>In which reality is that a "new normal"? This one. It used to be that you would boost profits by innnovating and launching a new product line, not liquidatin

>In which reality is that a "new normal"? This one. It used to be that you would boost profits by innnovating and launching a new product line, not liquidating business segments. Instead of focusing on growth, corporate America is now preoccupied with trying to squeeze water from a stone. IBM has sold off countless viable profit centers in the interest of "streamlining" to the point at which there isn't much left of the company's former product line.