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...models have new personality and a lot more pizazz, thanks to smarter designs and slick add-ons like phones and cameras. The new features should help drive sales up 18% annually during the next five years, according to estimates by the research firm In-Stat/MDR. Prices are still steep, and getting these babies to work as advertised can be a struggle, but some of the new PDAs are definitely worth looking...
Under Zimbabwean law, an editor may be subject to a steep fine or two years in jail even after he retracts an incorrect story...
...offers governance scores--and only to the company being graded. So far, only one firm, Fannie Mae, has elected to publish its--surprise!--nice, high number (9.0 out of 10). Access to detailed ratings for S&P 500 firms on governancemetrics.com costs at least $18,000 a year--too steep for John Q. Public, but several institutional investment firms have ponied up. Management & Excellence, a start-up agency based in Malaga, Spain, is posting unsolicited grades on management-rating.com with the goal of eventually soliciting business from firms that want ethics audits. With M&E's ratings system, companies lose points...
...distances of less than a few kilometers cycling is the quickest way across town. Some cities help make the ride even easier. In Trondheim, Norway, for the last 10 years, an electric-powered bike lift has towed 25,000 cyclists a year 130 m up one of its steep hills. And Vienna is keeping faith in its free, help-yourself-to-a-bike scheme: despite having lost hundreds to thieves and vandals last summer, 1,000 cycles will be back on the streets this May. This time, you can borrow one of the Vienna Citybikes free for one hour, using...
...says she’s worried that restauranteurs might face a double hit: the loss of smoking patrons and steep fines because those who do come might noisily loiter outside or leave behind cigarette butts...