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• Best of plastics: Electrical and electronics

  Don Rosato Engineering

  Manufacturers in the various electrical/electronic (E/E) sectors can choose from an enormous and versatile range of plastics to meet every requirement. Depending on the electronic component or device, designers choose plastics for their rigidity or flexibility, toughness/durability, resistance to low or high voltage and their electrical insulation or conductive qualities.

• The quickest way to scale your business? Adding a super salesperson

  Jeffrey Scott Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​The fastest ways to grow your business is to add a super salesperson to your staff — but take your time and do it slowly to make sure you find a professional, high achiever. On the other hand, the quickest way to anger clients and harm your business is to hire a sales misfit.

• 5 ways to attract top-notch clients to your spa business

  Elizabeth Donat Recreation & Leisure

  Years of working in New York City's upscale beauty industry has taught me what top-notch and celebrity clients expect when they walk through the doors. To attract great clients who are able and willing to spend big money in your beauty establishment, you must provide these five key elements.

• Plan ahead: Are you a full-timer wannabe?

  Elizabeth Hurlow-Hannah Recreation & Leisure

  Back in June 2003 — seven months after our wedding and recently retired — Rob and I flew out to Oregon to help my pregnant daughter, Lisa. When Rob noticed an RV show in Portland, I agreed to go, envisioning a torturous afternoon of traipsing in and out of RVs. Suddenly, while ambling through a 36-foot, gasoline-powered Monaco La Palma with front and bedroom slides, I exclaimed: "Rob, I could live in this! Let's buy it and drive back to Maryland. We'll turn in our plane tickets, and borrow sheets and dishes from Lisa!" It was love at first sight.

• Metals Thoughts: Failure to yield

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  ​The broad commodities indices have seen decent selling so far today, with generally all risk assets getting some to some extent or another. The tone flipped last week when the ECB failed to meet extremely dovish expectations, and bond crowned prince Jeffery Gundlach made broad prognostications (again) for the case for going to cash amid some mild hawkishness.

• The biggest challenge of my pharmacy career

  Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

  A student on his rotation at our pharmacy recently asked me, "What is the biggest challenge you have ever faced in your career as a pharmacist?" I thought this was a fantastic question, and reminded me that questions like this really make being a preceptor worthwhile.

• High school football is going national — but is that a good thing?

  Shawn Smajstrla Sports & Fitness

  Sept. 15, 2008, was a notable day in the long history of high school football. In front of more than 31,000 in the stands at Southern Methodist University's Ford Stadium, Miami Northwestern ended Texas dynasty Southlake Carroll's 49-game win streak with a 29-21 victory. While that itself was noteworthy, something of a bigger scale was propagating.

• The next big social platform your business needs to embrace

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  Facebook made a seemingly minor change last week that has big implications for your brand. Specifically, Facebook announced a new update to its Messenger app: Instant Video. Now, you can add short, instant videos to messages. While Facebook Messenger already added video calling last year, Instant Video is different.

• Finding the world’s oldest Corvette

  Michael Brown Transportation Technology & Automotive

  The General Motors "Motorama" held at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel in January of 1953 was extremely successful. In a film featuring highlights of the event, a narrator breathlessly intoned, "The Chevrolet Corvette, and the other customized models, are not for sale, yet. They're here to give tangible form to the drawing board ideas of today, out of which may grow the shape of things to come ..."

• Game-changing innovation grinds to a halt in mobile phone industry

  Ross Lancaster and Kaylee Nelson Science & Technology

  There are few — if any — days on the tech world's calendar that are more anticipated or followed than Apple's semiannual Apple Events. Live-blogged by many major tech sites and followed by millions of fans around the world, the events showcase Apple's newest product lines and updates to existing product lines. On Sept. 7 in San Francisco, the tech behemoth unveiled its second-generation Apple Watch and the iPhone 7.

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