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August 28, 2008 | ||
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| BOOK EXCERPT Book Excerpt: The Numerati by Stephen Baker By building mathematical models of its own employees, IBM aims to improve productivity and automate management IN DEPTH Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay In a controversial practice known as "balance billing," health-care providers are going after patients for money they don't owe NEWS Wall Street's Big Sell-Off Even after deep discounting, Lehman Brothers' assets may go without buyers. Is an S&L-style bailout in the offing? BACK TO SCHOOL TECH Universities Try Out New Digital Devices From iPods and video cameras to the high-speed Internet2, schools experiment with ways to improve how teachers teach and students learn BACK TO SCHOOL TECH Students Will Help Save Apple The tech company may look vulnerable to an economic downturn, but back-to-school shoppers should help it keep up a strong financial performance INTERNET Amazon Beefs Up Kindle Franchise Purchases of startups including Web site Shelfari could harness the e-reader's success and bolster the online retailer's share price TOP NEWS CEOs Get Fewer Perks New SEC rules requiring companies to disclose perks that cost more than $10,000 lead to a decline in swanky extras Business, and Startups, in Second Life Whether they're designing eco-homes or a new mass transit system, entrepreneurs are finding virtual worlds provide them with an inexpensive, low-risk launching pad INDIA For Tata in India: Industry vs. Farms Is he a hero for bringing affordable cars to the masses or a villain for stealing land for his factories? Ratan Tata's fortunes are changing SPORTS BUSINESS London Games 2012: Lessons from Beijing The British capital can't match China for spending or flash. It aims instead to emphasize fun at the 2012 Summer Olympics AUTOS Drive an Expensive Import? You Probably Lease It Leases are falling out of favor, which is bad for import brands. They depend on leases to put people in cars they otherwise couldn't afford REVIEWS Chevy Corvette ZR1: GM's Ferrari Who says America can't build a supercar? You wouldn't if you drove this insanely great Vette INSIGHT • From Design Management Review Designing the Future of Business Forget total quality. Forget top-down strategy. Design is the engine that can transform a company into a powerhouse of nonstop innovation BREAKING NEWS Manufacturing: Where's the Slowdown? An export-driven jump in U.S. durable goods orders for July confounds economists' expectations of weakness YOUR MONEY • From S&P The Vacation-Home Dilemma The soft economy may be prompting thoughts of dumping that second home, but there are plenty of reasons to consider renting it out instead BREAKING NEWS Housing: Is the Slowdown Slowing Down? A relatively upbeat Case-Shiller reading and the slowing pace of home price declines point to hope that the housing market is nearing its bottom BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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