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Islamic history will remember Osama bin Laden as a bad Muslim. Islamic canon is formal: a Muslim leader must do everything he can within his power to prevent fitna - civil war between Muslims. And that is exactly what bin Laden has done in Iraq, drawing us into a war and creating the circumstances for Shi'a and Sunni to kill each other. Whether or not al-Qaeda is responsible for every market truck bomb in Iraq, it will be laid at bin Laden's feet...
...economy rebounded this decade, many executives began to wonder if they had gone too far. Introducing dog-eat-dog values into corporations that continue to prize the organization over the individual generated worker dissatisfaction. Trying to rebuild loyalty and decrease turnover, companies like Canon, Kintetsu and Fujitsu have altered or scrapped performance-based pay and reinstated seniority as a determinant of salaries. Trading house Mitsui last year reopened five dorms for single employees--at a cost of nearly $1 million annually. "We're hoping that group residence will nurture communication and interpersonal skills in our new young hires," says Mitsui...
Bungie makes a series of video games called Halo that are among the most revered in the gaming canon. It's doubtful that many people reading this could say exactly, or even approximately, what the Halo games are about. But when Halo 2 came out in 2004, it did $125 million at retail in the first 24 hours. Since then, gamers have logged almost a billion person-hours playing Halo 2 online. Because it's exclusive to the Xbox 360, Halo 3 is also Microsoft's weapon of choice in its struggle with Sony for supremacy in the multibillion-dollar...
...economy rebounded in the past several years, many executives began to wonder if they had gone too far. Introducing dog-eat-dog values into corporate cultures that continue to prize the organization over the individual generated worker dissatisfaction. Trying to rebuild company loyalty and decrease turnover, major companies including Canon, Kintetsu and Fujitsu have in recent years altered or scrapped their performance-based pay and reinstated seniority as a determinant of salaries. Meanwhile, trading house Mitsui last year reopened five dorms for single employees - a program that costs the company nearly $1 million a year. "We're hoping that group...
...thinking twice about waiting for those printouts - not for the sake of the paper, but for your health. In the small study, published in the Aug. 1 issue of Environmental Science and Technology, researchers found that nearly 30% of the 62 printers they tested - including laser printers from Canon, HP, Toshiba and Ricoh - emitted high levels of ultrafine toner particles, which were potentially as hazardous as cigarette smoke. In one Brisbane office, the authors found, the concentration of particulate matter per square inch was five times higher during working hours than nonworking hours, and about 3.5 times higher inside than...