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...have become more elusive, avoiding alignments with any single mentor. These traits apply not only to the fanatical anti-Western cells associated with Osama bin Laden (pictured), which have emerged as possible suspects in the Cole bombing, but also to groups opposed to Middle East peace like Hizballah and even radical Christian millenarians operating in the West. The U.S. is struggling to keep even...
...also tends to make a group more divorced from reality, enabling it to nurture suicide bombers more easily. And it does wonders for security: cells are often composed of people who have known one another since childhood or fought side by side for years. Infiltration is difficult, and even when it is possible, entry can involve committing an initiation crime. Yemeni investigators believe at least five people were involved in the construction and deployment of the Cole bomb...
...sales and $730 million in operating profits. The Japanese giant has sold a mind-boggling 75 million first-generation PlayStations, 27 million of them in the U.S. And with game consoles grabbing an ever larger share of the game market from PCs and Macs, sales of PlayStation2 could get even bigger...
...Even before this Thursday's official launch, Sony has lost goodwill, not to mention sales, for PlayStation2 with its glitchy product rollout. The company's recent announcement that it was cutting the number of PS2s available on launch day by 50% was a cruel blow to parents who had promised Junior one of the first units. And it is a headache for the 20,000 retailers selling PS2s--many of which began taking orders six months ago. The stores are bracing for hordes of irate customers. "There will be people lined up in front of the doors," sighs Dan DeMatteo...
...digital devices plugged into a computer network and capable of copying, printing and scanning. At the high-tech, high-output end of the copier business, in a segment Xerox once had all to it- self, competitors have finally caught up. To make matters worse, the company's immensely proud, even arrogant corporate culture rebelled at management's latest attempt to reorganize--a revolt that cost the CEO his job and left big customers feeling neglected. The end result: the company's profits and its stock price are in free fall...