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IndustryWeek January 17, 2012 Josh Cable	For Peerless A/V, the Costs of Doing Business in China Weren't Worth the Savings Two years after pulling out, the Aurora, Ill.-based manufacturer of audio/visual mounts still pays 'seven figures' in legal fees to fight intellectual-property theft in China.
National Defense March 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	The Coming Decade: A Slowdown In Spending, but No 'Procurement Holiday' Even under the worst-case scenario, defense budgets in the coming decade will be larger than they were in the last year of the Bush administration.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East.
Fast Company February 13, 2012 Dan Macsai	MonoSol Creates Innovative Dissolvable Packaging To Combat Waste Single-serve drink mixes and individually wrapped foods are a boon for landfill enthusiasts. Dissolvable-packaging maker MonoSol has a fix. Can you stomach it?
Fast Company February 13, 2012 Christina Chaey	Update - Microwork Gets A Mega Boost A $1.25 million grant from Google.org will allow Samasource to reach more communities faster, making a slightly bigger dent in global poverty.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldier Energy Needs Outpacing Technology, Policy The military over the past decade has been grappling with the issue of power and its effects on everything from the mundane -- like microwaves and coffee pots -- to the sustainment of troops on foot patrols.
Registered Rep. February 8, 2012 Charles Paikert	Big Impact: Clients Turn to Socially Responsible Investing For the uninitiated, socially responsible investment funds are funds that screen potential investment targets for things like environmental impact, corporate governance or employment policies.
Chemistry World February 7, 2012 James Urquhart	Treating hospital wastewater Researchers have found that hospital wastewater containing low concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds can be treated using a membrane bioreactor - an established method of biologically treating wastewater.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Shredded Documents Brought Back to Life The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun an initial investigation into information security on the battlefield -- how U.S. data might be vulnerable and how troops could use confiscated scraps to gather intelligence.
Chemistry World February 2012	Keeping the tap on James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth.
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