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American Malls Beat Japan in Race for Touchscreen Vending Machines [Updated]

BY David Zax
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The new technology debuts with a splash in Tokyo--but this time, slick Japan tech followed innovative mall machines in Michigan.READ»

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How Everyday Behaviors Can Produce Clean Energy

BY Theunis Bates
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How to generate energy from sidewalks, roads, railways -- and every breath you take.READ»

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Crib Sheet: Gordon M. Snow, Assistant Director of FBI Cyber Division

BY Addy Dugdale
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This is the only freely-circulating photograph in existence of Gordon M. Snow, the newly-appointed deputy director of the FBI Cyber Division. But then, the FBI is probably marginally more aware of social networking etiquette than ...READ»

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Yakety-Yak – Texting Deaths on the Increase

BY Daren Monroe
Relevancy Score: 39

Police blotter statistics are showing an increase in the number of deaths due to texting while driving. It was dark, raining, and the highway was slick. READ»

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What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

BY Alissa Walker
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Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

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Hack My Ride: Ford Opens Up Sync Software Development Kit for In-Car Apps

BY Chris Dannen
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Ford is planning to open its Sync in-car computing platform to third party app developers, the automaker tells FastCompany.com. The idea is still nascent and there is no hard-and-fast timeline for release, says Prasad Venkatesh, who ...READ»

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The 31st International Electric Propulsion Conference

BY Clay Dillow
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NASA recently leveled with the Obama administration: without a lot more funding, we're not going back to the moon. It's straight to Mars for the United States, and that's not going to be a cheap trip either. With that news in mind, ...READ»

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Mackey's Op-Ed Tarnishes Whole Foods Brand Image

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 45

Whole Foods’ standing among its core constituency is less than it was before CEO John Mackey wrote a well-publicized op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to put the brakes on health care reform. According to ...READ»

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Mackey's Op-Ed Tarnishes Whole Foods Brand Image

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 45

Whole Foods’ standing among its core constituency is less than it was before CEO John Mackey wrote a well-publicized op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to put the brakes on health care reform. According to ...READ»

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A Little About Jorge Chalela

BY Jorge Chalela
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Jorge Chalela’s career in Tampa Bay has spanned 13 years. During his time in the legal profession, Jorge Leon Chalela has provided his services to thousands of clients in need, over 200 of whom already through until trial verdict, ...READ»

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Scientists Say Urban Living Makes You Stupid

BY Kit Eaton
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It's official: Living in a city is bad for your brain--or so says some new research by University of Michigan scientists. Specifically, the team of psychologists found that being in an urban environment depresses memory performance ...READ»

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Cheesy Goodness

BY Bill Barol
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The secret history of online pizza tracking.READ»

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Instant Feedback - Part 2

BY <cite>Fast Company</cite> Staff
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More panel responses to the May 07 article "Lessons From the Tarmac."READ»

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Customers First Local Hero: Zingerman’s

BY Alyssa Danigelis
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Zingerman’s The man behind this world famous Ann Arbor-based deli is a master, and not just in stocking fresh-from-the farm food that pleases the palate. MBAs come here to learn about how to treat customers like a ...READ»

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Extreme Networking: MBAs Show the Way

BY Linda Tischler
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And you think you know how to work a crowd? Incoming B-school students from Harvard to Stanford use Web-based communities to get to know each other, to make group deals for cell phones, and to launch business plans -- before they attend their first class!READ»

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Josh Silverman

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"I'm trying to take off a whole day each week, but I'm not there yet."READ»

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Laura Cooke

BY Anni Layne
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Sound

BY Alissa Walker
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Design can reward the eyes and ease the demands on our fingertips, yet it's rarely thought of as a gift to our ears. Now unprecedented attention is being devoted to the manipulation of sound. "Audio has a direct line to our sensual ...READ»

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Watch List 9/07

BY <cite>Fast Company</cite> Staff
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The books, conferences, and people to look for this month.READ»

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Cities On The Verge

BY <cite>Fast Company</cite> Staff
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These great urban centers almost made our list of the most innovative cities.READ»

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Taming the Alpha Exec

BY Andrew Park
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Ambition, self-confidence, even a little bloodlust--all can be part of a great biz leader. They can also wreak havoc on an organization. Now, for the executive from hell, help is on the way. READ»

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Leading Listener: Trader Joe's

BY Jena McGregor
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Customer feedback doesn't have to come from sophisticated research. At Trader Joe's, it's all about listening to people.READ»

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Trade Secrets

BY Lucas Conley
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Equal Exchange's fair-trade coffee isn't just virtuous. Because of the company's innovative and collaborative ways of dealing with growers, it gets better beans. That makes for a darn good cup o' joe -- and caffeinated growth for Equal Exchange. Do companies that thrive by twisting their suppliers' arms have something to learn?READ»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 44

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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The Housewife Who Got up off the Couch

BY Alison Overholt
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Threats, nay-saying, and a firebombing only made Eleanor Josaitis more determined to make the world a better place.READ»

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