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• Organization consultants assist in the pursuit of the perfect closet.

  - 2004-10-18

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--If Alesia Latson had not gotten organized, she'd still be single. Latson hired organization coach Robin Blank to come into her home and help throw away clutter, arranging...

  Tags: basement, Boston Globe, Handhelds, HARDWARE, PDAs, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, TVs

• Technology sector is on the mend, but comeback is weak.

  - 2004-07-09

  By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 9--Boston-area tech executives say the computer industry comeback is real enough, but not strong enough. Corporate customers are still holding back on big purchases, they say, and that means sluggish ...

  Tags: Analog Devices Inc., Boston Globe, Centra Software, computer, hiring, Novell Inc., PRODUCTIVITY, revenue, SALES, software, worker

• Founder of American Tower Corp. to Resign as Chairman.

  - 2004-01-21

  By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--When pondering how he could best help American Tower Corp. reach its next stage of growth, Steve Dodge seized on a plan many company founders eventually embrace: He decided to step...

  Tags: American Tower Corp., Boston, Boston Globe, Cable, chairman, FINANCE, founder, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• MacWorld Expo Is Again Slated for Boston in 2004.

  - 2003-08-30

  By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 30--It was on. It was off-and-on. It paused for a reboot. Yesterday, MacWorld Expo was on again, scheduled to inaugurate the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on July 12, 2004....

  Tags: Boston, Boston Globe, Desktops, HARDWARE, International Data Group, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES

• On Dunkin' Donuts Campus, Franchisees Get Ready for Doughnut Wars.

  - 2003-03-04

  By Farah Stockman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--BRAINTREE, Mass.--They are everywhere. Across the street. Around the corner. Next door. They are even cropping up in distant, unexpected places: Indonesia. Peru. Qatar. If Dunkin' Donuts is an empire...

  Tags: Boston, Boston Globe, Dunkin, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, Strategy

• Shoppers Show More Interest in High-Tech Gadgets than in PCs.

  - 2002-12-23

  By Chris Gaither, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 23--Bargain-basement prices won't be enough to lift personal computer sales out of the doldrums this holiday season, as shoppers are showing less interest in faster PCs than in the digital gadgets...

  Tags: analyst, Boston Globe, computer, Desktops, HARDWARE, notebook, PC, printer, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES

• New England Is Leader in Rate of Ritalin Purchases.

  - 2002-05-14

  By Ellen Barry, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--New Englanders buy more of the stimulant Ritalin and its generic equivalents per capita than residents of any other part of the country, a fact that prescribers attribute to the region's affluence...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Branding, FINANCE, leader, MARKETING, medication, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, Vermont, Y2K

• Wang Laboratories Reports Earnings above Expectations.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

  - 1997-10-30

  Oct. 30--Wang Laboratories Inc. has been to hell and back, and along the way, has transformed itself into an entirely different company. Now the Billerica company is poised to get a lot bigger as it closes in on an acquisition that...

  Tags: Boston Globe, computer, earnings, Litigation, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, Wang Laboratories

• New Contract Good News for Battered Digital Equipment Corp.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

  - 1996-03-22

  Mar. 22--Wednesday's meltdown in the value of Digital Equipment Corp. stock slowed yesterday, but it didn't stop. Digital stock closed at 53 1-4, down 2 3-4. In the past two days, Digital stock has lost $14 per share, or more than one-fifth of its value. But...

  Tags: Boston Globe, computer, Digital Equipment Corp., FINANCE, Investment, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, stock