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Lies, damn lies and metrics
Sometimes metrics are employed to create an impression that may be inaccurate or incomplete. Typical marketing favorites include horsepower in automobiles, watts per channel of stereo equipment and, more recently, megapixels for digital cameras.

Acer head vows to step down if Gateway deal fails
In an interview published today, Acer Chairman and CEO J.T. Wang vowed to step down if his company's plans to buy Gateway for $710 million fail.

Don't let your boss catch you reading this
Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities. The favorite time-wasters include surfing the Web and sending personal e-mail messages.

Financial services firms face flu pandemic -- on paper
The U.S. government is co-sponsoring a three-week planning exercise that will simulate the impact of a pandemic on financial services firms, including their ability to support telecommuters.

Analysis: What the Acer-Gateway deal means to the PC market
Acer's planned purchase of Gateway for $710 million, announced on Monday, means another reordering of the PC marketplace, analysts say.

Traders punish Acer for Gateway purchase
Some observers are concerned that Acer is paying too much for Gateway, and some say the deal doesn't add much to Acer's arsenal except size.

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