Recent Articles
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Road trip: Beaching it in Southern California
Judy Connors Recreation & LeisureIf you have driven the Pacific Coast Highway 1 (PCH) from San Francisco to Los Angeles, you have seen some of the most jarring and magnificent scenery this county has to offer. Continual twists and turns on the narrow, cliff-side drive overlooking steep drops to the ocean are a visual reminder of the power of nature.
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The secret to a great 911 test drive
Irwin Greenstein Transportation Technology & AutomotiveYou're thinking about buying a new Porsche, so you head to the dealership and talk to the salesperson. You're soon behind the wheel of that new 911, taking it out for a test drive. But before you've even taken the training wheels off to find out how it really purrs, the test drive is over.
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Lasers help set sights on personal defense
Ken Jolly Recreation & LeisureYears ago, I dismissed lasers. Real men trained and used sights, I thought. But I have recently undergone a fundamental change in opinion. This comes mainly from two reasons: me getting a little older (my eyes may not be as good as they once were) and laser technology improving.
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Despite Daraprim disaster, generic drug rebranding seems here to stay
Dr. Abimbola Farinde PharmaceuticalThe term "rebranding" is defined as a marketing strategy that is employed when a product is created from an already established or existing product with the intent of developing a new or differentiated identity. At times, this can be associated with a significant change to the original product in an effort to increase awareness or reawaken people to the new indication. Other times, it can be the same product presented in different packaging.
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What leaders can learn from their mistakes
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDid you ever make a mistake, then hide the fact that one was made? Leaders often insulate themselves from others when they do not want admit to a mistake. In fact, many leaders do not want to learn from their own mistakes. Ultimately, this problem will crescendo out of control, and the leader may never recover from his or her mistakes.
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6 affordable habits of the wealthy
David B. Mandell and Jason M. O'Dell Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementBenjamin Franklin is commonly noted as saying, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." While catching up on sleep may help your health, it would take a miracle to go to sleep earlier one night and wake up with a heap of cash at your bedside.
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Air fare wars return with a vengeance
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementFlying home this holiday season may be easier on your pocket than in recent years. As competition increases and airlines vie with each other to fill up their seats, air fare wars have returned with a vengeance. For years now, the airline industry has stressed how it cannot lower prices because the cost of business is too high. Though the lowered flight prices aren't exactly unprecedented or revolutionary, they are considerable enough to make a difference in holiday budgets.
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How to make money in a new regulatory hospitality environment
Karen Hall Leimkuhler and Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe new Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) guidelines are in response to Americans being more overweight than 20 years ago. As a point of reference, these new guidelines are the first revision since 1998. This is not more government regulation.
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The end of the 40-year-old crude export ban?
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesAfter 40 years, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill on the floor to lift the ban on exporting crude oil from the U.S. Implemented during the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, the export ban has turned into a controversial issue with the U.S. becoming the largest producer of oil after Saudi Arabia in recent years.
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Staying cool: Clean air versus dirty diesel
Andrew Gaved Distribution & WarehousingThis week another report on diesel emissions — and, no, we're not talking about Volkswagen and their test-defeating software. Thankfully, this report is about the potential for liquid nitrogen and cryogenic processes to supplant traditional diesel-driven transport refrigeration units (TRUs) with a zero-carbon emission alternative.