Ten percent of sick days each year are faked. This does not seem like the best day to do so. -- ZWMON, NOVEMBER 30
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Last year, Verizon became a green pioneer in the telecom world. It
publicly pledged to purchase more energy-efficient telecom equipment
and launched a pilot project to turn off idle computers and monitors.
That may sound modest, ...READ»
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may steal the spotlight, but how about
some love for the day before the really big day? Thanksgiving eve is
the second-biggest sales day for many grocery chains; travel volume is
high, although the ...READ»
The Princess and the Frog is Disney's first traditionally animated
feature film since 2004's Home on the Range, which eked out just $50
million at the domestic box-office; the first fairy tale we've heard of
in which a princess ...READ»
For its 50th anniversary, the International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design is going cross-disciplinary, inviting experts in
fields as varied as architecture, technology, and global energy to
delve into areas that you ...READ»
When selecting a site for the WCD's 10th annual conference,
accessibility was an obvious issue. Of the hundreds of convention
centers in the U.S., "there are only about 14 exhibit halls where the
meeting space and the show floor ...READ»
Firms spent $5.5 billion on firewalls, virus scanners, and biometric
ID checkers last year, but one vital business asset remains woefully
hackable: employees. "Humans are the weakest link in the security chain,"
says Sharon ...READ»
There are more than 400,000 brownfields in the United States.
(Brownfield, n., a property abandoned because of the presence of a
contaminant.) That's nearly $2 trillion of underused or undervalued land.
The investors, developers, ...READ»
"Four adjectives in search of a noun." That's how
former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans once described
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the loose association of 21
countries around the Pacific Rim. Glancing at the ...READ»
Public officials seem to spend lots of time -- and public money -- jetting here and there, attending this conference or that, networking with one another. What good does it do? Quite a bit, says Mayor Ted Ellis of Bluffton, Indiana. A ...READ»
Innovative production techniques for electronics -- and the microelectronics inside those electronics -- are the focus of this 40,000-person trade show, the largest global gathering of its kind. We hope that some exhibitors will be ...READ»
We're entering the age of the kiosk: By 2013, self- service
transactions could top $1.5 trillion. DIY machines are fueling profit
growth at companies such as Coinstar, which bought DVD-rental leader
Redbox and its 15,000 locations ...READ»
When pro-democracy protesters smashed through the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, they shattered Communism's grip on Central and Eastern Europe. But not all the region's residents will be celebrating this anniversary. According to a recent ...READ»
The APHA's choice of water as its theme this year -- the "21st-century challenge," the group says -- may make you think of drought in India or desertification in Africa. But it wants you to think about you: A clean water supply is ...READ»
Aliens are good for American innovation. No, we're not talking about low-wage migrants, but the little green men who keep crashing into the desert. A few brave UFO spotters at this conspiracy congress will explain how the military has ...READ»
Is it ironic or just delightfully apropos that, for four days, the tony Caribe Hilton Hotel will swarm with academics, labor leaders, and HR types studying the vein-popping levels of angst currently afflicting employees? (Some 67% of ...READ»
Cars and airplanes may get tarred with a reputation as energy hogs, but the biggest culprits are buildings. Keeping our offices and homes lit, heated, and cooled accounts for a staggering 72% of electricity consumption and 38% of all ...READ»
The U.S. expects its largest-ever soybean crop this year: 3.2 billion bushels, enough to make 77 pounds of tofu for each person on the planet. Still, that might not be adequate, given rising demand for meat -- and thus animal feed -- ...READ»
"If we solve search," Google cofounder Larry Page told a class at Stanford in 2002, "that means you can answer any question. Which means you can do basically anything." Googled tells the story of the search rocket's relentless ...READ»
On the 291st birthday of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, we honor the classic combo named after the British aristocrat who, according to legend, ordered a piece of meat tucked between two pieces of bread. Others soon requested ...READ»
Incoming! Every year, the gypsy moth, zebra mussel, and other invaders do more than $130 billion in damage to U.S. agriculture, forests, rangelands, and fisheries. Worldwide, that figure soars past $1 trillion. "Part of the problem," ...READ»
"For 18 months, unemployment has been spreading poverty and acute suffering through industrial and agricultural areas alike. Timidity and disingenuousness have marked the course of the administration at a time when heroic courage and ...READ»
The United States accounts for just 4% of the world's population, but it produces 25% of greenhouse-gas emissions. Not smart. Deforestation (see World Forestry Congress, October 18) isn't one of our big problems, but energy use is. ...READ»
The hiring rate today is at just 3% -- meaning only 3% of jobs in any given month are new, the lowest since the government started tracking this stat in 2000 -- and unemployment is at quarter-century highs. But the HR people of ...READ»
If there's one upside to the soaring cost of health care in the U.S., it's that Americans are improving their knowledge of world geography. In 2007, 750,000 U.S. patients traveled abroad for cut-price care; by 2015, Deloitte ...READ»
