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Suppose you wanted to stage a Broadway flop and were casting around for surefire bad ideas. What would you think of? Well, how about this: 15 mostly middle-aged and sometimes portly Argentines dancing the night away in that hoary old favorite, the tango. Add to that four singers declaring their sorrows in Spanish and an orchestra heavy on bandoneons (a type of accordion), and the marquee might as well say DISASTER. Indeed, when such a show was first mentioned to Choreographer Juan Carlos Copes, he answered, reasonably enough, "You must be crazy." But reason does not always prevail...
...program is used, the virus harmlessly flashes a few verses across the screen; then the interrupted task resumes where it left off. "I wrote it as a joke to see how far it would spread," says Skrenta. "But it's easy for a malicious mind to change or add a few lines and turn a harmless toy into a vicious tool...
Most American corporations do not yet go much beyond providing health facilities. But many may be tempted to add incentives because there can be bottom-line benefits to health high-mindedness. FORTUNE 500 companies each lose an average of $88 million a year to employee illness and shell out $100 million a year for employee medical coverage. Because health promotion efforts can lower both costs, says Harvard's Herzlinger, "it's a terrific investment...
...Numbers do not add up to 100% as some answered "not sure" or "both the same...
...last month, after reducing his workforce from 600 six years ago to just 50, Campbell closed the factory. Ryco-brand products will now be made overseas. "The total cost of labor for a process worker is $A49,000 a year. In China, it's $A2,500 a year. Add the cost of shipping and other things, and we can employ 15 people in China for the cost of one Australian worker." Factoring in longer work hours and leave, the Chinese worker will also toil for 100 days a year longer than his Australian counterpart. Then there's the cost...