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Feed SubscriptionWorld’s tallest man, 29, finally stops growing with help from Va. doctors
Turkish man Sultan Kosen, has acromegaly, condition that causes excess growth hormone and sought treatment at University of Virginia Medical Center
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The cost of starting a business today is lower than ever. If you have an idea, pursue it.
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You don't have to be beholden to a particular location.
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When it comes to selling your company, the rules are not so obvious Is a dollar a dollar no matter what the source? Should you lavish attention on your biggest client? Or the most prestigious client?
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OneID 's team knows that logging in to site after site is a pain for users--and as a sequence of high-tech hacks have shown, passwords are generally insecure. Which is why OneID's proposing a new tech "next-generation digital identity service" to neatly scoot around both of these issues.
Read More »World’s tallest man Sultan Kosen stops growing
Sultan Kosen of Turkey, the world's tallest man, stands at 8 feet 3 inches
Read More »Get Great PR: 7 Things You Must Do
In the quest to win the hearts and minds of the press, you're going to have to do all the work. I'm in the middle of trying to publicize my new series of technology focused parenting books called, The Modern Parent’s Guide . I knew it was going to be difficult: Getting the press to pause its 24/7 schedule to take a look at a book can be a Herculean task.
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Direct costs of using diacetylmorphine treatment more expensive, but study shows it costs society less, addict gets more quality-adjusted years
Read More »Why Twitter Bought Posterous: Talent And Apple
Yesterday Twitter revealed it bought Posterous , a lifeblogging/microblogging/sharing site.
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Hard at work or heart at work? Some jobs take higher toll on blood-pumping vessel than others
Read More »Study: iPads let doctors work more efficiently
University of Chicago internal medicine residents said that they saved about an hour a day, stopped delays in patient care thanks to iPad
Read More »How Robust Is Your Customer Pipeline?
A formulaic approach to building a prospect list will help you decide quickly whether a new business has enough potential for growth. Before investing in a new business , or expanding your current business into a new market, it helps to address several questions in order to gain a clear picture of the right business model to pursue. The first involves developing a well-tuned sense of your target customer .
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