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When clustering does work, though, it's gold. Consider Yokkaichi, Japan, a city of 300,000 people that is the premier place to make NAND flash memory, which is used in cell phones and MP3 players. Sandisk, a Milpitas, Calif.-based company that designs, manufactures and sells memory cards, moved its manufacturing base there from Manassas, Virginia a few years ago, partly to be closer to Toshiba, a company it partners with. Yokkaichi already had the infrastructure for both manufacturing and for the large R&D outfit that goes along with making memory cards. "By having it all in close...
FM’s prediction: Unless you plan on smuggling epic amounts of booze aboard, be prepared for a flash-back to your high school museum trip...
Look at that unflattering brown spot on your cheek. It doesn't need to be there if you don't want it to be. All it takes is a little money, and a dermatologist's laser can zap it away in a flash. Last year, in fact, dermatologists performed about 60 million noninvasive antiaging treatments in the U.S. alone. But soon, thanks to a group of medical-device makers, you'll be able to remove age spots, zits, even wrinkles, without a dermatologist, without leaving your house. And if all goes according to plan, you won't even have...
...despite those changes, it's less clear that climate change will truly emerge as a defining issue in either the primaries or the general election next November. The flash points thus far have been the war in Iraq, terrorism, health care, the sputtering economy and social issues like abortion - not melting polar ice caps. And there's good reason for that. A recent poll by the Kaiser Foundation asked Americans what two issues they most wanted the presidential candidates to talk about. Among Democrats, Republicans and Independents, climate change or the environment failed to crack the top seven choices...
...WORK? Obama was all knees and elbows as he boogied to Beyoncé with Ellen, but he got in a few hip shakes and charmed the host. Similarly, his surprise SNL appearance was somewhat stiff--but ended with a flash of his famous grin...