Recession fears could end bull market
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| The slide could be halted, however, if bellwether companies such as Apple and
| United Technologies engender hope that the U.S. economy can avert recession.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080121/column_stocks_outlook.html?.v=2
Reasons (oligarchy):
Survey: Google, Microsoft moves make digital marketers nervous
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| The respondents feared getting lost in the shuffle as big companies like
| Google and Microsoft buy smaller companies in their dueling efforts to
| control the lion's share of Internet advertising.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/080121/1579169.html?.v=1
Microsoft has just bought another company (it also bought XenSource, by proxy)
Microsoft Unveils Virtualization Strategy; To Acquire Calista Technologies;
Lookout, VMware
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| In short, the company intends to make a company-wide push to accelerate the
| adoption of virtualization. As part of the strategy, the company is acquiring
| San Jose-based Calista Technologies, a startup with technology targeted at
| improving end-user experience for virtualized desktops and applications
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http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/01/21/microsoft-unveils-virtualization-strategy-to-acquire-calista-technologies-lookout-vmware/?mod=yahoobarrons
Related:
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| Sadly, many of these brilliant people have been blinded by the stock
| price and unable to see that Microsoft is also the key architect of
| the greatest financial pyramid scheme this century.
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| It is not uncommon for participants in pyramid schemes to lose their
| emotional bearings. My close friends who work at Microsoft are
| particularly upset over my work and it is possible that even Bill
| Gates and Steve Ballmer do not realize the implications of their
| financial practices.
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http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html
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| As with all pyramid schemes, it is important to get as close to tier
| 1 as possible. From a practical standpoint, usually only tiers 1 and 2
| will derive significant long-term economic rewards from such schemes.
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http://reactor-core.org/microsoft-pyramid.html
VoIP Patent Suits Continue: Cox’s Turn
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| Patent lawsuits have long been used as a competitive weapon in many
| industries. Telecom is now getting their fair share. Vonage suffered a series
| of patent lawsuits from competitors last year, and now Verizon is suing Cox
| Communications on similar grounds.
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http://telecompetitor.com/node/471
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