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| There"s no question that American consumers thirst for new products ?as the booming sales of camera phones and plasma TVs attest. But marketers are also noticing a growing demand for products from the past. This trend is affecting everything from cars to candy. |
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The Money, Freedom, |
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| What do the fabled chief executives of top corporations do when they retire? |
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The 40-Hour Work Wee |
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| Futurists 50 years ago were projecting a 20-hour work week in the United States and Western Europe by the dawn of the 21st century. In most developed nations, their predictions have proven directionally correct: total work time has moved downward. |
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Off-Shoring the Know |
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| Although we��셶e just explained that there is little reason to worry about off-shoring low-skilled, low-paying jobs that will be automated anyway, many observers are even more anxious about this related trend. Many companies are starting to off-shore some of their highly-skilled technical jobs to overseas providers. |
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Software Wars Challe |
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| The Massachusetts computer and software industry is legendary. |
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