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American businesses have a particular interest in personal health, since worker illness costs them billions each year in insurance claims, sick days and high staff turnover. A 2008 survey of major U.S. employers found that 64% consider their employees' poor health decisions a serious barrier to affordable insurance coverage. Now some companies are tackling the motivation problem head on, using tactics drawn from behavioral psychology to nudge their employees to get healthy...
...always be the most engaging album. However this does not diminish the band’s accomplishment. By focusing on upbeat and lighthearted melodies, Malajube has succeeded in crafting an album that will capture a broad audience appreciative of the spirited songs despite the potential language barrier. —Staff writer Erika P. Pierson can be reached at epierson@fas.harvard.edu...
...presidency. The poorly-controlled crowd, however, had something else in mind. There were no longer any police officers in sight, and eventually the brewing mob mentality was set off by a few selfish fence-jumpers. Our entire section flooded forward over a flimsy three-foot plastic barrier and into a handicapped section, blocking the views of disabled people and ruining our hard earned vantage point. By the time our new president appeared in the distance, we were freezing and exhausted. After the spell of his booming inaugural address was broken, we passed miles of street vendors selling Barack Obama...
...possible that amid the current credit crisis, banks have been unwilling to lend money for this trading operation. More likely, though, is that there is limited access to infrastructure for storage. A bank or hedge fund with no such infrastructure has to jump an enormous barrier to entry in order to set itself up for storage - apparently to the point of leasing supertankers...
...auto shows for years, hoping to prove that they should be able to market their products outside their home market. Most experts who have seen their products do not believe that their quality is good enough to compete in the U.S. and E.U. markets. Buying Volvo would take that barrier away...