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With each day's news reminding executives of how hellish the world can be, more and more of them are deciding that traditional "cops and locks" security will no longer suffice. A growing number of businesses are emulating the CIA and FBI in the inexact art of intelligence collection and...
The demand has come mostly from manufacturers of PCs, next-generation cell phones and consumer electronics, including ever more sophisticated game consoles such as Xbox and GameCube. But telecom companies have stepped up their pace too. "Later in the year, we could see a real surprise," says analyst Chris Chaney...
It is no surprise that a onetime oilman is pro-business. Critics say his reason for refusing to give Congress a list of industry executives who met with Cheney's task force is to hide ties with financial interests-a charge Bush and Cheney dispute.
Another task-force surprise was a recommendation that the government review its lawsuits against several power companies accused of ignoring legally mandated pollution controls on renovated plants. Six utilities, including gigantic Southern Co. of Atlanta, hired ex-R.N.C. chairman Haley Barbour to lobby for the relaxation of controls. While...
The cynic may suggest that the Academy Awards are just another publicity stunt orchestrated by that most commercial of institutions—Hollywood—in our most commercial of societies. Just look at two of the Best Picture winners over the last decade. Titanic and Gladiator are epic blockbusters...