Word: consumerization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
It's no small irony that even as Silicon Valley suffers, much of the heartland still basks in the good times the New Economy has made possible. Throughout the Midwest, consumers have been shrugging off the downturn in stocks and taking out home-equity loans to finance remodeling, or a...
"Harvard's college costs have been held down," said Associate Dean for Finance Cheryl Hoffman. [HUH?} "They are less than the Consumer Price Index and less than inflation while are scholarship awards are increasing at a higher rate."
Nonetheless, a comparison of the radiation levels for phones now in stores hints at the choices that consumers will soon face. The data first appeared on an obscure fcc website in June and has since become available on a more consumer-friendly Internet venue www.sardata.com/sardata.htm) According to these figures...
If you're trying to invest around the weak euro, avoid companies with extensive operations abroad. Those tend to be consumer-product giants like Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble, typically thought to be defensive investments. Tech stocks fall into the same trap. Even those without European operations aim to benefit...
Last week the Supreme Court issued a curt three-sentence ruling denying the federal government's request to allow the Microsoft case to bypass federal appeals courts and to hear the case directly. The decision, which indefinitely pushes back the date on which the software giant may be forced to...