A Hands-Off Investment Pays Off
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Altos Computer Systems is a multiuser computer company in San Jose, California. A low-cost, single-user terminal for its systems of large multiuser computers was needed, but its own engineers have been geared to building top-end systems. The solution was to invest in Wyse Technology, a fledgling company, to form a partnership beneficial to both parties. The working relationship is described. The newer firm is prospering. Altos Computer Systems does not interfere in its management.
Publication Name: Venture
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0191-3530
Year: 1984
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Buenos Aires never seems to sleep
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The economic stability achieved by Buenos Aires, Argentina has enabled the government to focus its efforts into reforming the social security and health care system. However, unemployment at 17.1% and underemployment at 12.6% of the population remain pressing problems. Many employers have yet to adjust to the fact that their currency is stable while business confidence which declined following the 1995 Mexican peso crisis has not resurfaced.
Publication Name: Benefits & Compensation International
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0268-764X
Year: 1996
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The original-sin school of Brussels-sprout cookery
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A man describes how his mother cooked Brussels sprouts by furiously boiling all of the taste and texture from them in the name of hygiene. Then he is served a pleasant dish of lightly steamed vegetables, in his later years. Much to his amazement, it is Brussels sprouts.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1996
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