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‘What Have You Done for Me Lately?’

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:24:11 PDT

This year, the holidays had a different feel to them. Perhaps it was the endless box-office reports of sagging retail sales and predictions of massive retail closings and consolidations for 2009; or maybe it was the rash of layoff announcements; or possibly the black cloud hanging over the automobile industry. Regardless, consumers are being exceptionally cautious with their precious money ...

Fixed Broadband Proves Immune to Economic Downturn … For Now

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:17 PDT

Global third-quarter broadband subscriber numbers for 2008 are in the house and so far, broadband services are proving immune to the global economic meltdown. Quarter-over-quarter growth was up slightly and in line with typical seasonality for the third quarter. Surprisingly, the only broadband type to experience a slowdown was FTTH, as demand in Japan slowed during the quarter. Other broadband ...

Home Enterstayment

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:37:20 PDT

This morning Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) introduced a new term to the populous with Home Enterstayment – a term to describe families that are choosing to watch movies and shows at home ─ rather than an expensive night out. In fact, the term is so groundbreaking it hadn’t even made it into Wikipedia as of 4 p.m. EST on Nov. 3.Lately, ...