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...hypermarkets. Thirteen months later, it picked up a second German chain, Interspar. In June 1999 it paid $10.8 billion for Asda, Britain's No. 3 supermarket chain. Expectations were high that Wal-Mart would quickly become a major European presence by leveraging its super-efficient sales techniques, high-tech inventory-tracking systems and global sourcing prowess...
...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...
...citing Harvard's record endowment, and MIT's recent acquisition of Tech Square, the councillors all agreed that each university owed more to the city...
This is the Disney version of South Park: cheeky, sketchily drawn kids in conflict with clueless, tyrannical adults. Given its auspices, Recess is infinitely less transgressive than the competition; its dialogue will not bring a blush to a parentally guiding grownup's cheek. Here, summer vacation is under high-tech threat from a rogue teacher--vocally characterized by a comically nasty James Woods--who is easily thwarted by the busy brats. It's a weightless, but not entirely feckless, way to pass a rainy afternoon when your kids are whiney and restless...
...Well, techs have had too much bad news of their own lately to really move on a rate cut. But as the problems are increasingly blamed on the overall economic picture, we're probably somewhere near the bottom for tech stocks, whether or not we're there just...