In this week's issue: Business strategies from the best,
the Web's sad and humorous past, for-profit education's
dilemma, and why you should fight that speeding ticket.
---Business---
An Inc article goes over best practices learned from the 50
most innovative companies in America.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104421
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104421
A piece in Managed Care sees doctors reducing their stress
and increasing office efficiency by adopting successful
management and workflow techniques from manufacturing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104255
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104255
A Red Herring article addresses concerns that the wireless
market leaders Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia scheme and
collude to preserve their triumvirate status, even at the
expense of innovation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104391
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104391
For those with the stomach for accounting minutiae, CFO
offers a peek at what several public companies are doing to
bring more transparency to their books.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104577
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104577
Internet World reports on Germany's efforts to lure foreign
business, making the claim that its depth of talent
justifies the expense of operating there.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104601
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104601
---Business & Technology---
"Geographic information systems" that rely on GPS-equipped
cell phones are becoming more compelling as the technology
enters the mainstream, according to CIO.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104194
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104194
Metropolis looks at the factory of the future: not an
assembly line, but an assembly swarm.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104332
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104332
CIO writes on the challenge facing retailers who want to let
their customers buy online and pick-up at the store.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104206
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104206
---Computing & Internet---
Consolidation among PC makers is going to hurt consumers,
argues a PC World article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104261
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104261
A PC World review touts 2002's best and worst places to buy
computer gear on the web.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104600
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104600
Red Herring reports on Sony's far-forward plans for the
PlayStation 3, due in 2005.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104385
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104385
An Entertainment Today article covers new anti-spam laws
passed by several states and the concerns about their
effectiveness.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104487
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104487
A Salon article trolls amusedly through a library of defunct
domain names revealing the stupid ideas people once had for
"making it" on the Internet.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104587
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104587
---Design---
Architecture that combines in harmony with the natural world
can be the most beautiful, writes Metropolis.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104336
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104336
---Driving---
Kiplinger's writes that if you get a speeding ticket, it's
worth the time to try to beat the rap and avoid hefty
insurance increases.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104440
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104440
---Education---
Education Week examines what happened to Edison Schools
Inc., a pioneer of for-profit public education that has
fallen on hard times.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104792
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104792
---Investing---
Salon interviews the author of a new book, "Buy, Lie, and
Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet
Bubble."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104779
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104779
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130091138/magportalcom
---Marketing---
Salon argues that the original Nike Air Jordans and the
marketing behind them are responsible for creating
contemporary consumer culture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104667
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104667
A Knowledge@Wharton article reports on a study finding that
consumers feel overly bombarded by legitimate e-mail
marketing, making the medium ever less effective.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104164
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104164
Inc looks at how some gonzo marketing has helped the
nation's first microbrewery/brewpub prosper in the most
unlikely of locations: Utah.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104354
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104354
---Television---
The New Republic analyzes how television collided with the
Supreme Court in two short-lived new shows.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104742
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104742
---U.S. Politics & Society---
American Prospect looks at a tape made in 2001 of eight
executives, including Dick Cheney, vouching for Arthur
Andersen.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104436
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104436
An American Prospect article marvels that military insiders
are actually desirous of congressional intervention to stop
the U.S. from going to war with Iraq.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=104635
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=104635
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