In the final quarter of 2000 IBM overtook Toshiba to become the sales leader in laptops. With the ThinkPad, IBM Corp. has achieved the unthinkable. This year they are asking similar questions about wireless strategy in an effort to improve their competitive positions. Wireless devices are going to be the means for communicating with machines as well as people. 5.7.2001 Houston-area manufacturers praise logistics, worker skills.
Some recent mergers provide models for other manufacturers.
Pending headquarters move generates some turbulence. Then, moving at near supersonic speed, the aerospace firm anticipates having senior staff relocated by Labor Day. Boeing is not hinting at its destination. In many communities growth collides with quality of life. Bumpers almost touching, cars, delivery vans, and light trucks rush along State Route 114.