Multiple Missteps Led to RIM's Fall
RIM
is expected to report an operating loss following a decline caused
partly by overconfidence in its keyboard devices amid the rise of
touch-screen smartphones.
Luo Jye chairs Cheng Shin Rubber, a one-time manufacturer of bicycle tires that has grown into one of the world's largest supplier of automotive tires. Customers include GM and Ford. Cheng Shin's shares have risen 10% in the past year, helping to boost the Luo family's wealth by $300 million. The company, whose tires are sold under the "Maxxis" trade name, competes with the likes of Goodyear and Michelin.
Psyched to Buy, in Groups
By DAVID POGUE
Internet-organized group buying has been tried before by the likes of Mercato and MobShop, but Groupon seems to have created the right formula.
Living Planet | 30.09.2010 | 22:30
Swiss architect provokes rethink of straw houses
Werner
Schmidt has been using straw as an alternative material for insulation
in a range of buildings over the past decade, and is drawing
increasing attention for innovative solutions from as far away as
Argentina and Australia.
psych
v., psyched, psych·ing, psyches. v.tr.
- To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.
- To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.
- To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: "Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other" (Harold C. Schonberg).
- To analyze, solve, or comprehend.
- To anticipate or guess the intentions of: "Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently" (Steven Brill).
- Informal. To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.
To become confused or mentally deranged.
n. psych
Psychology.
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