In this week's issue: Trucks and web services mature, the
polar ice caps melt, and the ailing flock to cushy Asian
hospitals.
---Automobiles---
Car & Driver picks the five best trucks this year, including
minivans and SUVs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153870
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---Business---
An Inc. article challenges the conventional wisdom that
dating your coworkers is a bad idea.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153326
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153326
InternetNews looks at the issues at stake as the FCC
considers how to regulate voice-over-IP Internet telephony
technology.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153526
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153526
IEEE Spectrum provides a primer on web services today,
which, after a great deal of hype, are now quietly starting
to transform business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153617
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153617
---Economics---
A BusinessWeek article analyzes the Bush administration's
plan to cut the federal budget deficit in half by 2009,
concluding that it's very, very unlikely to work.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153762
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153762
BusinessWeek reports that the strict regulatory environment
in the U.S. is causing more and more foreign firms to shun
listing their shares on American exchanges.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153661
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153661
---Environment---
As climate change melts more Arctic ice and makes the
Northwest Passage more navigable, an Outside journalist
makes the journey aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153253
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153253
---Health---
More and more Westerners are going to Asia for quality,
inexpensive medical treatment and surgery, according to
BusinessWeek.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153760
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153760
---Religion---
An American Muslim provides for Outside an account of the
physically and spiritually grueling pilgrimage to Mecca.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=153251
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=153251
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