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...turnaround artist. "The global economic landscape will be changed for at least a generation," the authors write. "Preparing for that eventuality now is essential." Perhaps because they have more to lose from not doing so, the cream of the crop has been better able to cope. Fifty-five percent of market leaders - according to sales figures - grew revenues in 2008, the authors note - a significant leap from the 40% of second and third-place companies that notched gains. That may be the least surprising element of this short, scary report. Shrewd management was likely how they reached...
...months. According to Taveras, the weight-to-length ratio, akin to the body mass index in adults, is a more accurate indicator of body fat than weight alone. The study showed that rapid rises in weight-to-length ratio increased the risk of later obesity from 20 to 40 percent, a risk Taveras called “not insignificant.” Clifford W. Lo, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Medical School, said he saw “several ramifications” of the study’s results. “Something is happening within the first...
...needs tabloids when there’s Twitter? Posting a shocking 1,382 percent increase in visitors year-over-year since February 2008, Twitter is the latest phenomenon in the recent surge of social interaction applications that have transformed the very idea of communication. A steady stream of constantly updated, readily available information has accompanied the emergence of an increasingly exhibitionist public. Moving beyond the sphere of interpersonal relations, this trend has crept into the artistic realm, raising questions about the status of art and its exhibition in society.Once predominantly a static creation relegated to the gallery or stage...
...Payroll taxes are the roughly 15 percent that gets taken out of each paycheck to cover the costs of entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and, depending on the state, unemployment and disability insurance. The employee pays roughly half of that 15 percent, and employers cover the rest. The payroll tax is regressive in that there is a ceiling on how much of your income gets taxed. In 2009, payroll taxes will only be levied on the first $106,800 earned, meaning that a millionaire will pay a far smaller percentage of income in payroll taxes than someone...
Fogel falsified data so that it would “better conform to his hypothesis,” according to the Register, which was released April 2. He also fabricated approximately 20 percent of the “anatomic data that were supposedly obtained from Computed Tomography (CT) images” in the study...