The next 4 years: a shift to &quot;ownership society&quot;
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President Bush is poised to pursue an aggressive &quot;ownership society&quot; agenda of Social Security privatization, new tax breaks for savings and investment and additional incentives
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More on the disappearing-public-companies phenomenon.
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A user guide to Britain's new ruling class
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A photo-sharing Fool considers becoming a shareholder.
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Analysis: The DataPortability Workgroup ponders online about retaining rights but easing evolution.
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward.  Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently: Rejoice: the embrace of âopennessâ by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something weâll see more of in 2008.  Now, had this "fearless prediction" been made a year ago, I would have been impressed, because 2007 has turned out to be the year when everyone, it seems, wants to be open. read more
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Looking to beat the market this year and beyond? We have some ideas.
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A once-ailing heavy industry is now in heavy demand. The next step? Global consolidation. For the last decade, much of the West&#39;s steel industry has been in the doldrums.
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Like cicadas, debates about corporate governance pop up periodically with a great deal of whir and buzz. In 1992, for example, the business community protested Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Richard C. Breeden&#39;s push for ...
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Cost of ownership savings range from 19 percent to 36 percent over three years.
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Hefty valuations = a bet on the future.  That future is clearly open source + SaaS, based on the multiples people are willing to pay.
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Daimler-Benz&#39;s $34 billion acquisition of Chrysler Corp. in 1999, having wiped out substantial shareholder value, finally may be starting to justify the rationale of its architects.
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After years of supersize private equity deals, investors have begun to push back at several prominent transactions.
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Build a platform and they will come Marc Andreessen predicts a future where systems companies like Sun Microsystems see their volume businesses shrink and massive online services providers become prime customers.â¦
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Over the next few years, corporations will face tough decisions on how to store growing amounts of data and find information.
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A recent survey found that mutual fund ownership is on the rise after two years of decline, an encouraging signal that Americans are starting to save more money. But although most investors say retirement is their No. 1 priority, experts say the vast majority remain in danger of shortchanging this goal.
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After some key changes, the company may be poised for growth.