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To Tell the Truth |
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The device that is widely used to detect lies today, the polygraph, is simply too unreliable. It is too inaccurate for the results to be admissible in court cases. A 2002 report by the National Research Council concluded that the polygraph can’t distinguish innocent people from guilty ones. In response, the U.S. Department of Energy began relying less on the use of the polygraph to conduct security checks on its employees. |
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Gone Phishing |
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Cyber criminals have gone phi-shing ?and you might end up as the catch of the day. Phishing is the act of sending an e-mail that claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the recipient into providing personal data that will be used for identity theft. |
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China Is Going on a |
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Earlier this summer, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, known as CNOOC, made a cash offer of $18.5 billion to buy Unocal. It was a friendly offer, and since 70 percent of Unocal’s reserves are near Asian markets where CNOOC operates, it seemed to make sense to the company, which is owned by the Chinese government. |
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The End of the World |
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| Peter Zeihan |
ǻ | Harper Business |
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Life Is a Startup |
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| Noam Wasserman |
ǻ | Stanford Business Books |
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