2 February 2001 By The Morning News — 02 Feb 2001 Bezos says "Get the crap out" and Amazon starts to trim its inventory. [wsj]Unemployment hits 4.2 percent. [wsj]Bulls are rarely brilliant, bears are rarely idiots: online businesses can be successful.Verizon builds Silicon Alley office to serve complaints.Ex-Amazon workers can talk trash and still pick up benefits.Artists compete for Venture Donations, $50K to the best proposal.Making it as easy to buy music as to steal: Microsoft gets points for content protection.Geek Rave starts tonight!Arthur Anderson buys Xpedior U.K.With Milton Glaser, it's not what he has designed, but what he hasn't.Explore the mystery of Bionicle (made by Lego!)Today is James Joyce's 119th birthday.When designers get laid off, they get together (at least in Canada).
