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For Peer Schatz’s inspiration as a business leader, he looks to nature. “The most successful organizations are in biology, with their continuous adaptation toward survival,” said Schatz, chief executive officer of Qiagen, a Swiss firm that develops genetic testing technology.
The number of stray and abandoned dogs in the United Kingdom jumped by 11 percent in the past year — the biggest surge in a decade — possibly because of the financial crisis, a British dog charity said Wednesday. Dogs Trust said local authorities picked up 107,228 stray and abandoned dogs from British streets in the past year
With the big three gaming-system makers all previewing new or upgraded motion-sensing controllers this week, a new arms race is under way in the video game industry. Joysticks and push-button controllers seem to be on their way out, replaced by simpler, more intuitive devices — similar to Nintendo’s Wii — that let gamers move their arms and legs to guide their avatars’ movements onscreen
Microsoft Corp. on Monday unveiled its answer to the Nintendo Wii. The software maker said it will release technology that lets people play video games by moving their bodies instead of clicking hand-held controllers
Craigslist’s managers have complied with the wishes of most of the state attorneys general who demanded they rid the site of prostitution ads. The Web’s dominate classifieds publication replaced its controversial “erotic” section with a new “adult” category