A number of proposed high-tech business ventures have recently gone bust or been postponed. The vexing question: How many droll ways are there to say "trouble on the information superhighway"? Journalists are working hard to exhaust the metaphoric possibilities:
Wall Street Journal -- hurdles
New York Post -- obstacles
-- potholes
Washington Post -- roadblocks
CNN's Moneyline -- construction delays
-- detours
New York Times -- ruts
-- bottlenecks
-- traffic mishaps
-- speed traps
-- lingering roadbed damage
Computer Shopper -- hitting the brakes
CNN Moneyweek -- casualties
Los Angeles Times -- stalled in the break-down lane
-- road kill
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