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...news flash is "asset." Thanks to the cash-for-clunkers program cooked up in Congress, our 2001 Honda Odyssey may actually be worth something - up to $4,500 if we trade it in on a new, more efficient vehicle. That works out to nearly a dollar per dent, scratch, stain and tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My $4,500 Lemon: Taking the Feds Up on Cash For Clunkers | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...doesn't write e-mails or - perish the thought - use a BlackBerry or iPhone. Indeed, the Prince of Wales still deploys a fountain pen to scratch out letters and instructions of such calligraphic idiosyncrasy that they are collectively known in the royal household as "black spider memos." Yet despite appearances, the heir to Britain's throne is not insensible to the power of technology. A campaign to save the rain forests launched by the Prince on Tuesday is based on a 90-sec. film that he hopes will go "viral" and relies on state-of-the-art software and Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Charles Goes Viral to Save the Rain Forests | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...there were definitely questions of cost savings. There were definitely questions about ease of management. There are things about outsourcing that make it easier to support in a certain way.”Furthermore, were FAS IT to create a new e-mail client from scratch, Selsby says it would amount to “reinventing the wheel.”“There are people who are dedicated to creating these products,” he says. “Creating one in-house takes a lot of staff time. It’s much, much simpler...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: E-mail Switch Draws Security Concerns | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...about 3000 years of Chinese history in one course, I think you see great changes in values,” Tian says. “I want to show people that apart from the New York Times version of China, there’s another China. You have to scratch the surface and see what’s there, see what’s underneath...

Author: By Sanghyeon Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: Xiaofei Tian | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...their programs, or increased the frequency of food sales. Grocers are eager to hand over their goods to the auction houses once they know they're not going to sell them in the store. For example Clyde DeHart, owner of DeHart's Auction Service in Carlisle, Pa., takes "scratch n' dent" items from a nearby BJ's Wholesale Club store. Since BJ's sells in bulk, if one can of corn gets smashed in the truck, the whole case can't be displayed in the store. So DeHart takes the case, throws out the bad can, and auctions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canned Ham, Going Once, Twice: A Rise in Grocery Auctions | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

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