Happy birthday, America! A 233-year-old needs a lot of candles, and for the fireworks industry, July 4 is Christmas. Over the past decade, the sector has almost tripled to nearly $1 billion in yearly revenue. But not everyone wants ...READ»
Melting banks. A tumbling currency. More lousy Björk singles. Iceland's
pride has taken a pummeling over the past year. But delegates at this
summit will discover that the Arctic nation still has one thing to
boast ...READ»
It's ironic that the world's sexiest airline --
RIP, Hooters Air -- is still a Virgin. But these days, that's a good
thing. As older carriers battle bad press (say, U.S. Airways) and
financial woes (pretty much everyone ...READ»
Small-scale, local power--the microgrid--is a big part of the path to sustainable energy (for more detail, read Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis in the July/August issue). With today's rates and rebates, ...READ»
If you're a man taller than 6'3" or a woman over 5'9", meet your new
bible. Cohen, 6'3", gives talls a pep talk, highlighting research that
shows they'll make an additional $789 per inch per year over ...READ»
Does the mere thought of PowerPoint-glutted conferences send your
fingernails inching toward your eyeballs? Then we suggest the
pecha-kucha night at this designers' gathering. The brainchild of Tokyo
architects Mark Dytham and ...READ»
They play Connect Four. They mix martinis. They paint. And at this sixth annual event, robots go head-to-head in categories from
navigation to remote-controlled flame throwing. In the past two years, the gathering has doubled to 70 ...READ»
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An improvement to decades-old LCD technology promises to turn the surface of almost anything into a full-color digital display. At the very least, it brings color-changing gadgets closer to reality.READ»
Genetics, this is your mainstream moment! So says conference founder
and biotech entrepreneur John Boyce, who points to the rapid drop in
DNA-sequencing costs and growing interest in genomics
from consumer-goods manufacturers. ...READ»
A hot topic at this meet-up of solid-waste execs will be the booming business of trash to cash.
Some 55% of American waste still ends up in landfills, and operators in
this $52 billion industry have long been required to collect ...READ»
Lawyers have their oath of attorney, and doctors have that Hippocratic one, but it struck Max Anderson, a Princeton alumnus who today graduates from the Harvard Business School, that MBAs have nothing. And so he and several of his ...READ»
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A few years ago, E3 made a mistake. It went invitation-only, lost the hot booth babes dressed as Lara Croft and Jill Valentine, and killed the buzz. Now E3 is once again open to the public -- or "qualified computer- and ...READ»
Fifty years ago, two girls, Able and Baker, went to space. After their brief spaceflight on May 28, 1959, the two pioneers were hailed as heroes and made the cover of LIFE, which lauded them as America's Space Travelers. Able, a ...READ»
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When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like Corning have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»
