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Politicians and economists are cheering, but stock traders are eyeing the exits. President Clinton Tuesday appointed Alan Greenspan to a fourth four-year term as Great Helmsman at the Fed, and while his stellar record prompted little opposition, the market appeared more concerned with his next move. Greenspan's early...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataThe choice of Fed chairmen may once have been tied to the political orientation of the presidents who appointed them, but Greenspan's legendary success in dealing with crises ranging from the 1987 Wall Street crash to the fallout from the 1998-99 Asian financial crisis...
Think of it. Corporations spend millions on analysts, consultants, and trend spotters to get a peek at the future of technology. We at TIME Digital give you our predictions for free (er, don't forget to glance at that banner ad at the top of the page).
Here are our guesses ? highly educated ones, of course ? at what the year in technology has in store for us.
1. Wireless The year 2000 will bring the death of the cable. It's in the air: people are tired of having to plug things in. Look at Apple's iMac-friendly wireless AirPort hub, or the Palm VII, or the continuing development of the wireless standard known as BlueTooth...