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...gleaming loafers--and in the incongruous mishmash of mud-brick shacks and shiny white-tiled houses with satellite dishes lining the streets of Xiaoli. "You can tell who raided the best tombs just by looking at their houses," says Little Su. The richest citizens even have big-screen TVs and video-game machines. Little Su's favorite game? Tomb Raider...
...your neighborhood and displays alerts right on the screen. When something is brewing, whether it's an approaching tsunami or a mishap at a nuclear-power plant, the TV translates government-issued radio codes into text messages, audio alarms and colored warning lights (green, yellow, orange and red). The TVs are available now and range from a 20-in. model for $299 to a 32in. for $849. If they get cheap enough, some day you may find them in the same aisle as flashlights, bottled water and duct tape...
...more likely to get along. Once or twice a year, store managers and assistants are taken to corporate retreats, where they spend a good deal of their time doing silly activities like making small boats out of cardboard, tape and empty milk cartons. Salesmen are encouraged to tune TVs in their stores to sports events, set up putting greens, throw around Nerf footballs and take in doughnuts or pizza for themselves and the customers...
DELL GOES HOME The top computer maker wants to sell you flat-screen TVs and MP3 players. Should Sony be quaking...
Dell is approaching its latest challenge with characteristic swagger. Consumer electronics is cutthroat, goes the knock, and selling high-ticket TVs online won't be easy. Shoppers like to see their TVs before buying. "Yeah, I heard that about computers too," says Dell dismissively. As the only computer company to make money for eight straight quarters during the recession, Dell has little time for skeptics who constantly try to paint it as an unimaginative box mover. Three years ago, the company was No. 6 in computers, with a puny 6% share of the U.S. market. Today it leads, with nearly...