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...tech-savvy Japan, cell-phone commerce is an $83 billion industry. The leader is Xavel, which launched girlswalker.com the first free-of-charge cell-phone consumer portal. Six years later, it's the country's most popular cell-phone shopping site, garnering 100 million hits a day. Its partner, girlsauction.com boasts 1.5 million members and $43 million in monthly cell-phone transactions. "If I was going to do business, I was going to do it with women in their 20s and 30s," says CEO Fumitaro Ohama. "I wondered why nobody thought of it, considering they are such a huge market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boutique in Hand | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...most metrics, the plan has worked brilliantly. Dubai's economy is the healthiest in the Middle East, growing at a 16% annual clip and diversifying well beyond oil (which accounts for just about 6% of GDP). Dubai's ports and free-trade zones bustle. The government has built high-tech centers, including Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, attracting companies from Microsoft to IBM. A research park called DuBiotech is luring drug companies. The Dubai International Financial Center, a "financial free zone," aims to lead the region's securities exchanges, although there will be plenty of competition for that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Dubai Inc. | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...Business Jack Brittain said. “That’s the way it works in academics.” The Utah Science, Technology and Research Economic Development Initiative (USTAR) grants around $200 million for research facilities at two state universities. The plan could potentially lure teams of high-tech researchers to Utah State University and the University of Utah in the hopes of creating spin-off businesses and high paying jobs, The Deseret Morning News reported last week. Increased funding was a major factor in recruiting scientists, but the school provides other potential benefits, according to Brittain...

Author: By Anupriya Singhal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Could Lose Researchers to University of Utah | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...given his 12-year-old son for Christmas, and prepared to watch a downloaded version of 24 for the first time. "Who's going to see anything on this screen?" shrugged the 59-year-old TV producer, whose Law & Order dramas favor gritty, realistic street scenes over high-tech gadgetry and geekspeak. But when Wolf inserted the white earbuds and started watching the 2.5-in. LCD, he had an epiphany. "The screen size became meaningless. I was in the moment. After 30 seconds, I knew it would change the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New TV Land | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Larry focused on...real understanding as opposed to high-tech flashiness,” Miron says, echoing the praise his own students have...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former BU Ec Chair Leaves Tenure, Visits Harvard | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

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