senate, we're a bit downstream. The river moves slower." Grassley predicted a tax bill will become law "before spring turns to summer...
Myth number two: In today's market you'll never get a job. Of more immediate and widespread concern to a cohort of 21-year-olds is the state of the job market. Anyone going through recruiting has probably noticed that hiring is a little slower this year than in years past, and one of course can't help notice that many companies from all different industries and regions are laying off employees. The thing is, a dot-com firing 200 employees, an auto maker closing one plant and a newly-merged company like AOL Time Warner eliminating...
...only a poky 9.6 kbps, the company promises that when its service moves to third-generation wireless technology, 3G, it will blow away anything on your desktop PC. DoCoMo will introduce 3G in Japan this spring and then begin a global rollout in Europe, first using a somewhat slower interim technology. AT&T Wireless plans to offer a version of i-mode later this year...
DoCoMo figured that out early, in part because it's a radical company for Japan. Run by a collection of castoffs and misfits from parent company Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (think of the old AT&T, only slower), DoCoMo isn't bogged down by Japan's sclerotic management style. The company's $175 billion market cap now dwarfs NTT's, and it is projected to earn $3 billion on sales of $39 billion for the fiscal year ending March...
There's a well-known problem with the FAS student network. Namely, it's slower than Storrow Drive after a Sox game. Unfortunately, the proposed solution stands to benefit only the technically inclined at the expense of everyone else...