Blood and oil
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Getty Images has been developed by mark Getty who has built up a library with more images that that of Corbis, owned by Bill Gates, following the acquisition of Visual Communications. Getty saw the market as attractive partly because it was fragmented for no good reason, and he proceeded to introduce consolidation. The business has also been digitized and placed on the internet, and the investment needed is more than a small company can afford.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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First blood
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Linda Chavez had been nominated labor secretary, but has withdrawn after claims that she allowed a Guatemalan woman to live in her home and do domestic tasks, despite being an illegal immigrant.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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Bad blood
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An inquiry into the infection of Japanese hemophiliacs with HIV is examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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