"It was just music business back-and-forth," Mr. Markey said.
Mr. Kane stayed in the business, going back and forth between the giants DC and Marvel, with many stops at smaller competitors.
And once manufacturers realize that it's not a competing standard, Bluetooth will be there too likely replacing all the infrared ports used for "beaming" virtual business cards back and forth and also adding new features for collaborating, messaging, gaming and making information almost universally shareable among dozens of types of devices.
A senior Obama administration official, briefing reporters after the meeting, described it as a "business-like back and forth".
"It is a back-and-forth business, as we call it.
While it is never a simple matter to mix two sets of siblings, this union has grown particularly rancorous, with court filings examining wills, back-and-forth business letters between brothers and sisters, and accusations that a stepmother was tricked into signing on dotted lines that did her no good.
The company has gone back-and-forth over Apple TV being a business or a hobby.
Agitated, a slim man in a business suit paced back and forth, arguing with a cashier.
"My staff told me we didn't have an agreement," he said, adding, "In this business, things move back and forth pretty often".
Doris Quillen (passenger's seat): "All my adult life I've hated buying cars -- all this business of going back and forth.
Over the years, as business has cycled back and forth between good and bad, new luxury suites have been added to attract travelers and the original steam power plant has been replaced with diesel-electric engines.
