Knight Ridder (nyse: KRI - news - people ) is more vulnerable to a hostile takeover than most media ventures in this ageof industry consolidation because of its unique capital structure.
In the past we talked about "dual use" military-civilian technologies, but truth be told, not much of what's in a bomb migrates back to a BMW. However, the money flowing into military and homeland infra-structure security will leverage revolutionary technologies and materials of the new digital age.