|
 |
India Is Coming |
|
| In the past five years, more than 100 information technology and scientific firms have opened R&D labs in India. Leading companies are drawn to India because it is home to some of the world��셲 brightest minds and sharpest innovators. |
|
|
 |
Water, Water Everywh |
|
| Ironically, the world��셲 most precious resource is also one of its most plentiful. More than three-quarters of the world is literally covered in water. Yet, only 1 percent of the world��셲 water supply is fit to drink. Ninety-seven percent is salt water, and 2 percent is frozen in glaciers or polar ice caps. |
|
|
 |
Marketing to the "Tw |
|
| If you have sons and daughters between the ages of 8 and 14, you might still think of them as children. But for more and more businesses, they are neither children nor traditional teenagers; they萸쮍 tweeners. And tweeners are becoming one of the hottest consumer demographic clusters ?and a big opportunity for revenue growth. |
|
|
 |
Pension Plan Time Bo |
|
| While the airlines have been getting most of the news concerning the failure of pension funds, they are just the tip of a massive iceberg. As we��셪l explain, both America��셲 private and public pensions are in jeopardy. |
|
|
 |
The Decline of Labor |
|
| After decades of growth, union membership in the United States has been declining steadily for the past 20 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Total membership peaked at almost 18 million people in 1980. By last year, according to The Charlotte News & Observer, that figure had dropped to less than 16 million, just 13 percent of the country��셲 workforce. |
|
|
[83]권 
