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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2005-05-04

In this issue:  Clueless CEOs, implanting happiness, and
being trampled by MPAA.

---Business---
How much do CEOs know about company finances?  CFO magazine
asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203994
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203994
Inc. looks at the best places for doing business in the
U.S., and finds that the new economy is moving away from the
cities.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203471
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203471
Under increasing pressure from environmentalists, Time
Europe says that big banks are now examining investments by
their ecological and social, as well as their economic,
impact.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204015
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204015
The Motley Fool says that Intel's push into the realm of all
things nano stretches beyond "Intel Inside" and broadens the
company's long-term potential.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204208
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204208

---Computers---
Pop-ups got ya down? Sick of slo-mo surfing? Popular
Mechanics gives easy tips to sniff out the trouble and put
your Windows computer back in the fast lane.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203520
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203520

---Games---
According to BusinessWeek, cell-phone game sales are hot --
sparking deals and the interest of big game makers.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203609
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203609

---Health---
Cyberonics Inc. plans to introduce the first implanted
device that can treat a psychiatric illness, according to
IEEE Spectrum.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203768
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203768
BusinessWeek describes the search for DNA variations that
can result in illnesses.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204234
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204234

---Investing---
Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders, who predicts a rally, explains to
BusinessWeek why this might be the best of times for stocks.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204031
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204031
Accelerating inflation and rising interest rates are
prepared to wreak havoc on growth stocks, according to The
Motley Fool.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203896
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203896

---Law---
InternetNews says that the Supreme Court rejected an appeal
by Internetmovies.com, freeing the MPAA of culpability for
an erroneous takedown notice.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204526
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204526

---Movies---
Culture Vulture says The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is
a featherlight film loaded with grand CGI visuals, amusing,
gentle satire but never attains a real zaniness.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203729
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203729
George Lucas built his 850,000-square-foot, $350 million
gaming/film effects facility the same way he makes a movie -
with a sweeping vision, an obsessive eye for detail, and a
geek's reliance on computers, according to Wired.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203614
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203614

---Science---
Geotimes reports that, after studying the miniature
hominid's skull and models of its brain,
paleoanthropologists have determined that the Indonesian
find is indeed a new species, not a Homo sapiens with a
brain abnormality.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=204280
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=204280

---Travel---
Far from being dusty artifacts, historic hotels are reaping
the benefits of a growing interest in heritage travel. 
BusinessWeek provides three examples.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203592
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203592

---Misc---
To what lengths are officials permitted to go when
questioning suspects?  AskMen describes five things you
probably didn't know about interrogation techniques.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=203932
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=203932