New Gizmos May Spark Deregulation
...icensed bands, such as those occupied by cordless phones and the wireless networking system known as Wi-Fi.
But in what looks like the beginning of a historic policy shift, the FCC has been listening closely to the technology crowd and to cellular carriers that spent tens of billions of dollars for ......more...The Future: Read All About It
...hful thinking, but I predict that 2001 will be the year of the attention span. Forget about the Nasdaq bottoming out. The thing that has really hit a historic low in this era of instant communications is our ability to stay interested in anything for longer than 15 seconds. Even this prediction, as ......more... ATT, Time Warner Deal Blocked
...ke: The Rockefeller Center has been sold to two minority shareholders for $1.85 billion, severing the Rockefeller family's last remaining ties to the historic city landmark, The New York Times reported.
The pending deal would transfer full control of the complex to Jerry Speyer and Lester Crown, who......more... Cashing Out and Moving In
... market's future, economists say. While many people are cashing out stock to buy houses, lots are buying at the edge of their means, betting that the historic bull market won't run out of steam soon.
It's the classic wealth effect, said Kevin Roth, senior economist for the National Association of Re......more... Tech Firms Vie for Nature Space
...us amount of money to maintain itself, Whalen said. It has to maintain its own roads, keep its own fire and police force, mow its own grass, maintain historic structures. It costs about twice as much to maintain the Presidio as it does to maintain, say, Yosemite. The money has to come from somewhere......more... Theremania
...t many years as a real estate broker after that, and now I am lazily helping my gifted wife publish, through her publishing company The Tactus Press, historic percussion books and instruction manuals she has authored. She was kind enough to let me use her company to publish
my theremin instructional......more... Invasion of the Billionaire Dwarves!
...ngs, mergers, and takeovers began with a vengeance. A decade later, job security, media independence, and individual corporate identities are already historic notions.
However you date the origins, the billionaire dwarves have engulfed the information business, transforming it from a civic instituti......more... |