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- Does Innovation Require Desperation?
- What do you do when your close competitors start slashing prices? Retailers claim that quality matters more than ever, but that presumes your business is offering a product or service of markedly higher quality than your cheaper competitor. Customers "seldom" want to pay the difference, reckons London...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
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- A Ranbaxy Bid Would Smell Like Desperation on Pfizer
- Last last week, reports out of India suggested that Pfizer might make a hostile bid for generic-drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, which last week agreed to sell itself to Japan's Daiichi Sankyo for roughly $4 billion. Pfizer may or may not actually try to bust up the Daiichi-Ranbaxy...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Desperation Outsourcing
- Everyone has seen desperation outsourcing rationalized under the guise of strategy. But these "Strategic initiatives" really are ham-handed attempts at rectifying larger ills. The changes are made, different symptoms of the underlying problems emerge, and the root causes remain unresolved. Deployed in this way, outsourcing is a waste of time...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- GM's Letter to Car Owners Reeks of Desperation
- Thomas Hawk submits: My wife got the email below a few hours ago from General Motors' GM Troy A. Clarke, Group Vice President and President GM North America. I assume that we got this letter because we own a GM car. The email reeks of desperation to...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Allawi says growing attacks a sign of insurgents desperation
- WASHINGTON AFP — The head of Iraq's interim government, Iyad Allawi, said ahead of a speech to the US Congress that the growing number of attacks in his country was a sign of the desperation of insurgents not their strength. "They are becoming more deadly because we think they...
- Research articles 2004-09-23
- Desperation Marketing: Apple, Dell, HP, XM Sirius, and CES Just Examples
- When an industry is feeling an economic pinch, you can feel it in the advertising. Yes, the amount of ad spending drops, as has been obvious in reports from those who track it. But the quality of the advertising itself begins to change, as companies try to close the business...
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Reversal of fortune.
- Frustration again drives AT&T's Armstrong to drastic moves Mike Armstrong is shedding the cable business the way he plunged into it: consumed by desperation. When he embarked on a $120 billion cable shopping spree just two ...
- Research articles 2000-10-30
- Gov. Davis Seals His Fate by Signing Massive CA Handgun Ban; Phony 'Safety' Measure Bans Nearly All Handguns Used in Law Enforcement
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a move signaling the sheer desperation of the final days of his administration, California Gov. Gray Davis yesterday signed into law one of the nation's most expansive handgun bans, outlawing new sales of nearly WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a move...
- Research articles 2003-09-25
- Big guys make trek to small-op gab fest.(small cable operators are seeking the help of lawmakers)
- PORTLAND, ORE. -- Squeezed by soaring program costs, small cable operators have been making noise in Washington, turning to lawmakers for help out of desperation, they say. The efforts of these operators, many of them mom-and-pop shops, have finall PORTLAND, ORE. -- Squeezed by...
- Research articles 2003-08-04
- Land of the slowly rising sun. (Japanese cable TV broadcasting industry) (Industry Overview)
- Japan may be on the cusp of a cable television revolution, but there's still an air of desperation among some of those involved. One of the most instructive tales to emerge from Japan in recent months is that of the Japanese prime minister's visit...
- Research articles 1994-11-14
- Don't go gaga, be like Babar. (psychotropic drugs for intellectual stimulation, Babar, fictional character)
- IT WAS the desperation of people with AIDS that caused the Food and Drug Administration FDA to open the floodgates in 1988. It permitted imports, for private use, of drugs that had not yet been approved in the United States. Americans, particularl IT WAS the...
- Research articles 1991-02-02
- News Corp. takes political heat: hill critics blast DBS deal but are unlikely to derail it. (Satellite).
- Rupert Murdoch's liberal critics couldn't conceal a sense of desperation last week as they grilled the media baron on his proposed acquisition of control of satellite-TV leader DirecTV. Rupert Murdoch's liberal critics couldn't conceal a sense of desperation last week as they...
- Research articles 2003-05-12
- Bowing to Boeing
- In their understandable desperation over massive job losses, many state and local politicians have lost their ability to do basic arithmetic. The state of Washington is offering $3.2 billion in subsidies to the Boeing corporation to entice it to build a nIn their understandable desperation over massive job losses, many...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Voted & Quoted.(Viewpoint)
- 63% ...of over 2,000 online voters feel GM's 1,000-vehicle giveaway is brilliant marketing. The remaining 37% of respondents think it is an act of desperation. 63% ...of over 2,000 online voters feel GM's 1,000-vehicle giveaway is brilliant marketing. The remaining 37% of respondents think...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- Now, for a breath of Fresh Air: All Things (sexy! hip!) Considered; How will the Zack initiative change public radio? Check out this meeting transcript we uncovered.(MediaWorks)(Discussion)
- In its desperation to attract younger listeners, National Public Radio has engaged in a "visioning process'' centered around a programming initiative code-named Zack. "We thought Zack is exactly the kind of name NPR staffers would give thei In its desperation to attract younger listeners, National Public...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- US Treasury says Cuban withdrawal of dollars "desperate"
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Treasury Department described Cuban President Fidel Castro's decision to withdraw dollars from circulation as an act of desperation that will hurt Cubans. "The announcement by the Castro government to pull US dollars from circulation is an act of economic desperation and a clear signal...
- Research articles 2004-10-26
- RIGHT EAR, THE
- SIGNS OF DESPERATION: As details emerge from the presidential campaigns, an increasing number of stories exposes that Kerry campaign operatives frequently broke the law in their desperation to win the White House.For example, a Bush campaign volunteer in Ohio reported to HUMAN EVENTS that there were coordinated efforts by Kerry...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Best Time Ever to Be a First-Time Buyer?
- I can't help but think that 2009 is going to be the year of the first-time buyer. Today's market reminds me of what things were like back in 1993 when I sold my first book, "100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask." Then, interest rates were...
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- The Prisoner's Dilemma, the Stockholm Syndrome, or a Case of Both? - By Max Starkov
- The Prisoner's Dilemma, the Stockholm Syndrome, or a Case of Both? - By Max Starkov For some time now, we have been hearing from many industry sources that during renewal negotiations Expedia/Hotels.com has demanded new terms and conditions that are against everything the hospitality industry stands for: last room availability,...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Looking For a New Challenge
- It could be argued that society is moving backwards; that as adults, we're becoming more child-like—demanding instant and varied pleasures to make us happy instead of developing the maturity to delay gratification. But really, what's wrong with that? We have the technological innovations and resources to support our immediate desires...
- Articles 2007-11-09
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