To attract new businesses to our shores, we need the fastest, most reliable ways to move people, goods, and information, from high- speed rail to high-speed Internet.

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This shift stems, in large part, from the movement from a predominately resource and tangible goods-based economy to an information-based one.

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The organizations that win from that model are those that deal extensively or entirely with information, knowledge or other virtual goods.

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He says retailers now have much more information because of bar coding and other technologies that allow them to track their goods from suppliers to the checkout line.

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By reducing barriers to entry and making price information more widely available, the Internet is pushing down the prices of goods ranging from cars to books, and of services from insurance to air travel.

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