Picture phone reborn in wired world despite high costs
The Picturephone concept returns with video on new computers and wireless links, but main hurdles persist. Copper networks limit video, while upgrades like DSL and cable are years away. Early trials in 1964 priced three minute calls at 16 to 27 dollars, and 1970 home service cost about 160 dollars monthly for 30 minutes. Fewer than 500 signed up before 1974.
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New York
At&t
Sheldon Hochheiser
Herbert Hoover
Kyocera
Japan
Intel
Logitech
Picturephone
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York City
Genencor drives biotech growth with biomass and global reach
Genencor promotes biomass as a keyraw material to boost sustainability and cut emissions while expanding partnerships with Procter & Gamble. The Cedar Rapids plant, employing 92, supports local education and training with Kirkwood Community College, and Genencor operates plants in Rochester Elkhart Argentina Finland and China with sales offices worldwide. The firm reports 250 products in 80 countries and over $300 million in revenue last year plus increased R D spend.
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Mitchell
Genencor
Procter & Gamble
Cedar Rapids
Ander
Rochester
N.Y
Elkhart
Ind
Argentina
Finland
China
Singapore
Tokyo
Palo Alto
Calif
Netherlands
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Dorms reshape campus housing with private developers
Maryland public universities increasingly turn to private developers to add on campus housing. Universities lease land, developers finance and build, then manage the complex for 30 to 40 years before turning over ownership. The approach preserves bonding capacity for libraries and classrooms while speeding construction.
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Robert Levitt
University of Texas At Dallas
Maryland
James Lansbury
University System of Maryland
John Nelson
Moody’s Investors Service
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Tom Mitchell
Nent Planning
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Sylvia Brim
CPA
CFP
Skogman Realty
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SkillPath Training
Pat Murphy
Towson University
University of Maryland At
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Salisbury State University
College Park
University
Gluck
Lovitt
Washington Post
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University of Maryland
Steve Gluck
Matt Dolesh
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WMF Capital
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VMF Capital
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