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Another difference: giant mergers often aim at reducing costs by consolidating operations, and this almost invariably involves large layoffs. But the non-titans usually want to expand where they overlap. As with Personify and Anubis, "a lot of times a company will buy another company just because it means acquiring good employees," says Jason McCabe Calcanis, editor and CEO of the Silicon Alley Reporter, a magazine that tracks digital media...
...been on 16 company boards as a small businessman turned professor (of engineering and international management) at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He counsels would-be acquirers to be prepared for an increase in expenditures beyond the price of the acquisition. Says Zimmerman: "You'll want to improve the [acquired] company because it's now your property. So you'll probably want to buy more equipment or expand distribution or develop a new product. These are all expensive things...
Michael Lee Davis is probably the last guy from whom you'd want to buy life insurance. True, he does have some experience in the field. Davis, a.k.a. Walter Waldhauser Jr., spent most of the 1980s in prison for hiring a hit man to wipe out a friend's family in order to get a share of their life-insurance proceeds. But after being released on parole, Davis found a new line of insurance work: a largely unregulated offshoot of the business called viaticals...
...first decision is whether you need a notebook at all. It will typically cost 20% more than a comparable desktop, so be sure portability is pivotal. Next, choose what matters most. Frequent flyers want fewer pounds in the shoulder bag, while power users need faster speeds and bigger screens. Whether you insist on watching the latest DVD on the plane or just want e-mail in your hotel room, there are plenty of choices. And the outlook remains steady. With each passing season, you get more power at a better price...
DOTS Dots per inch indicate print quality. You want at least 600 dpi, but always go to a store and look at real printouts before...