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MAY 26, 2008

BTW

Pregnancy bias at work, a virtual Berlin Wall, back-of-the-napkin books, and more.


MAY 19, 2008

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Technology's Wunderkinder Myth; Ice Cream Makers' Recession Recipes; and more.


MAY 12, 2008

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Better Brainstorming Through Hypnosis; The Benefits of External Air Bags; and more.


MAY 5, 2008

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Turning Pennies Green, My Beautiful Mommy, and more


APRIL 28, 2008

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The Mideast 'gets' tech, planes lighten up, wine's price-tag effect. Also: How old-timers drive. And more slights for the overweight


APRIL 21, 2008

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U.S. nonprofits turn naughty; Marvelšs board draws superhero fees; and why women canšt get mad at work. Also: Is that job candidate emotionally fit? And more.


APRIL 14, 2008

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Taking paternity tests—at home; re-tapping backyard oil wells; brewing "Obama" beer in Kenya; and more


APRIL 7, 2008

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Will Porsche be stuck in Londonšs traffic?; A Web 2.0 Quiz Show; Pawn shops get into gold; The world according to Lego. Also: Aromatherapy at the bank. And: Stephen Hawking? Wasn't he on The Simpsons?


MARCH 31, 2008

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Moscow's hot property market; A 'Dilbert'-related dismissal; A summer league vs. the MLB; Graceful aging for guys. Also: Enough juice for plug-in cars? And Atlantic City's play at the track.


MARCH 24, 2008

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Baby-care TV. Who'll fix that Rolex? Hiring's healthiest sector. Shareholders get some respect. Is Denmark IKEA's doormat?


MARCH 17, 2008

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Salty talk at the office; mis-measuring the 'bio' in biodiesel fuel; and the cult of the big red business book. Also: For Al Gore, an inconvenient truth; and will Apple hitch a ride on Steve Jobs' private jet?


MARCH 10, 2008

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Performance reviews for narcissists; Japan's hair-cut economists; stealing from home sites; going hog-wild in Texas. Also: An elite recruiter gets into social networking.


MARCH 3, 2008

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Saying no to nanotechnology; still-life with fish sticks; and e-mail that's (literally) in the air. Also: Le Big Mac's rent rise on the Champs-Elysees, and Mexico feels the heat from the housing meltdown


FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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More bans on bad-mouthing employers; the price of healthy habits; the drag on wind power, a TV ad crunch; and computerized coffee tasting. Also: Docket overload? The patent court that also handles soldiers' disability claims.


FEBRUARY 18, 2008

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Slumping sales under the no-smoking sign (think bars and betting); some second acts for rogue traders, some turbulence for RyanAir; a last-gasp light bulb; and home borrowers' secrets and lies. Also: the analysts whose "sell" advice is on the money.


FEBRUARY 11, 2008

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Why Medicare's cardio coverage may be skipping a beat, the haircuts that could help the economy, faster responses from foot-dragging bureaucrats, be happy but worry (the perils of too much bliss). Also: What's a "widespread" opinion? Yours, if you repeat it enough, a study shows. And da bomb: An exploding coin bank catches on in Japan.


FEBRUARY 4, 2008

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Cars get even greener (think banana leaves), cameras detect who's smiling (and who's not), and a 15-year-old Russian brings her fashion line to America. Also: Olympic athletes' end run around Beijing, and the art of staying sane during a corporate meltdown.


JANUARY 28, 2008

BTW

Britain Lives It Up


JANUARY 21, 2008

BTW

Your fourth grader's art project is probably safe. But anyone creating "exact" likenesses of the pyramids will have to fork over a fee if Egypt passes a pending law to copyright its antiquities. Also in btw this week: banking's big compliance costs, what your bookshelf may be telling you, the newest shareholder demands, air safety's blind spot, and why it pays to offer TV shows on the Web.


 

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