We wish everyone in the United States a happy Thanksgiving.
In this week's issue: Getting a good deal, coffee crisis, an
important vaccine, and political spam.
---Business---
A Darwin article discusses ways to counter the
conference-room burnout that results in unproductive,
frustrating meetings.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114583
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114583
Can former Compaq CEO Michael Capellas save Worldcom?
Fortune investigates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115003
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115003
---Cars---
Kiplingers has step-by-step advice for getting a good deal
when you're ready to buy or lease a new car.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114900
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114900
---Food---
A Fortune article covers the global coffee crisis, in which
the price of beans has crashed, quality is getting worse,
farmers are starving, and everyone is blaming Vietnam.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114882
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114882
Science News discusses a new report showing that the food we
eat is traveling farther and farther to get to us.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114760
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114760
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---Health---
Science News reports on a new vaccine that appears to
protect women from cervical cancer.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114789
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114789
In The New Republic, a surgeon ponders why doctors are so
resistant to change a system of training that is so
obviously crazy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114668
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114668
---Investment---
Fortune notes an uptick in the number of stocks paying a
dividend, and offers advice on how to play the equity-income
market.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114927
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114927
---Photography---
A piece in Science News wonders what will happen to
historical photographs now that the era of digital imaging
is at hand.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114770
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114770
---Politics---
The New Republic offers analysis of Al Gore's proposed
single-payer national health insurance plan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114774
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114774
Salon reports on a South Carolina man's attempt to fight
back against spam from political candidates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114558
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114558
---Technology---
Knowledge@Wharton reports on robots' steady approach to the
mainstream of everyday life.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114556
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114556
Upstart Norwegian web software company Opera is taking on
Microsoft head-on as Redmond tries to muscle into the
cell-phone market, according to Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114677
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114677
---World---
Time investigates the security and threat levels in Asian
countries that are potential targets of terrorist attacks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=114989
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=114989
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