In this week's issue: learn how to pass as a dilettante,
how to spot a lie during negotiations, and why we don't have
more unisex bathrooms.
---Art---
Artnews has a piece on the peculiar etiquette of gallery
openings -- what to say and how to avoid faux pas.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147040
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---Business---
Detroit's automakers have reduced defects to the low levels
of foreign cars, but they are finding that that's not enough
for today's car-buyers, according to BusinessWeek.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=146911
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=146911
Information Age says that application service providers are
making a comeback, and it explains why.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147107
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147107
BusinessWeek performs a post-mortem examination of the
troubled tenure of Boeing CEO Phil Condit.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147188
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147188
Information Age reports on an auto insurance company in the
UK that is trying to reduce fraud by using lie detection
technology when customers phone in claims.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147035
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147035
HBS Working Knowledge looks at ways to tell whether your
opponent at the bargaining table is being truthful.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147322
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147322
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---Education---
Will European students lose the right to a free university
education? Time Europe reports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147295
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---Internet---
Law enforcement officials are finding that blogs are a good
tool to help share information that may prevent crime,
according to PC Magazine.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147130
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147130
A Paper article predicts that the Google IPO in 2004 will
start a new dot-com boom.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147410
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147410
---Politics & Society---
A BusinessWeek analyst says that the GOP's protectionist
economic measures, such as tariffs and subsidies, are
hurting the U.S. economy overall.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147037
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=147037
Why do we still have sex-segregated bathrooms? asks an Eye
article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=147119
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