In this week's issue: Antiheroic leadership, salary
negotiation, endangered entrees, and more.
---Business---
Inc warns against blindly following the advice of
consultants.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131692
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131692
Many Small Business Development Centers may be forced to
close as states slash their budgets, according to Inc.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131749
Inc claims that small businesses need "antiheroic
leadership," not the charismatic leadership that everyone
focuses on.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131814
Fortune looks at farm subsidies in Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131830
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131830
Industrial Physicist looks at the key ingredients for a
high-tech start-up.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131810
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131810
---Business Technology---
Fortune takes issue with a Harvard Business Review article
titled "IT Doesn't Matter."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131680
Darwin looks at the history of e-business, lessons learned,
and where we are headed.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131837
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131837
Darwin provides a cautionary tale about the vulnerability of
company secrets stored on employee PDAs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131846
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131846
---Careers---
Askmen gives tips on salary negotiation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131829
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131829
---Finance & Investing---
Fortune profiles unconventional and wildly popular financial
planning guru Suze Orman.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132190
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132190
---Health---
Askmen suggests summer activities for burning calories.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131831
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131831
---Science---
A Science News article looks at the enormous number of
microbes living in your intestinal tract and talks about
their usefulness.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132037
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132037
Fortune points out research that shows many toxins in low
doses are harmless or even beneficial.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131694
---World Politics & Society---
Reason interviews an Iraq hawk, a political realist, and a
dove on the topic of the future of U.S. foreign policy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132396
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132396
Atlantic Unbound interviews Robert Baer, a former CIA agent
who warns about our dependence on Saudi Arabia and its oil.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=131819
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=131819
Time Asia takes a glance at the rising appetites for exotic
(and often endangered) wild animals among deal-making
businessmen in China's restaurants.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132225
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132225
A Reason article examines the conflicting demands of wartime
prayers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132370
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132370
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