Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2004-09-08

In this issue:  iPod in school, power for China, and shady
companies.

---Audio---
PC Magazine looks at the options for portable music players.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=177043
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=177043

---Business---
U.S. Banker notes that the pace of bank mergers and
acquisitions is the highest since 1998.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176382
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176382
CIO reports on a study that uncovers best IT practices.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176365
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176365
Bank Strategies describes Bank of America's process for
product innovation.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176798
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176798

---Education---
CIO uncovers the motivation for giving iPods to all Duke
University freshmen.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176330
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176330

---Health---
Omega-3 fatty acid may have potential in the battle against
Alzheimer's, according to Science News.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176734
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176734
Worried about nitrate in your food?  Scientific American
says that it may help to fight infection.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176863
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176863
Should health plans be spending more on healthy people? 
Managed Care looks at the issue.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176498
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176498

---Intellectual Exercise---
Wired describes the methodology of Gordon Rugg, the man that
"cracked" the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich
manuscript.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176388
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176388

---International---
Time Europe reports on the tragic outcome of Chechen rebels
taking hostages at a Russian school.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176890
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176890
Wired looks at China's plan for nuclear power.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176607
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176607

---Misleading---
BusinessWeek warns of shady health insurance plans.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176819
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176819
InternetNews reports that the FTC has settled false
advertising claims with Bonzi Software over inflated claims
that it could protect from phishing and viruses.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176781
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176781

---Unions---
BusinessWeek looks at Andy Stern's plan to revive unions.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=176828
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=176828