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Almost by accident, though, Register discovered he could find the answer without even picking up the phone. While browsing the Net one day, he clicked on a banner ad that directed him to Demandline, a digital marketplace where small businesses can get quotes for free on a wide variety of services from a network of suppliers. Register simply typed in a list of what he needed from a long-distance carrier, including two phone lines, a fax line and a toll-free number. Within a week, Demandline had auctioned his request to numerous suppliers, including AT&T and Qwest...
Regardless of who is right, one thing is clear: the exchanges that get the early lead will hold it. Just like eBay, whose widespread network of buyers and sellers draws even more members and ensures its continuing dominance, the small-business exchanges with the most liquidity should remain on top. "The ability to find the transaction and complete it is the real issue," says Onvia CEO Glenn Ballman, whose company lost $43 million in 1999. "As long as we're able to bring enough buyers and sellers together, we'll survive." And small-business owners should be able...
...clear evening in Florence, from a rear terrace of the 15th century Palazzo Frescobaldi, you can see the lighted campanile of Brunelleschi's late masterwork, the Santo Spirito Church, commissioned by a Frescobaldi in the mid-1400s. The church is almost 150 years younger than the family's 700-year-old business. Now the Frescobaldis, best known for their sumptuous Brunello di Montalcino wine, are coming out of the Middle Ages, forming international alliances that would impress even their arch rivals, the Medicis, and embarking on a marketing strategy for the 21st century...
Italy is one of the world's top wine producers, but no Italian firms rank among the world's 20 biggest vintners. With 50,000 small companies bottling wine and the best land in limited supply, no Italian company, not even a big name like Antinori or Banfi, has more than a 1% domestic market share. Italian wines are identified by region (or appellation, such as Chianti or Barolo) rather than by brand. Growth potential in Europe is dampened by the fact that in the change from an agrarian to an industrial society, wine consumption in Italy and France...
Boies' appearance has become a standing joke, even if the suits these days are Lands' End, not Sears. But the easygoing exterior can't disguise the relentless Yale Law School mind for long. In the past three decades, Boies, 59, has lost just one major trial. And he doesn't plan to lose this contest. A few hours before filing the Democratic brief, Boies told TIME, "It's always simple when you have right on your side." He and a team of about 20 lawyers toiled for 30 hours to put together that brief, working out of a Tallahassee...