Saturday, July 22, 2006
In the News
Price War Hits Dell’s Profit
'The company blamed “aggressive pricing in a slowing commercial market worldwide,” a frank assessment that ripped its stock.
Mr. Rollins acknowledged the company has “faced some recent challenges” but sounded a hopeful tone. “Dell remains one of the most successful companies in the world and a leader in our industry,” he said.
However, he admitted that “the competitive environment is more intense. Some competitors are stronger while others are willing to operate at low or no profitability. We are at the cusp of another round of industry consolidation. We are reasserting the direct model as a differentiator to confront the challenges head-on.”
Mr. Rollins pointed out that after Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq, Gateway acquired eMachines, and IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo, their PCs lost market share, in contrast to Dell, which has continued to gain share.
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Stagnant pools seen as threat
In the Santa Clara County Vector Control District
they are starting to deal with the West Nile Virus and the Source of it.
On Friday a company hired by the the district took aerial photos of a 25 sq.
There was found to excessive mosquito activity. Once the pools are identified
workers will be kncoking on doors to conduct inspections.
If they find a pool mosquito-infested, Workers with the home owners approval will first
apply a one-molecule thick film on pool which will make the water useless for the mosquitos
to breed upon & kill then apply mosquito fish to the larve & pupae already there.
If refused they could be fined up to $1,000 per day!
"No humans in Santa Clara County have tested positive for West Nile virus, but five groups of mosquitoes have tested positive for the virus in the past month, the most recent about 10 days ago, Costa said. Three birds tested positive Thursday, bringing the total cases in the county to 37 birds."
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