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The Strategic Reason Behind Microsoft's Retail Push: Windows 7

love it!

it really is curious why microsoft thinks they can do retail better than their retail partners -- in general manufacturers' hubris in entering retail should be tempered with a recognition of what makes retail successful -- i.e., mastering customer intimacy and offering value-added services -- i recently posted about this -- deniseleeyohn.com/bite.../

How to Profit from Market Manipulation

the european culture shows how socialising is an important part of the culture and well integrated within people's lives.

Three Ways China May Handle Growing U.S. Debt

I think Korea is not included in the BRIC mostly because it is considered to be an (almost) fully developed country already, and well ahead of the other 4. That doesnt mean we should neglect it - BRIC is after all just another nice little acronym/denominator that will run it's fashionable course. Heard much of the Asian Tigers recently? ;)

Seeking Omega – An Unauthorized Strategy for Yahoo

i'm very intrigued by this idea, Mark -- particularly because i've encountered far too many clients who don't want to spend the time/money on "formal" research -- while i don't necessarily advocate foregoing traditional research methods, gathering/using customer intelligence as you've laid out would seem to enable companies to tap the gold mine of information they already have.

Five Things Companies Must Be Doing to Get Through Recession

Fantastic ideas... just too many dead head exectuives out there that don't understand the new paradigm

Where Are India’s Innovative Companies, Products and Solutions?

There has been some movement in the mobile innovation department but nothing on the scale of what Fidelman described in this article. South Korea is a good model for what India should be doing with their mobile platform.

Why the U.S. Credit Crunch Will Not Affect India

DEEPBLUE: Chennai's FAR's have been significantly increased to accomodate housing needs of the poor.

Also, banks are no longer funding loans? a Ban on loans? That's crazy talk. They may have recently reduced the LTV for loans, but that's where Mezzanine financing comes in to fill the gap.

Deepblue you need to do your research.