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It Is Common Knowledge

Centuries of scholarship and financial competition have been shaped by the fact that knowledge was scarce—that is, in the economic sense of being something...

Half-Baked.com

WARNING: The following column is rated MA, for mature audiences. No graphic language, sex, nudity or violence, but the squeamish should skip it.In the...

Wanna Bet?

At Flutter.com, online betting is personal. The U.K.-based wagering site has developed a person-to-person model that allows bettors to place wagers on any eventuality...

Telecom Vendors Ripe for Picking

Many communications equipment vendors are worth less on Wall Street than the cash in their bank accounts — and that usually means takeovers and...

The Tax Reptile

The future crept up on me, slithering with purpose and stealth through the tall grasses as I scanned the horizon. I hunted for fat...

Key Precedents in the Antitrust Trial

1911 — United States v. Standard Oil Co.Courts break company into dozens of pieces after trial that shows a wide variety of illegal practices....

Tending the Microsoft Flock

Im not the first to notice that theres a certain relationship between Microsoft and its customers—especially the developers, who enjoy all the benefits of...

Right Verdict, Wrong Remedy

The unanimous decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals last week that Microsoft Corp. engaged in anticompetitive activity to maintain its monopoly in the...

Customer Retention

It was the eve of a big IBM announcement. After years of dealing with 500 different customer databases spread around the world, IBM, in...

Old Game, New Rules for Microsoft

For months, even years, the experts said it could not be done.Antitrust laws, they said, could never react quickly enough to stop Microsoft from...