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It must have taken 15 years before we figured out that health education alone wasn’t going to solve the tobacco problem. Then we learned that taxes and laws changed behavior a whole lot quicker than smoking cessation programs. With obesity it appears that lesson has been learned, and legislated solutions are being initiated already. A bunch of states are developing ...

Here’s a new story in the spirit of Dickens’ Scrooge. It seems that bequests to baby boomers are falling short of expectations. I recall that about five years ago a study indicated that some $3 trillion was about to change hands from the WWII generation to baby boomers. Many charities were rubbing their hands together with glee because it was ...

Monster.com is making its venture into the social networking arena. The December 22 Corante article is a short review of the new service and its possible future. Unlike other professional social networking site such as Linkedin.com, this service does not require you to be invited and introduced to the members to build your own personal network.

Who first brought to market these breakthrough products: Graphical User Interface Computers and Personal Digital Assistants? Microsoft (Windows) and Palm? Nope… Apple Computers. Apple is reknown for its product and design innovation, the iPod being the latest design marvel. But the company has never reaped the benefits of these innovations, getting creamed in the marketplace by others: Apple’s products are ...