By David Greising MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif. - With its heft, power and sizzle among everyone from term-paper researchers to Wall Street financiers, Google Inc. has made an astonishing ascent from little-known start- up to Internet icon.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. _ Rising from the lush hills of Silicon Valley, Google's sprawling glass-and-steel headquarters embodies its astonishing ascent from little-known start-up to global icon of the Internet. Google Inc.
The month of May seemed to be "celebrate-your-manliness month." Brands such as Burger King, Miller Lite and Milwaukee’s Best Light all pitched their products last month with commercials that rewarded men for their big appetites and beer-drinking rituals and punished them when they strayed.
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the first hard drive, the IBM (NYSE: IBM - News) RAMAC. This month is also the 25th anniversary of the wide-scale rollout of the first personal computer, the IBM 5150.
Reaching the top of any hierarchy creates problems. The sense of achievement is great, but once you've reached the top there's really only consolidation or failure to go to.