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January 14, 2011 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| COVER STORY Glock: America's Gun How Austria's Glock became the weapon of choice for U.S. cops, Second Amendment enthusiasts, and mass killers like the alleged Tucson gunman Jared Loughner FEATURES Worthless Stocks from China When a retiree in Texas discovered that some Chinese companies listed in the U.S. are frauds, he unleashed an army of short-sellers TECHNOLOGY Microsoft's Ambivalence About Kinect Hackers The tech giant risks alienating independent software developers who love its hit gaming device MOBILE NETWORKS IPhone Battle: Verizon vs. AT&T Panting for a Verizon iPhone? Read this first. We weigh the pros and cons of the two network providers COLUMNS U.S. Schools Are Still Ahead—Way Ahead America's alarm about international rankings of students overlooks some critical components of our education system, Vivek Wadhwa says CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW The Most Innovation-Filled CES in Years The technology at the Consumer Electronics Show was more diverse, more connected, and in some cases just plain more weird than ever FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, JANUARY 2011 Selling Healthy Snacks in Schools A new law letting the USDA set standards for vending machine fare sold in schools could boost demand for healthy offerings NFIB Optimism Index Fell in December Confidence dropped for the first time in five months, indicating a sustained rebound will take time to develop, a survey of National Federation of Independent Business members found SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING A New Microlending Fund for Women Entrepreneurs Kiva and skin-care company Dermalogica launch a campaign to promote microloans for women in the U.S. and overseas ILLICIT TRADE Diamond Smuggling Thrives in Zimbabwe Human Rights Watch and others say Zimbabwe's military is illegally selling diamonds to enrich Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party ahead of next year's election CULTURE China's Sentimental Journey Back to Mao Chongqing Party boss Bo Xilai is glorifying the Mao era as a means of consolidating power BANKS An Irish Tycoon and the Long Arm of Dublin A developer takes an Irish bank-workout agency to court LIVING WELL Americans Are Still Overwhelmed by Excess A lack of moderation by U.S. consumers has made an abundance of everything from food to technology too much of a good thing. Where does all this excess come from? WINE OF THE WEEK French Country Wine at its Finest Importer Bobby Kacher's 2008 Mas de Guiot Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah is a glowing example of (inexpensive) French country wine REVIEWS Review: 2011 Lincoln MKS Lincoln's midsize luxury sedan is nice enough but doesn't stand out against better (but pricier) competitors from America, Germany, and Japan GIGAOM • From GigaOm Innovation Kills Monopolies Faster Than Governments Can Research finds that in the antitrust probes of IBM, AT&T, and Microsoft, innovation that changed their industries did not result from government intervention HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW • From Harvard Business Review Learning from Tata Motors' Nano Mistakes Why the Indian automaker sold only 509 "people's cars" in November COLLABORATION: EVAN ROSEN Every Worker Is a Knowledge Worker If you're not soliciting input from the employees who haul boxes, assemble products, and drive delivery trucks, you're missing out on profitable ideas COLUMNS Rethinking the Public-Pension Punching Bag Beyond the boiling rage over government workers' sweet retirement deal lies a great national opportunity to reform the 401(k) plan, which has plenty of drawbacks, too INVESTING Little Relief for Madoff Victims Many former investors won't benefit even as a trustee found surprising success recovering funds lost in Bernard Madoff's $65 billion fraud RETIREMENT Retirement Looms: Time to Get Nervous Now that baby boomers are starting to hit the official retirement age, they face a variety of financial headaches that previous generations avoided
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