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FOR A CHANGE General Electric (GE) has been another casualty in the current financial crisis in recent weeks, with a lot of investor focus on the financial arm of it's business. Even an investment by Warren Buffett in recent weeks has not been enough to prevent the stock being buffeted by the ongoing severe turbulence in the markets (sorry, couldn't help that).

FOR A CHANGE General Electric (GE) has been another casualty in the current financial crisis in recent weeks, with a lot of investor focus on the financial arm of it's business. Even an investment by Warren Buffett in recent weeks has not been enough to prevent the stock being buffeted by the ongoing severe turbulence in the markets (sorry, couldn't help that).

Editorial Reviews Review “This is a most extraordinary book. Its contents range from valuable reference material on Sarbanes-Oxley and US engineering codes of conduct to some folksy, almost sentimental, personal case histories.

FEWER CHOICES Yet another unexpected consequence of the current global credit crisis may be better and cheaper broadband and other services from the current oligopoly providers. As this piece by Laura Holson in the Bits Technology blog of the NY Times notes*: "Communications companies like AT&T and Verizon have long been considered a safe bet in troubled times.

FEWER CHOICES Yet another unexpected consequence of the current global credit crisis may be better and cheaper broadband and other services from the current oligopoly providers. As this piece by Laura Holson in the Bits Technology blog of the NY Times notes*: "Communications companies like AT&T and Verizon have long been considered a safe bet in troubled times.

TOMORROW With the relentless pace of global negative financial news of recent weeks, and it's effects being felt hard in a sharply lower technology sector, it's easy to forget how cool technology can be in the long-term.

TOMORROW With the relentless pace of global negative financial news of recent weeks, and it's effects being felt hard in a sharply lower technology sector, it's easy to forget how cool technology can be in the long-term.

Next year is 50 years since C. P. Snow delivered his famous lecture ‘The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution’, suggesting that as cultured citizens we need to know as much about the second law of thermodynamics as the plays of Shakespeare.

BIG SMALLS STEPS In this well-written article on an IBM salesman in India, Fortune magazine tells a great story of how IBM is forging a part of it's future in large emerging markets. As the piece explains: "Gupta is IBM (IBM, Fortune 500)'s top salesperson in the company's fastest-growing industry in the fastest-growing part of the world..." "Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) is known for design.

BIG SMALLS STEPS In this well-written article on an IBM salesman in India, Fortune magazine tells a great story of how IBM is forging a part of it's future in large emerging markets. As the piece explains: "Gupta is IBM (IBM, Fortune 500)'s top salesperson in the company's fastest-growing industry in the fastest-growing part of the world..." "Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) is known for design.