The internet, the world wide data connection that has caught on like a wild fire sweeping through a parched California forest, has wide ranging implications on our world economy. Locally, we have witnessed staggering swings of fortune in more “dot-com�Efirms than any other form of business in American history. The old adage of that “American Dream�E- starting a business in the garage to see it one day be listed on the stock exchange …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…ramifications of the internet are wide ranging and will certainly impact nearly every human being on the face of this planet. What a marvelous time to be living in to see one of the single biggest technological advances come to fruition. While the telephone made the world a much smaller place to live in, the internet has taken the meaning of distance out of the equation completely. The economy? It’s the internet, stupid�E