Die. Thats the mantra so many businesses out here. The tsunami of invention disruption reaches far beyond this intense city and the valley that abuts it. The storm clouds darkening the fortunes of others in the inevitable riptide of creative destruction. The reverberations rattle whole industries with a wake so brutal they often determine the direction of stock prices in whole segments on a day where the dow dropped 55 points, s p lost. 16 and the nasdaq decreased. 24 lets just deal with the news. Take the biggest stock news of the day, the possible combination between shop and Td Ameritrade with the former buying the latter in a 26 billion combination that would create what might be an unbeatable 5 trillion online colossus these two companies have been sworn opponents ever since electronic trading became the way of the future more than 25 years ago. They have been in a battle for assets come on, its been incredible. And assets and commissions, the latter knowing no bounds with pervasi