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...this new wave of mobile start-ups is finding ways to release consumers from the carriers' grip--by using the Web to get around carrier control and by training users to switch carriers for better add-ons. Other new services, though, still rely on the carriers because they are installed on phones or piggyback on the carriers' networks...
...Bloomberg said in his statement last night that his plans for the future haven't changed, and he's been saying for months that he has no plans to run for President. He said his official switch to political independence simply "brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead this city." And it's true: Bloomberg has been a studiously non-partisan and unusually effective mayor, working with Democrats as well as Republicans - yes, the city still has a few - on big initiatives dealing with education, housing, health, guns, campaign finance and global...
...sell more to their customer base," says Chris Hitchings, an analyst who covers ING for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in London. By offering checking accounts and online bill payment, ING Direct gives its customers more reasons to stay put: once they set all that up, they are less likely to switch banks for half a percentage point of interest...
...they don't, Abdallah is only going to get better at what he does, with deadly consequences for American soldiers. The terrorism geek has come a long way since our previous meeting. To demonstrate his prowess, he produces a black briefcase-size device with Japanese markings and flicks a switch on its side. He claims that the device is similar to those used by U.S. troops to block cellular signals around IEDs and disable bombs wired to detonate with a cell-phone call. Abdallah says he was given the device by a Saudi militant who asked him to find...
...She’s an all-star switch hitter,” says Robert D. Putnam, the Malkin professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Putnam has known Keohane for more than 40 years and managed the 1972 Palo Alto Little League champions with her husband...