In this week's issue: Dumb moments in business, how to
borrow wisely, holographic video, and more.
---Baseball---
A piece in Inc looks at how Omar Minaya, a 20-year runner-up
for general manager jobs in Major League Baseball, got a
chance to rescue the Montreal Expos from likely oblivion --
and did it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127791
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127791
---Business---
Knowledge@Wharton looks at the importance of Wi-Fi
technology to the restructuring of the telecommunications
industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127138
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127138
MyBusiness presents "ways duct tape is like small business."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127195
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127195
A MyBusiness article examines the effects on small companies
when employees who serve as military reservists are called
up to active duty.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127209
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127209
Fortune investigates the secretive links between private
golf clubs and power.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127373
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127373
Enron's popularity as a success story in business school
case studies has led many schools to question their methods
of preparing such cases, according to CFO.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127548
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127548
Business 2.0 presents its third annual "101 Dumbest Moments
in Business" feature.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127750
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127750
---Computing---
A Connected Home article reasons that for many people,
notebook computers may finally make more sense than
desktops.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127356
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127356
A Computer User review casts a critical eye on the first
generation of "Media Center" desktop PCs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127764
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127764
Technology Marketing laments the death of best-of-breed
software and the rise of the suite.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127526
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127526
---Finance & Investment---
An article in Smart Money acknowledges the lure of today's
low interest rates and discusses the best ways to take on
debt in the current environment.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127401
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127401
---Science---
Technology Research News reports on one of the first
promising prototypes of 3-D holographic video.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127176
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127176
Optics specialists have opened up the door to remarkable
advances in imaging by letting go of the idea that lenses
should behave as the human eye does, according to Science
News.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127251
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127251
---World Politics & Society---
America's once-exalted stature in the minds of many Asians
has been severely diminished over the past few months,
according to Time Asia.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=127409
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=127409
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