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Movies have evolved and will keep doing so as technology advances. I predict that Hollywood will eventually make feature-length movies by digitally re-creating long-gone movie legends. Using computer-generated imagery, animators will create fictional actors and maybe even render live movie stars a thing of the past. And on Oscar night, the red carpet will be rolled out for the computer geeks who created the stars...
Fitzsimmons said that the College’s yield—the percentage of admitted students who choose to enroll here—has hovered around 78 percent in recent years, but he noted that it is impossible to predict precisely how many students will accept Harvard’s offer...
...Trial experts predict that Lay's defense, handled by famed attorney Mike Ramsey (who won an acquittal for accused millionaire murderer Robert Durst), will be that he was not aware that Enron was cooking the books. "The problem is, he's a Ph.D. economist," says Wynne. "It's going to be a very hard sell." Plus, says Wynne, if he wasn't involved in the business, why was he drawing such a large salary? "Lay's basic response is, 'I wasn't there. I wasn't around. And I was kept in the dark about what was going on,'" says...
...retention. Companies yearn to nip turnover, which averages about 15% across the workforce and costs at least a quarter of a departing worker's salary. Poorly performing employees are costly, to the tune of $100 billion a year in the U.S., according to one study. The tests claim to predict a worker's "fit" with the job and corporate culture--thereby increasing chances that the hire will stick. (H-P, of course, may want its money back; Fiorina was ousted last year...
...like the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) are used to detect the proclivity toward substance abuse and psychopathology; 60% of police departments in the U.S. use the MMPI. The California Psychological Inventory, a popular "screen-in" test, can help determine the right person for the job by attempting to predict how someone will behave. The Myers-Briggs is frequently used by employers on existing employees to measure leadership and teamwork skills. Other tests gauge dependability, stress management and motivation...