In this week's issue: A new way to search books, the jobs
boom that might not be, and worries about the U.S. and its
international stature.
---Books---
Wired looks at Amazon.com's ambitious plan to make the full
text of all the books it sells searchable online.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145554
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145554
Try Amazon's new feature out:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/magportalcom
---Business---
An Inc. article says companies should pay some attention to
customers who grumble about them on the Internet -- they may
just turn out to be prophetic.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145055
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145055
---Economics---
CIO warns that the hiring boom that many have predicted will
occur when the baby boomers retire is a fiction.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145270
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145270
Is shopping at Wal-Mart ultimately harmful to the country
and its economy? Fast Company examines this allegation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145202
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145202
---Society & Politics---
Reason looks at the curious legal status of business
improvement districts, which are not quite public and not
quite private.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145252
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145252
Time Europe reports on President Bush's trip to Europe to
try to persuade that continent's leaders to trust him and
his Iraq policy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145332
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145332
In an Atlantic Monthly piece, financier George Soros argues
that the current American supremacy in the world is like a
stock market bubble waiting to pop.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=145528
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=145528
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