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To: "Umesh Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Extreme Innovation: Inside Colombia
BusinessWeek
Insider Newsletter
Friday, May 18, 2007
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cover story
EXTREME INVESTING: INSIDE COLOMBIA
An improbable journey from crime capital to investment hot
spot. Can this boom last?
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global business
CAN CHINA DEFUSE ITS STOCK MARKET?
Index futures might create stability, but Beijing fears they
could prick the bubble
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DAILY BRIEFING
innovation
NEW LIGHT ON SOLAR ENERGY
The market isn't mature yet, but it's rapidly picking up speed
thanks to rising environmental consciousness and innovative
initiatives
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investigations
THE CRACKDOWN ON STOCK-LOAN SCHEMES
A criminal probe by the feds may reveal some of the mysteries
of short sellers
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innovation
DESIGN FOR THE REAL MASS MARKET
A new exhibition turns the spotlight on innovative products
that improve the lives of the underprivileged and often
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INVESTING
five for the money
WHERE THE BIG BUYBACKS ARE
Here are five companies with outsize share repurchase programs,
including ExxonMobil, GE, Microsoft, and Goldman
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stocks in the news
BAUSCH & LOMB: OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE
Warburg Pincus is taking the troubled eyecare products company
private in a $4.5 billion deal
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top news
HOMEBUILDERS REBOUND? APRIL FOOLS!
Housing starts edged up in April, but permits, a better indicator
of housing market health, plunged to the lowest pace in nearly a
decade
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GLOBAL BUSINESS
asia
SONY'S PS3 PROBLEMS CAST A LONG SHADOW
The game console's failure to hit even internal sales targets
raises doubts about the electronics giant's 2009 turnaround
forecast
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europe
SAP'S TOUGH GUY READY TO RUMBLE
New deputy CEO (and likely next top boss) Léo Apotheker is not
afraid of Oracle's Ellison, or of any other challenge facing the
software maker
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TECHNOLOGY
news analysis
IS ONLINE MARKETING MAKING KIDS OBESE?
A new study highlights ways companies use the Web to promote
unhealthy foods to youngsters and asks regulators to step in
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technology & you
VERIZON'S GLOBAL BLACKBERRY
An elegant solution for globe-trotters, you can take the 8830
World Edition smartphone across all borders
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news analysis
MOTOROLA'S GAMBLE: SUBSTANCE OVER STYLE
To shore up the bottom line, the cell-phone maker is placing its
biggest bets on new versions of, and updates to, existing models
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SMALL BUSINESS
sales & marketing
USE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AS A DEBIT CARD
A startup promises to save both drivers and gas station owners a
bundle at the pump by cutting credit cards out of the payment process
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innovation
CRAIGSLIST'S ONGOING SUCCESS STORY
CEO Jim Buckmaster has an unusual business approach for the popular
classified ads site: Keep it simple and don't try to maximize revenue
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UNDERSTANDING THE PERILS OF E-MAIL
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