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February 18, 2011 | ||
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| STATE ENTERPRISE Egypt's Army Marches, Fights, Sells Chickens The armed forces have a substantial stake in Egypt's civilian economy through a host of government-owned service and manufacturing companies FEATURES I'll Have My Robots Talk to Your Robots Telepresence—communications tools so fast and vivid that people thousands of miles apart can "meet" in the same room—is finally coming of age FEATURES The Hangover Turks and Caicos was poised to become the Monte Carlo of the Caribbean. So how did it end up a tropical hell? Groupon Is Said to Seek Operations Head for Global Expansion The owner of the largest website for daily deals is ramping up hiring of managers who can help spearhead expansion abroad TOP NEWS Google Offers Classics for Free A new feature of the search engine's online book program makes out-of-copyright works available for downloading and printing Backup Veteran Asigra Keeps Calm as Competitors Crowd the Cloud Two decades before such buzzwords as "cloud computing" and "software as a service" entered the lexicon, a small Toronto software maker called Asigra was helping companies back up their data to remote sites over telephone lines Baby Gear Maker Skip Hop Pushes Beyond Target and Pottery Barn A few months after her first baby was born in 2000, Ellen Diamant had a business idea that might seem obvious to any parent who has ever struggled to carry a diaper bag while maneuvering infant, stroller, and packages FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, FEBRUARY 2011 Business Plan Contests: Where Are the Women? Many groups are trying to increase female participation in competitions for promising ventures SMART ANSWERS How to Make Your Employees Work From Home Teleworking can save employers money and increase worker retention. Remote-access software maker Citrix Online's President Brett Caine offers advice on how to set up and manage it Egypt Generals Have Transition Profit Motive The Egyptian military, which promises to steer the nation to a new democratic future, has its own economic interests to protect as well B-SCHOOL NEWS AACSB Urges B-Schools to Adapt to a Global World Graduate and undergraduate business programs must do better at making globalization central to the B-school curriculum, the accrediting group says Restaurant Aggregator GrubHub to Double Footprint to 26 Cities Grub Hub aggregates and organizes neighborhood restaurants, allowing prospective diners to order through the site and more recently, via mobile apps EATING AND DRINKING Six Tequilas That Are Too Good For a Margarita Tequila sales are off but aficionados will still appreciate these richly flavored oak-aged reposados REVIEWS Fiat's Hip Urban Scooter The super-compact Fiat 500 is coming to America, where it should stand out for its quirkiness, price, and Euro flair TED FELLOWS For the Future Fashionista: Grow and Wear TED Fellow Suzanne Lee is the fashion designer behind BioCouture, an eco-friendly formula for growing clothes Liquid Robotics Lures BP, Navy, NOAA With Wave-Powered Glider The Wave Glider needs no fuel and captures energy from the environment, converting wave motion into thrust and harvesting sunlight via solar panels to provide electricity for sensors HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW • From Harvard Business Review Will the Sun Shine Bright on Kentucky Innovation? The ambitious new mayors of Louisville and Lexington believe stimulating entrepreneurship starts at the city level The 'True' Causes of the Financial Crisis Michael Lewis joins our financiers in putting the blame on…oh, let's say…the U.S. working class, historical forces, and the Chinese Borders Files for Bankruptcy The No.2 U.S. bookstore chain, stung by Amazon and Wal-Mart, announced management changes, job cuts, and debt restructuring ANNALS OF FINANCE Business Schools Get Lean Money woes have many B-schools looking for ways to avoid layoffs and program disruptions, and they're finding them in the unlikeliest of places
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