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Today that leap of faith seems inspired. Investment firms Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and others sank $20 million into AMO last July, and Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li paid $27 million for 25% of SilkRoute, whose main asset is 38% of AMO. No matter that neither company has made a profit. Few Net companies do, at least yet. But Cheah, 34, has no intention of selling out. "I'm waiting for a much bigger payday," he says...
...message is hardly new in the heartland of capitalism, the U.S., but it is a revelation in Sweden, where the state-led economy has long held sway. Nordstrom and Ridderstrale claim that in the new wired world, employees and consumers, not capitalists, hold the real power. The only unique asset companies have, they say, is the brainpower of their employees. The corporation is us, the means of production ours. Demand seldom outstrips supply, so consumers will decide which companies thrive...
Bradley aide Galper would only say, "People of all races see West as a role model and he has been an invaluable asset to the campaign...
There seems to be one George W. Bush. The comparative simplicity of his character (validated by his good genes) will harden into a virtue of reliability that will be his greatest asset. But the public will wonder whether that one Bush is good enough - smart enough, mature enough, experienced enough. His body English is troubling (a certain jockstrap immaturity), and his spoken English can be even worse (incomplete sentences, spluttering non sequiturs...
...Harvard Pilgrim has 1.1 million members. Reilly said he sees the program as an asset to the state--and said the suit is well worth taxpayers' money...