In this issue: The drug industry's sickness, thoughts on
investing, what it's like booking the Jerry Springer Show,
and more.
---Business---
MyBusiness looks at how office sharing can save small
companies money.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108986
Salesvault shares 31 tips for improving the effectiveness of
your print ads.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108994
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=108994
A CIO article relates the story of how manual know-how can
still trump automated design processes for product
prototyping.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109402
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109402
A New Republic piece claims big pharma has stopped
innovating, and marketing and the patent system are to
blame.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109565
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109565
---Internet---
In Searcher, a professional librarian describes her tenure
as a paid question-answerer for the Google Answers service.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109504
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109504
---Investing---
Though it doesn't predict when tech stocks will recover, a
Business 2.0 article picks five stocks it thinks will lead
the way.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109281
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109281
Kiplinger's talks with bond guru Bill Gross about his
outlook.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108934
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=108934
---Science---
Smithsonian tags along with a cloud physicist who flies into
the worst weather conditions imaginable in order to
understand some of nature's most chaotic phenomena.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108908
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=108908
A remarkable new metal called LiquidMetal is harder and
stronger than any other alloy. A Business 2.0 article
puzzles over why no one can make any money selling it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109332
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109332
---Sports---
A Salon article admonishes pro athletes for all their public
prayer, which the article says too often seems sanctimonious
and self-serving.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109142
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109142
---Television---
Salon reviews a book about daytime talk show producers whose
job it is to line up a suitable array of lowlifes,
sleazeballs, and weirdos for public ridicule.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108930
A PC World article warns of potential negative consequences
for consumers when broadcasters are mandated to switch to
all-digital TV signals in 2007.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109050
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109050
---U.S. Politics---
American Prospect analyzes the shift in union political
weight away from straight Democratic party-line support.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109197
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109197
An Education Week article reveals that the justice system is
dealing somewhat confusedly and contradictorily with the
issue of undocumented illegal immigrants in U.S. public
schools.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109471
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109471
---World Politics---
New Republic looks at the political risks to Tony Blair of
supporting the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=108897
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=108897
North Korea is experimenting with a utopian capitalism in a
special zone of the country, Time Asia reports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109260
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109260
Industrial countries' import tariffs hit the poor the
hardest, reports Finance & Development, in both rich and
poor countries.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=109315
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=109315
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