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...billion. And the parade is just beginning - future candidates include WorldCom, which lists $50 billion in potentially-impaired goodwill but is only worth $42.7 billion in the market, and AT&T, still sporting $24.8 billion of goodwill from its hostile takeover of MediaOne in 1999. (Notice a lot of tech and telecom companies...
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Richard Doherty, who analyzes digital-technology trends for the Envisioneering Group in Seaford, N.Y., observes, "Now that Cuban is clearly in the tech and marketing lead, the broadcasters are taking notice. He's been more effective in the last seven months than companies 100 times his size have been in the last seven years." Cuban's efforts got a big boost two weeks ago, when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell pressed the TV industry to roll out HDTV more quickly...
...handy around the hometown as well. Tim Bajarin, president of the tech consultancy Creative Strategies, frequently finds himself strapped for time, unable to get back to the office between meetings. "So when I know I've got a 45-minute break, I head to Starbucks," he says. "I log on, check my e-mail, come up to speed on information that I need and head off to my next meeting...
...bulk goods are stacked on pallets and sold to the public wholesale. The mammoth Wal-Mart chain?annual revenues of $218 billion made it the largest company on this year's FORTUNE 500 list?emphasizes customer service to bring in the crowds while keeping prices in check with high-tech inventory management?and by using its clout to cow suppliers. Charles Holley, senior vice president for Wal-Mart International, calls his company's formula for wringing profits out of low-margin merchandise "the productivity loop...