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...Leading the parade, ironically, is Enron, an old energy behemoth that has reinvented itself as a high-tech trading firm dealing in everything from natural gas to Internet bandwidth. In fact, its new 40-story headquarters, designed by Cesar Pelli, will be fronted by a seven-story "podium"--or shorter building--to house what Enron is calling the largest commodities-trading environment in the world...
...first half hour was spent in my office as every member of TIME's tech department had his picture taken with the cup. Then I put it in its case and wheeled it to 48th Street Pawnbrokers, where owner Linda Tillman sized it up. Linda didn't know much about hockey, but she knew the price of silver. She appraised it at $250 and offered us a loan for half that before three businessmen spotted it and came rushing in. Seeing publicity opportunities, Linda raised her bid to $1,000. "No pawnshop pays that much," she assured...
...Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., is wholly foreign-owned, with Wong as CEO and Jiang serving on the board of directors. It broke ground in November and should start producing eight-inch (20 cm) silicon wafers, used to make computer chips, starting late next year. It is Taiwan's biggest high-tech project in China. Just 50 m away, however, a nearly identical plant is under construction, this one owned by one of Taiwan's best-known chipmakers, Richard Chang's Semiconductor Manufacturing International. Combined, the dozen production lines in the two factories should be able to produce about a fifth...
...didn't last. Today Davis is serving a 52-year term at a medium-security correctional facility in Clifton, Tenn. Before the shooting, he had received an academic scholarship to study computer science at Mississippi State University. Instead, he takes a prison course to learn the low-tech skill of computer refurbishment. Dressed in prison blues, Davis spoke to TIME while seated at a small wooden table in a visitor's room, with a security guard standing watch in the corner...
...This is a big hit for a small community," said John S. Airasian, chair of the civic group that developed the Arsenal from a 200-year-old military base into a corporate campus for high-tech and consulting firms...