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...weekends to inhale the aroma of xiao chi, or street snacks: fermented tofu, fried wontons, grilled mushrooms and "coffin cakes," the local version of pot pies. It's all good, but the people watching is better. Off the main drag, an elderly man squats beside his own low-tech incarnation of an ice cream truck-a weather-beaten bicycle with a jury-rigged cooler lashed to the back. He rings a bell and awaits his next customer. But he looks in no hurry; in time, they will come...
...even those they do hire often lack the necessary savvy to contribute to the companies' long-term success. "There are two conceptual frameworks to understand innovation," says Alberto Rodriguez, author of a soon-to-be-released World Bank study on how better education spurs growth. "You have the high-tech, frontier innovation, and you have the adaptation and improvement of technology that happen day to day in firms." Economists call that everyday improvement total factor productivity. It is the x factor that allows an economy to operate more efficiently, producing greater output with the same people and resources...
...Golis says. “Most [old media companies] don’t understand the medium, so they hire kids that do. But sometimes, those kids don’t understand it either.”But, Harvard students continue to capitalize on the niche created for young, tech-savvy journalists. “It definitely gives you a chance to put yourself out there, which makes people want to take a chance on you,” Chen concludes...
...edge of technology. Few people believe that Microsoft’s dubious dealings in the 90s were truly acting against the public interest. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page unseated MSN and Yahoo with a mere algorithm—proof of the economy’s democratic nature. Tech fortunes just seem less exploitative, built on mainframes and lines of code rather than the backs of unskilled laborers...
Ducking out with a 3-0 loss to Stevens Tech, the Harvard men’s volleyball team wrapped up its season Saturday at Lavieties Pavilion. Falling short of the EIVA playoffs, the Crimson’s season ended earlier than it had hoped, but Harvard was satisfied with an 11-6 record overall. “I’m disappointed that we didn’t get to make playoffs,” co-captain Dave Fitz said. “I’m leaving this team without bringing them up to the next level, which...