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Anyone who has ever had to wait for hours in a doctor’s office or an emergency room knows the feeling of frustration involved in accessing health care, not only when you need it, but when you want it. |
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Because it is becoming increasingly challenging to protect intellectual property, we’re witnessing a complete reversal: Instead of protecting new ideas and proprietary systems, some developers are now making them available to customers, suppliers, and even competitors. |
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In The Matrix movie trilogy, humans were plugged into a powerful computer that created sensory experiences that existed only in their minds. It appears that the Sony Corporation is quietly working on a project intended to make the Matrix a reality. Five years ago, the Japanese entertainment company filed a patent for a method of firing ultrasound pulses at a person’s brain. |
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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’ll explain, both America’s private and public pensions are in jeopardy. |
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The Decline of Labor |
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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’s workforce. |
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