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...speed of innovation depends on whether a newcomer like Google or Qualcomm, both of which are registered bidders, has the money and the will to acquire enough licenses to break into the wireless game and force the telecom companies to break old habits. Sure Google has the cash, but do they really want to get in the labor-intensive business of broadband networks? Already, startup Frontline Wireless, a venture supported by a group of Silicon Valley investors, has gone belly up, unable to secure funding for its intended bid on the discounted public-private D block...
...restrictions were imposed to relieve pressure on the overstretched industry, Li said on Jan. 10 when the changes were announced. "The speed of introducing new aircraft should go hand in hand with the recruitment of new staff and the improvement of safety standards," he said. China clearly needed to change course. Although the market has grown about 10% a year for the past five years, the top three players - China Southern, China Eastern and Air China - are filling less than three-quarters of their seats with paying customers. During a recent price war, tickets were discounted by as much...
...would have been to announce a Great American Renewal, to announce - for starters - that we're going to attack the looming recession by unleashing an army of unemployed construction and manufacturing laborers to insulate every public building in America, replace every incandescent lightbulb, rebuild the rail system for high-speed travel and start building solar and wind farms to provide electricity for our military installations and every other federal building. Or whatever. But something big, something that recognizes that the word United, which appears prominently in the name of our country, is probably the biggest Democratic idea...
...does the U.S. really matter? "If the world economy were a train, we'd now have a greater number of engines pulling that train," says Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's Equity Research. "However, the biggest engine is still the U.S., and as a result, the speed of that train depends...
...getting back to work soon. Hey, what does George Clooney say?" We could actually answer that question, since Clooney, who has taken a leadership role among actors supporting the writers, issued a statement almost immediately: "I'm very pleased with the new agreement and I hope it helps speed up the negotiations with...