Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
The Google search box is really powerful, and does a lot of functions besides search. This is an example of over-loading, where one interface can do multiple tasks, depending on the context.
The minimal Google home page with its humble search box lets you track packages, convert currencies and measurements, find the local time in world cities, find movie show times, see sport results, and do math calculations.
Here is an article with more details on the Google search box.
The minimal Google home page with its humble search box lets you track packages, convert currencies and measurements, find the local time in world cities, find movie show times, see sport results, and do math calculations.
Here is an article with more details on the Google search box.
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) recently spent $3.7 billion to buy Healthcare Solutions, a unit of India's Piramal Healthcare - a maker of popular generic medicines in emerging markets.
The deal calls for $2.1 billion upfront, followed by annual $400 million payments for the next four years.
This is a strategic move that should make Abbott stock even more attractive.
The combination of Healthcare Solutions and Abbott's existing India businesses has now positioned it as the leader (with 7% market share) in India's pharmaceutical business - which is the second largest market in the world, and one of the fastest growing.
India's pharmaceutical market has a size of 1.1 billion people, and has $8 billion in annual sales - which analysts expect to double by 2015.
The deal calls for $2.1 billion upfront, followed by annual $400 million payments for the next four years.
This is a strategic move that should make Abbott stock even more attractive.
The combination of Healthcare Solutions and Abbott's existing India businesses has now positioned it as the leader (with 7% market share) in India's pharmaceutical business - which is the second largest market in the world, and one of the fastest growing.
India's pharmaceutical market has a size of 1.1 billion people, and has $8 billion in annual sales - which analysts expect to double by 2015.
The fact that Apple passed Microsoft in total market value shows that investors think a new era is emerging - one where high tech is moving from computers towards smaller, personal devices - such as smart phones.
Amazon is making a bet on this by opening a new website dedicated to cell phones and wireless plans.
Amazon is one of the unique companies that can go both deep and broad, i.e. quality and quantity. They perfected their business model with books, and then scaled up into other areas of merchandising.
Amazon is making a bet on this by opening a new website dedicated to cell phones and wireless plans.
Amazon is one of the unique companies that can go both deep and broad, i.e. quality and quantity. They perfected their business model with books, and then scaled up into other areas of merchandising.
Here's an even more dramatic picture of the sinkhole: http://www.businessinsider.com/giant-sinkhole-guatemala-city-large-2010-5 Hurricane season just started and this was caused by tropical storm Agatha.
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