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Loading springs and dodging bullets

Two terms, “spring-loading” and “bullet-dodging” have reminded me of the tendency in business to put a positive spin on negative practices. Spring-loading refers to the practice of granting options immedi­ately before releasing good news that will likely increase the stock … Continue reading

16. September 2006 by Neil
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Tangled web they wove

Over at the AAO Weblog, there’s an inter­esting post concerning the Adelphia fraud and an “enabler”, Scientific-Atlanta, which is now a unit of Cisco. Around August 2000, Adelphia asked Scientific-Atlanta to increase the price of digital cable television set-top boxes … Continue reading

24. June 2006 by Neil
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