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Inside%20Israel%u2019s%20penetration%20of%20Hezbollah%20and%20the%20pager%20plot%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post : The%20next%20day%2C%20Sept.%2028%2C%20Hezbollah%20confirmed%20what%20most%20of%20the%20world%20already%20knew%3A%20Nasrallah%2C%20the%20group%u2019s%20fiery%20leader%20and%20sworn%20enemy%20of%20Israel%2C%20was%20dead.%0A
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Review: New Model Reflects Slowing Pace of Innovation - Bloomberg

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Review: New Model Reflects Slowing Pace of Innovation - Bloomberg : The%20following%20year%2C%20Apple%20did%20a%20more%20dramatic%20overhaul.%20The%20iPhone%204%20had%20a%20new%20design%2C%20FaceTime%2C%20the%20first%20Retina%20display%20and%20high-definition%20video%20recording.%20A%20year%20later%2C%20Apple%20retained%20the%20same%20design%20%u2014%20calling%20the%20model%20the%204S%20%u2014%20but%20added%201080P%20video%20recording%2C%20a%20dual-core%20processor%20and%2C%20of%20course%2C%20the%20Siri%20digital%20assistant.
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FIFA hires top executive from UEFA as chief operating officer | AP News

FIFA hires top executive from UEFA as chief operating officer | AP News : GENEVA%20%28AP%29%20%u2014%20FIFA%20made%20a%20high-profile%20signing%20from%20UEFA%20on%20Wednesday%2C%20hiring%20one%20of%20the%20most%20respected%20executives%20in%20European%20soccer.%0A%0AKevin%20Lamour%2C%20currently%20UEFA%u2019s%20deputy%20general%20secretary%2C%20will%20join%20FIFA%20as%20chief%20operating%20officer%20on%20Nov.%201%2C%20soccer%u2019s%20world%20body%20told%20staff%20on%20Wednesday%20in%20an%20email%20seen%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press.%0A%0AThe%2044-year-old%20French%20official%20has%20worked%20at%20UEFA%20in%20two%20different%20spells%20since%202007%20and%20gained%20a%20reputation%20as%20an%20advocate%20for%20good%20governance%20in%20soccer%20bodies.%0A%0AThe%20move%20to%20FIFA%20reunites%20Lamour%20with%20its%20president%20Gianni%20Infantino%20and%20secretary%20general%20Mattias%20Grafstr%F6m.%20They%20worked%20together%20for%20several%20years%20at%20UEFA%20and%20on%20Infantino%u2019s
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TEAM marketing 1991

Feed | LinkedIn : In 1991 Klaus J. Hempel and Juergen Lenz founded TEAM Marketing. Today we were honoured to welcome them back to TEAM's HQ for a unique Lunch & Learn, where we enjoyed their fascinating, first-hand accounts about the early days of TEAM during an exciting period of change in sports marketing. Thank you to Mr. Hempel and Mr. Lenz for sharing your time and stories! In 1991 Klaus J. Hempel and Juergen Lenz founded TEAM Marketing. Today we were honoured to welcome them back to TEAM's HQ for a unique Lunch & Learn, where we enjoyed their fascinating, first-hand accounts about the early days of TEAM during an exciting period of change in sports marketing. Thank you to Mr. Hempel and Mr. Lenz for sharing your time and stories!
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RELX financial highlights

RELX financial highlights § Revenue £9,161m (£8,553m), underlying growth +8% § Adjusted operating profit £3,030m (£2,683m), underlying growth +13% § Adjusted EPS 114.0p (102.2p), constant currency growth +11% § Reported operating profit £2,682m (£2,323m) § Reported EPS 94.1p (85.2p) § Proposed full-year dividend 58.8p (54.6p) +8% § Net debt/EBITDA 2.0x (2.1x); adjusted cash flow conversion 98% (101%) https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/reports/annual-reports/2023-ar-sections/relx-2023-overview.pdf
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Information Rules

Information Rules Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO, Amazon.com Information Rules is that rare book that looks dispassionately and intelligently at the Internet and its place in the history of economies and markets. Authors Shapiro and Varian, in applying the tra- ditional rules of economics to the emerging information market- place, do readers a tremendous service. Anyone interested in par- ticipating in this new economy will stand a far greater chance of success if they follow the rules put forth in this book. Scott Cook, Founder and CEO, Intuit This is the story that needs to be told: the new way to look at competition in the digital era. It's the book I've been looking for. Mike Dolbec, VP for Business Development, 3Com I have been up to my ears in this trench warfare of information age competition for over 15 years and have never found a better guide to tactics. I'd recommend this book as an excellent asset for high-tech strategists. Skip that "fog of war" f
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Versioning: The Smart Way to Sell Information

Versioning: The Smart Way to Sell Information Versioning: The Smart Way to Sell Information by Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian From the Magazine (November-December 1998) Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print In 1986, Nynex issued the first electronic phone book, a compact disc containing all the telephone listings for the New York area. Charging $10,000 a copy, the company sold the CDs to the FBI, the IRS, and other large commercial and governmental organizations. Sensing a great business opportunity, the Nynex executive in charge of the project, James Bryant, left to set up his own company, Pro CD. His goal was to produce an electronic directory covering the entire United States. The phone companies, fearing an attack on their lucrative yellow pages businesses, refused to license digital copies of their listings to Pro CD. But that didn’t stop Bryant. He went to Beijing and hired Chinese workers—at $3.50 a day—to type into computers every listing from every U.S. telephone book. The
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Can%20Hollywood%u2019s%20Internal%20Development%20Decline%20Be%20Reversed%3F%20-%20Puck

Can%20Hollywood%u2019s%20Internal%20Development%20Decline%20Be%20Reversed%3F%20-%20Puck Not so much anymore. David Beaubaire, a producer (Fatherhood, The Night Agent) who served two decades in executive jobs at Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Paramount, and Sony, recently shared some new data he’d collected on what movies are getting made. I was surprised by the answer to the question I just posed above: It’s 10 percent. Only one-tenth of the 505 movies he tracked—a comprehensive (or near-comprehensive) list of live-action, English-language films that have been released or are set for release in the U.S. by the nine major studios/streamers* from 2022 through 2026—actually came from their company’s internal development slate. The rest were I.P. plays, movies financed or packaged elsewhere, titles that were acquired or part of an output deal, or stuff made by a studio-owned specialty division. Spec scripts? They almost never progress to a greenlight. Original OWAs (open writing assignments)?
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Versioning: The Smart Way to Sell Information

Versioning: The Smart Way to Sell Information : In%20a%20perfect%20world%2C%20an%20information%20producer%20would%20sell%20its%20product%20to%20each%20buyer%20at%20a%20different%20price%2C%20reflecting%20the%20value%20that%20the%20different%20buyers%20place%20on%20it.%20In%20reality%2C%20though%2C%20such%20personalized%20pricing%20is%20rarely%20possible.%20For%20one%20thing%2C%20even%20in%20these%20days%20of%20cheap%20computing%2C%20it%20is%20awfully%20expensive%20to%20capture%2C%20store%2C%20and%20distribute%20data%20on%20the%20tastes%20of%20individual%20customers.%20For%20another%2C%20traditional%20sales%20channels%2C%20like%20retail%20stores%2C%20cannot%20set%20an%20array%20of%20prices%20for%20the%20same%20good.%20%28Even%20if%20they%20could%2C%20it%20would%20be%20next%20to%20impossible%20to%20get%20customers%20to%20stay%20within%20their%20intended%20pricing%20strata%u2014just%20look%20at%20all%20the%20gyrations%20airline%20customers%20go%20through%20to%20locate%20the%20cheapest%20r
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Harris-Trump debate watched by 67m people, beating pivotal Biden showdown | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

Harris-Trump debate watched by 67m people, beating pivotal Biden showdown | US elections 2024 | The Guardian : An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a 31% increase from the June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden that eventually led to the president dropping out of the 2024 race.
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Inside%20Disney%u2019s%20Succession%20Struggle%20and%20Bob%20Iger%u2019s%20Return%20to%20Power%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : Mr.%20Iger%20told%20Mr.%20Chapek%20to%20schedule%20a%20series%20of%20one-on-one%20meetings%20with%20Disney%u2019s%20directors%20to%20build%20a%20rapport%20and%20lay%20out%20his%20vision%20for%20the%20company%u2019s%20future.%20But%20in%20late%202017%2C%20Disney%20reached%20a%20deal%20to%20buy%20the%20entertainment%20assets%20of%2021st%20Century%20Fox.%20Mr.%20Iger%20received%20a%20big%20bonus%20for%20consummating%20the%20deal%20%u2014%20stock%20awards%20of%20up%20to%20%24142%20million%20at%20the%20then-current%20share%20price%20%u2014%20and%20the%20board%20extended%20his%20contract%20for%20a%20sixth%20time.%20He%20would%20now%20retire%20at%20the%20end%20of%202021.%0A%0A
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Has the Long Friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Reached Its Final Act? - The New York Times

Has the Long Friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Reached Its Final Act? - The New York Times : But%20the%20two%20men%20hit%20it%20off%20immediately.%20Settling%20into%20a%20patterned%20couch%2C%20Mr.%20Buffett%2C%20dressed%20in%20a%20red%20polo%20shirt%20and%20dark%20trousers%2C%20his%20left%20foot%20propped%20up%20against%20the%20coffee%20table%2C%20and%20Mr.%20Gates%20in%20a%20tennis%20outfit%20%u2014%20shorts%20and%20a%20white%20shirt%2C%20his%20white%20socks%20coming%20up%20to%20mid-calf%2C%20his%20mop%20of%20hair%20tousled%20%u2014%20talked%20for%2011%20hours%20straight.%20The%20other%20guests%20had%20to%20pull%20them%20apart.%20Mr.%20Gates%20was%20surprised%20by%20the%20penetrating%20questions%20Mr.%20Buffett%20directed%20at%20him%20about%20the%20software%20business%2C%20and%20found%20himself%20warming%20to%20the%20avuncular%20Midwestern%20billionaire.%0A%0AThe%20two%20have%20been%20close%20friends%20ever%20since.%20Once%2C%20recounting%20the%20story%20of%20their%20meetin
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Does%20%u201CIt%27s%20the%20old%20people%22%20explain%20everything%3F am fascinated by your takes on old people. What makes it so interesting is that, the more that I think about it, "it's the old people" explains everything (read on if curious, or just bail if not): Premise 1: Old people would prefer higher profits now (and thus juiced 401ks) than lower, sustainable profits with investment in the future. Explains Disney and more. This was basically the undoing of Boeing: when Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, the suits at the latter supplanted the engineers at the former, focused on juicing share prices rather than innovating—and we got the 737 MAX, rushed to production because Boeing had _no_ new narrow body jets in development when Airbus dropped the A320. Today, Boeing does not have a single new models in development—and it takes a decade to bring one from the drawing board to the assembly line, so no new Boeing models until the 2030s. My great grandmother f
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