Gary Secondino: BizMarkets, Sales, Products, ServicesGoogle rival unpins banner ads- March 5, 2003 AlltheWeb.com drops the use of banner ads in a Web site redesign that leaves the Fast Search & Transfer site with a look and feel that recalls rival search provider Google. CNET News.comhttp://rss.com.com/2100-1024-991005.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news Veritas, EMC Call A Truce In Their Cold War- March 5, 2003 After an 18-month falling-out, on March 3 Veritas Software and EMC announced they would start sharing code so that their storage software programs could interoperate.EMC and Hitachi kiss and tell The Register EMC, Hitachi Bury Litigation Hatchet InternetNews.comhttp://www.forbes.com/2003/03/04/cz_dl_0304vrts.html Economic View: How to grow old gracefully- March 2, 2003 We are all getting older, but some of us are getting older faster than others. Three news items last week highlighted the impact of changing demography on the world economy: the latest United Nations estimates of population change; some testimony from Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, to the US Senate on the implications of aging.Psssst, Greenspan Is Not God, Pass It On Forbes US is graying, Greenspan warns Taipei Times Toronto Star - Boston.comMr. Greenspan is not a god,...http://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/story.jsp?story=382874 Sen. Patty Murry: Bush Tax Plan Fails Families- March 2, 2003 While Bush claims the plan will provide an average tax reduction of $1,000, "what he doesn't say is that half of all taxpayers would get less than a hundred dollars," she said. "Our economy is in a hole, but rather than looking for a ladder, the president is reaching for a bigger shovel."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21380-2003Mar1.html No light at end of economic tunnel- March 2, 2003 Glenn Hubbard has resigned as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers -- to spend more time with his family, of course. (Pay no attention to the knife handles protruding from his back.) Gregory Mankiw, his successor, is a very good economist, but never mind: When the political apparatchiks who make all decisions in this administration want Mankiw's opinion, they'll tell Mankiw what it is.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/110550_krugman02.shtml Bush's War On Workers- March 2, 2003 "It is a war of indirection and disinformation, of ambush and frontal assault, all designed to weaken unions, reduce their membership, sap their resources and energy, and limit their ability to oppose the administration and its corporate allies. "http://www.prospect.org/print/V14/3/borosage-r.html |