Bloomberg BusinessWeek, May 2, 2016 (II)

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(4) Tim Higgins, Lawyers Attack Rivals in TV Spots.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... -rivals-in-tv-spots
("a more recent trend: lawyers directly attacking their competitors, in a style similar to political ads. * * * The rise of such ads is tied to a slowdown in legal services and increasing competition among plaintiffs’ firms, big and small. * * * The competition is so fierce in Detroit, for example, that the share of TV ads run by legal services firms has increased 181 percent since 2006, says CMAG [Kantar Media's Campaign Media Analysis Group].")

Note: summary underneath the title in print: Increased competition leads to more—and nastier—ads


(5) Corinne Gretler, An East German Challenge to the Swiss.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... beating-switzerland

Quote:

"the town of 7,000 is home to the greatest concentration of world-class watchmakers outside of Switzerland - with a business that's growing even as Swiss producers retrench.

"Glashuette produced more than 32,000 watches last year, with a total value of at least 500 million euros, according to analyst estimates. These aren't [cheap] Swatches: The town's 10 watchmakers tend toward the high end, and the priciest local producer, A Lange & Soehne, has built a reputation * * * and its average price is roughly 50,000 euros.

"Lange was the town's first watchmaker, founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolf Lange, a Dresden native who studied the trade in Switzerland and Paris.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Glashütte's watchmakers prospe as Switzerland retrenches
(b) Glashuette
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glashütte
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(c) "A Lange & Soehne"
(i) The "Soehne" is English transliteration for German noun Söhne.
(ii) German English dictionary:
* Sohn (noun masculine‎; plural Söhne): "son"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sohn

Only the plural form has "ö."
(iii) The etymology of English noun "son": "Middle English sone, from Old English sunu; akin to Old High German sun son"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/son

(d) "After World War II, the town’s half-dozen remaining watch companies were expropriated by East Germany’s communist government and merged into a state-owned 'kombinat' "

For German noun Kombinat [kin to Kombination), see combine (enterprise)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_(enterprise)
(e) The quotation is from theonline version, which is somewhat shorter than the print.

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(6) Peter Blumberg, A Federal Judge Stops Google From Googling.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... oogle-from-googling

Note: summary underneath the title in print: The search giant agrees to pick jurors the old-fashioned way

(7) Joshua Brustein with Spencer Soper, Who's Alexa?
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-amazon-echo/

Quote:

"weeks before the speaker was set to ship, the dissidents [Amazon workers (men and women working on hardware and software)] confronted Bezos. He agreed to the changes: The device would be called the Echo [instead of 'Flash' that Bezos preferred], and its wake word would be 'Alexa [as opposed to Bezos's choice: Amazon].'

"When the first batch shipped to buyers in November, Amazon's critics mocked it. * * * Then something weird happened: People [Consumers] decided they loved it. Amazon never releases data about how its products sell, but Consumer Intelligence Research Partners issued a report on April 6 saying that the company has already sold more than 3 million of the devices, 1 million of them during the 2015 holiday season.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: How Amazon's voice-controlled speaker became a surprise hit
(b) The print and online versions are a bit, but not much, different. The quotation above is from print.

(8) Bruce Einhorn, A New Dimension for Post-PC Taiwan.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Electronic parts maker Kinpo has become a 3D printing pioneer
(b) I already introduced this report to you the same day (Apr 27) it was published online. At the time, the report title was different from today's, because the former was the online title.