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[Singapore] Westin Returns, Sets Up In Central Business District

YoungUpstarts

It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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Do You Have The Mercedes Benz Syndrome?

YoungUpstarts

She began training on the Internet in 1998 and began the first television-like broadcasting in 2002, launching her own TV channel – www.hvacchannel.tv. Well-known as “The Profitability Master”, Ruth has a passion for helping small business grow profits and wealth. The post Do You Have The Mercedes Benz Syndrome?

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? We have been using social networks for 25+ years.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

The introduction of 3G in between 1998 and 2003 brought 200 Kbps speeds, four times faster than 3G. Rooted in a 2002 Pentagon initiative to replace traditional telephony with a VoIP communications infrastructure, 4G was designed to address the growing need for bandwidth to support the increasing number of mobile device users in the 2000s.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. (Internet). Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook).

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Bix, 2002). The difference between point size and actual letter size (Image © Bix, 2002). Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). 1998 , Bernard et al.,