Duane D. Freese: December 2001 Archives
Tango Lessons: Argentina Shows Austerity Is No Way Out
Talk about a country in need of an economic stimulus, Argentina sure could use some. Three years of recession have provoked riots at supermarkets and in the streets. Sixteen people were killed in showdowns this week. Unemployment tops 18...
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"Girls, Gambling and Games": In Search Of Killer Apps
What's needed to get and keep broadband rolling? The Commerce Department's Technology Administration trudged into that miry question this week. The agency brought together officials from key associations for cable, telecommunications and entertainment, as well as
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Who Do You Trust? Bush or the Bells?
Who Do You Trust? was great as a game show in the early 1960s, providing the liftoff for Johnny Carson to become host of the Tonight Show. But there were no fun and games in the stark choice House lawmakers...
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Tauzin Talks Of Competition, Seidenberg Only Of More Mergers
Ready for remonopolization of telecommunications? Thats what Verizon co-CEO Ivan Seidenberg is pushing these days, in the process contradicting the promises of the key sponsor to legislation for removing restrictions on his company and other local Bell phone monopo
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On Global Warming, We Know What We Don't Know
After nearly a decade of heated debate about climate change, the effect of human activities on global warming is still one great big unknown. The lack of light on that issue results from one thing - too much politics and...
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It's Time, Time, Time for Broadband
Launch Broadband Interactive Time, time, time: thats what broadband - those high-speed connections to the Internet - is all about. And for one simple reason: time is money. Broadband will enable merchants to reach customers more easily; millions more...
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