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Compaq: Fiorina’s Folly Or HP’s Only Way Out?
They come from different parts of the technology universe. Computer powerhouse Hewlett-Packard is an invention factory that has created hundreds of products, things like the handheld calculator, over its 62-year history
Amazon’s Cloud Music and Storage: Revolution in the Making
When it comes to the distribution of digital entertainment, the planet has only two superpowers. One, of course, is Apple
India vs. Pakistan
India and Pakistan blame each other’s spies for just about everything that goes wrong.
The Grass-Roots Abortion War
The pregnancy-center clinic, with its new ultrasound machine, has been open only since December, but already the staff can count the women who came in considering an abortion and changed their minds: five women converted, six lives saved, they declare, since one was carrying twins. “They connected,” nurse Joyce Wilson says, recalling the reaction of the women who saw the filmy image of their fetus onscreen
The Mammogram Melee: How Much Screening Is Best?
Women’s breasts are not the usual topic of public discourse in Washington, at least not outside the context of a scandal.
An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny
On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that has caused anguish in the world of special education and children’s mental health
Spotlight: New Mammogram Guidelines
The uproar in the medical community was immediate. In a reversal of standard practice that bewildered physicians and patients around the nation, an independent government panel this week abandoned its long-standing recommendation that healthy women over age 40 get a breast-cancer screen once every year or two years.
Another Housing Crisis: A Shortage of Foreclosure Lawyers
Home foreclosure isn’t a legal abstraction for Yolanda Paschal, a recent graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. Her parents are facing foreclosure on the Miami house she grew up in.
Google says recession worst is over
Google on Thursday declared the worst of the recession over and paved the way for a return to heavy spending on expansion as it reported a surprisingly strong 8 per cent jump in net revenues in its latest quarter. The optimism reflected what the company said was an across-the-board recovery in online advertising, with even the struggling financial services sector showing a return to growth