Investors hit pay dirt on China’s ‘Google’ site
The News Review:
- Investors hit pay dirt on China’s ‘Google’ site
- Eating for Life: Tomatoes.
- Latin America’s balanced/biased voice
- Coming to a Theater Near You; Bad news at the box office has Hollywood…
Investors hit pay dirt on China’s ‘Google’ site
The Age – Aug 8, 2005
“I think the valuation is ridiculous,” said Robert Murray,president of iProspect, a search engine marketing firm. “Thee-commerce adoption rate is very slow in China compared with theUnited States or mainstream European countries. And people areunderestimating what a Google, a Yahoo! or a MSN will do when theyenter the Chinese market full steam. Baidu also faces stiff competition in the Chinese market fromhome-grown rivals such as.
Eating for Life: Tomatoes.
Free with registration – Kansas City Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 8, 2005
But chances are mighty slim that it will taste as perfect as one that has been warmed by the rays of the summer sun. Eating with the seasons _ something most Americans have lost track of _ has several advantages: The produce is at its peak of flavor and nutrition, and in most cases it is less expensive. And when you seek out local or home-grown tomatoes, chances are you’re also supporting a local farmer, an important consideration since most.
Latin America’s balanced/biased voice
St. Petersburg Times – Aug 8, 2005
MIAMI – A new international TV news network was born last month and already is making headlines of its own. Venezuelan-based Telesur (Telesouth) is the first home-grown network in Latin America to broadcast to the region. Its supporters see it as a long overdue effort to address the cultural imbalance in news broadcasting in Latin America. Critics, however, dismiss it as an anti-American propaganda tool of Venezuela’s leftist President Hugo Chavez. Either way, it’s a sign of the times. In an era of waning respect for U.
Coming to a Theater Near You; Bad news at the box office has Hollywood…
Free with registration – Newsweek – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 8, 2005
Which means that instead of packing the kids into the car to go see “The Incredibles” on opening night, you’ll be able to download it to your television instead. “It’ll be like ‘Green Eggs and Ham’,” Landau says. “Do you want it in a theater? In your home? In your car? On a plane?” Since 1975, ticket sales have grown very little–from about $6 billion then to about $9 billion today. Home viewing, meanwhile, has exploded, from virtually nothing 30 years ago to $28 billion today–more than triple the revenue from theaters. “I think that’s only going to continue,” says Peter Chernin, president of News Corp. , parent company of Twentieth Century Fox. “People have always been.