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...write children's literature is that it gets you back in touch with your inner child. For Chabon, 39, that may not be much of an incentive, since in person he comes across like a man who already exchanges regular e-mails with his inner child and plays paintball tag with him all the time. But lately there's a big new reason for writing stories aimed at "young readers," the publishing-industry term for kids who are done with picture books but not quite ready for Tolstoy and Candace Bushnell. It's Harry Potter. Harry's success with...
...trust the top dogs to look after their own pocketbooks. So when groups of execs spend their cash on shares of the companies they run, it's a reliable sign that they expect good things down the road--and it may be time for you to tag along...
...computer screen. One colleague might be trying to fix a hardware problem at a client's data center on the East Coast, while another is logging on to the client's system from a Denver hotel suite. Instant messaging lets the team collaborate efficiently without playing telephone tag or having their e-mail messages cross in the ether. "IM is the most convenient way to consult co-workers and solve a problem quickly," Kamer says. "I find it indispensable...
...environment instead of against it. For too long, capitalism has not put a proper value on the services nature provides, such as water supply and climate control, nor has it accurately measured the costs of the damage industry can do to the environment. But putting a larger price tag on pollution can quickly alter behavior. Anticipating the global movement to combat climate change, BP, the British oil giant, decided in 1997 to reduce its carbon emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by the year 2010. To reach that goal, the company let each of its units trade the right...
...chairman Keith Harris were forced to resign after the English High Court threw out the League's attempt to recover $271 million from itv Digital's parent companies, Carlton and Granada. And although the Football League has signed a new four-year deal with BSkyB, its $145 million price tag falls far short of the original - as a result, some clubs have released players in order to cut wage bills. With a glut of talent on the market and clubs facing shrinking revenues, Summerbee and McKinlay - who hope they will be picked up by Leicester City on a permanent basis...