In a press release, CEO Todd Dipaola pointed to inMarket's integration into existing shopping apps as a big reason for its growth: "Our beacon program works because we reach shoppers in stores via the shopping apps they already use and love.
William delivered a short speech, praising the Australian-led effort in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, lamenting the destruction caused by cyclone Ita in Queensland and observing Australia's two decades of economic growth was a "beacon of confidence" for him and his wife.
President Barack Obama put the klieg light on Hollywood on Tuesday, calling the motion picture and television industry an engine of growth and a beacon in a recovering economy.
China's growth stands as a beacon for the power of trade.
What was recently AT&T's beacon of growth, its wireless operation, has been spun off to the company's shareholders -- according to Mr. Armstrong's plan of a year ago -- and can no longer cover for the other divisions.
However, that's common among emerging markets and actually reassuring as it's a beacon of growth in these dark times for the global economy.
As recently as 2005, Germany was derided as the "sick man" of Europe, with high unemployment and sluggish domestic demand, whose sole beacon of growth was exports, says Mauro F. Guillen, professor of international management at Wharton.
About $4 million of its Series A money was earmarked to support Beacon's growth, once it became operational and profitable, not to get Beacon flying in the first place.
The console industry hasn't exactly been a shining beacon of growth itself, but with a hardware refresh imminent, AMD is in the best position to capitalize should consumer interest once again be caught by fancy new console devices.
I spoke to Krzych about his growth, the future of beacons, and what near field communications can do for us on the long term.
