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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2003-10-08

In this week's issue:  How to buy the best new car for your
money, new ways for retailers to increase perceived value, a
look at the latest Nobel laureate novelist, and more.

---Business---
A Fast Company survey reveals the best place in the U.S. to
work:  Iowa's capitol city, Des Moines.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141533
A ComputerUser article says now's the time to start a small
business and offers tips on getting ready.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141569
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141569
According to BusinessWeek, GE is trying to up its market
share by showing more love to its customers.  Will this
strategy work?
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141863
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141863
Time Europe looks at the dilemma of the BBC, which is trying
to be both a world media player and a public servant.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141887
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141887
An HBS Working Knowledge article looks at how retailers can
maximize income by manipulating prices on certain "signpost"
items consumers look for to determine what's a bargain.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141922
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141922

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---Books---
Time Europe profiles J.M. Coetzee, the reclusive South
African novelist who recently won the Nobel Prize for
literature.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141886
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141886
 Buy Coetzee's masterpiece Waiting for the Barbarians:
  http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014006110X/magportalcom

---Cars---
SmartMoney researchers present a guide to the 10 best values
for new-car buyers.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00142050
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00142050

---Economics---
BusinessWeek suggests that the U.S. housing market, one of
the bright spots in the economy, is starting to dim a bit.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141709
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141709
A new book excerpted in HBS Working Knowledge claims that
the rise of more and more hedge funds is a bad thing for the
everyday individual investor.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00141913
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00141913