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Booz & Company’s Tom Stewart on what innovations are driving the next economy.
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Booz & Company’s Tom Stewart uncovers the hidden opportunities of the Obama administration.
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Tom Stewart advises business leaders on managing and thriving in an economic downturn.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaking at Council on Foreign Relations, pledges a new plan to regulate systemic risks to the financial system, including enhanced oversight of “non-banks.” In this […]
Everyone knows Metallica…or at least they should. But the band is not known as Christian writers. Many music groups are overlooked in the area of faith messages simply because of […]
Privacy as we knew it in the days of paper and pens is gone, and it isn’t coming back. Short of withdrawing from our dominant means of communication, i.e., the […]
I have often reflected on the verse in the Bible that says we can move mountains with our faith, even with the smallest bit. “That can’t be true!” It’s the […]
Whatever the angle, the media frenzy—such as it is in the poetry world—over the death of Nicholas Hughes is distasteful and irresponsible.  Hughes, the son of canonical poets Sylvia Plath […]
In the 2002 film Minority Report, audiences were shocked by scenes in which public advertisements could scan star Tom Cruise’s profile and pitch him ad content based on his tastes. […]
It’s one of the scariest things you could experience in a war zone: a bullet strikes near you, you know not from where it came, and another one is probably […]
The contrast is sharp. There are two important stories about stem cells today. The first, from FoxNews is entitled “States Consider Harder Line on Stem Cell Research.” It’s about how […]
The Times editorial page has been conspicuously down a token right-winger recently as former Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat stands on deck, preparing to step to the plate where Bill Kristol […]
I am a naturalized US citizen from the former Soviet Union where I held eight Certificates of Invention from their equivalent of our Department of Patents. I consider myself an […]
This is a call to start a class action lawsuit for the members of the public defrauded by our education system.
Using trans epidermal nervous stimulation by way of an elastic sleeve and computer it is possible to create a peristaltic wave in the skeletal muscles. This, along with the valves in veins would assist the heart. Seen as effective for assist after auto collision when chest damage precludes traditional CPR..or possibly PAD
I have often thought that monetary gain should not be a part of collective bargaining. When people sign on they have a wage set…. after that some COLA clause based on gov't numbers should be enough. By eliminating the simplistic "we want more cash in our pocket" target, more important issues might get the attention they deserve.
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Anne-Marie Slaughter says gender issues are one of America’s greatest strengths.