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...appear to be perfect. This is, of course, only part of reason jobs at Apple are safe. The company has $24 billion in cash and securities and adds to that every quarter. Apple refuses to make acquisitions, preferring to create and market its own products. M&A deals often mean personnel cuts. Because Apple's success is based on creating new products, improving old ones and aggressive marketing, it will need all the people who work at the company and perhaps more. Apple is one of the few companies in the U.S. prepared to drive product introductions and spend...
...international music industry body IFPI, told The Guardian. Big-name artists, too, have weighed in. Prince has threatened to sue, and this week one of the founders of the Swedish super group ABBA denounced the site as a gift to those who want to be "lazy and mean." "It is easier and cheaper to steal than to download legally." Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote in an online Swedish op-ed. "Is it really so damn difficult to pay your...
...first two weeks.”“Then why aren’t you still mourning?”“’Cause I’ve already done it. And just because I’m sorry for him doesn’t mean I’m sorry for me.”His eyes popped. His whole body turned towards me. “Never say that to anyone.”“What?”“You will not say those words to another person...
...transcends that of the mythological. There is a long list of questions, any one of which could be investigated, that would indicate that its makers were aware of their task—or even connected to reality. What does the Hajj as an act of worship in total communion mean for the various disparate sects and nationalities of the Muslim world? What does a tradition that remains obstinate in the face of modernity say about the rapidly modernizing groups of people who still take part in it? How does the pilgrimage, understood by the faith as a totally pure experience...
...arts should be taught at academic institutions like Harvard?WPL: What I find interesting about the arts in education is creating a healthy suspicion of the status quo. Institutions should create a safe environment where that kind of exploration can be fostered. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a critical assessment of the quality of that suspicion, because not all of it is equal. For me, the arts is all about taking risks and pushing the boundaries of an area: of chemistry, neuroscience, music, theater, or whatever. An artist will perhaps ask a question...