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...designed to do? Variables such as the size and direction of waves, the altitude of the aircraft, and the speed at which it descends vary widely from one situation to the next. The men who saved flight 1549, pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, will likely find their brains picked thoroughly over the ensuing weeks, says airplane safety expert Todd Curtis. "This will be a data-rich situation from which we can learn...
That correlates with what Jeffrey Ashe found in the 1990s when he ran a group-lending outfit. Working Capital, which had branches from Burlington, Vt., to Miami, eventually collapsed, but at its height the entrepreneurs were tremendous sources of support to one another, says Ashe. "I'd say that might have been more important than the loans," he recalls. "After they stopped borrowing, a lot of the groups would still meet - to help with bookkeeping, to refer customers to each other." Even if microlending isn't a clear-cut pathway out of poverty - and years of studies have...
...with all the same TV manufacturers showing off a variety of displays that either work with glasses or create a 3-D-like effect automatically on screen. Dozens of movies and video games are in the works that take advantage of improvements in 3-D-display technology. Indeed, Jeffrey Katzenberg, whom Stringer introduced as the "John the Baptist of 3-D," was in full proselytizing mode, working the convention-center floor and giving interviews. Katzenberg has staked his DreamWorks Animation's future on the technology; it's the first studio to be creating all its movies in 3-D from...
Plenty of companies with charismatic leaders can still thrive after they're gone, says Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at Stanford University's business school. Recent examples include Wal-Mart, Southwest Airlines and the Mayo Clinic, he says. The trick lies in the ability of successors to understand what made a company great--and preserve that part of the culture. And what's Jobs' secret sauce? "Most company leaders do what everyone else does," says Pfeffer. "The genius of Jobs is to get his company and its people to get out of that rut--to not follow the crowd but lead...
Pardo, Bruce Jeffrey •plans of to flee to Canada after massacring nine people are thwarted when inferno started by causes Santa suit to melt onto the body...