Christensen retells the story of how Dell [DELL] progressively lopped off low-value segments of its PC operation to the Taiwan-based firm ASUSTek [LSE: ASKD]—the motherboard, the assembly of the computer, the management of the supply chain and finally the design of the computer. In each case Dell accepted the proposal because in each case its profitability improved: its costs declined and its re
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Thu, 23 Feb 12 00:39:57 -0500
Thu, 23 Feb 12 00:39:57 -0500
Ever wonder who came up with these designs?
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Does grad school pay off? In terms of salary expectations, the answer is yes, even after the Great Recession.
However, you must be careful to vet the prospects for your profession -- including average salary and job openings down the line -- before spending or borrowing to attend graduate school.
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However, you must be careful to vet the prospects for your profession -- including average salary and job openings down the line -- before spending or borrowing to attend graduate school.
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While sex can be forgettable or mind-blowing, for some people, it can quite literally be both at the same time. The woman, whose case was reported in the September issue of The Journal of Emergency Medicine, was experiencing transient global amnesia, a rare condition in which memory suddenly, temporarily, disappears.
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Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending.
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It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who reliably serve the interests of the wealthiest hundredth of a percent.
And this reaction tells you something important — namely, that the extremists th ... Read full story (http://www.nytimes.com)
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Is it unethical for a relatively wealthy person to apply for and receive unemployment compensation, even if he or she meets all the requirements? Is the answer different in times like the present, when government resources are extremely strained? ANONYMOUS, NEW HOPE, PA.
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“I grew up thinking that in Argentina there had been a war, and that our soldiers had gone to war to guarantee the democracy,” she said. “And that there were no disappeared people, that it was all a lie.”
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