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More than 2 million Americans last year underwent the frequently nerve-racking experience of taking a lie-detector test, or polygraph examination, a threefold increase in a decade. Fully 98% of the tests were ordered not by police but by private employers, who used them mainly to screen job applicants. Now Congress, many of whose members view the tests as a violation of civil rights, is moving to curtail them. Last week, by 236 to 173, the House voted to prevent the general use of the tests by U.S. businesses. Polygraphs, said Montana Democrat Patrick Williams, "in effect require testifying...
During Immelt’s tenure, from 1997 to 2000, in the company’s medical business, he increased profits threefold, developing a reputation as an innovative leader who delivered what he promised. It is this reputation that earned him the respect of the G.E. Board of Directors, who elected...
...whose government was stung by criticism on al-Jazeera of its rulers. The English channel is apt to employ the sort of guerrilla business tactics that the Arabic channel has used. Initially limited to advertising from Qatari companies, the Arabic channel gradually attracted international brands and boosted its revenues threefold by, among other things, making deals with parent companies rather than with regional subsidiaries. Although al-Jazeera is subsidized by the Qatari government, it has attracted advertisements from Nokia, Olympus, Sony, Adidas, Hyundai, Jaguar and others. But, says Pierre Azzam, regional director in Dubai of the advertising agency Impact-BBDO...
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale: The worst sin a brown ale can make is a sweet finish. Purveyors of Newcastle Brown Ale know its nutty, dry finish well. Multiply the nuttiness threefold, add in hints of chocolate, and package it all together in a lightly carbonated, supremely drinkable body and you’ve got Old Brown Dog Ale. The creation of Smuttynose Brewing Company, based in New Hampshire, this ale is perhaps the tastiest, widely available brown in America...
...single biggest risk to the economic prosperity of the U.S. today is education, specifically math, science and engineering education. Also, federal funding for the physical sciences, research needed to innovate new technologies and new products, has been flat for 30 years, while funding for life sciences has gone up threefold. We're more interested in extending our lives. But the reality is that what has kept the U.S. prosperous is not longer lives. It's newer products...