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Fearing that their vacations could comprise of surf, sand and swine flu, potential travelers are turning to health organizations for guidance on whether to pack their bags or stay home. And while opinions from health officials have come thick and fast, their often contradictory advice doesn't make it any easier to decide whether...
...Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules By Stacy Perman Collins Business; 345 pages...
...wishing. The Snyder family--secretive and at times turbulent--has stubbornly resisted outside investors since the restaurant's inception in 1948. Its fierce devotion to its core business--serving tasty, nonfrozen, nonmicrowaved, made-to-order burgers and fries--has kept the company profitable and growing; remember that hundreds of fast-food-franchise concepts have flamed out since then. "Keep it real simple," Harry Snyder, a co-founder with his wife Esther of In-N-Out, would often say. "Do one thing, and do it the best you can." The company thrived on its stellar customer service and higher-than-average...
...with many family firms, there's more than a little drama too. The Snyders had two sons: Rich, who became a born-again Christian, and Guy, who worshipped fast cars and hard drugs. Rich took over the business but died in a plane crash in 1993. Guy then led the company until his Elvis-like accidental overdose...
...that wireless would eventually prevail in telephony. Yet unlike their new and younger rivals, Nortel, Lucent and other wire-line-equipment powers have found it difficult to take market share in next-generation technologies such as Internet telephony and wireless broadband. Recession has served, as it often does, to fast-forward a power struggle that promises to reshape forever how we communicate and consume media...