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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 .
Read More »Video: HealthPop: Booze, butts and buds
A new report from the CDC estimates that 38 million U.S. adults binge drink four times a month; Also, using nicotine patches or gum will not help you quit smoking for good; And, the occasional marijuana joint may temporarily impair your judgment, but it won't permanently hurt your lungs
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Read More »Epigenetics Offers New Clues to Mental Illness (preview)
Matt is a history teacher.
Read More »No Excuses, Not Even in this Economy
Don't be like your teenager.
Read More »Behind the Jared Heyman and Carl Fusco Feature
The evolution of a complex feature story about a peripatetic entrepreneur, Jared Heyman, and his keep-the-office-fires-burning counterpart, Carl Fusco. In each issue , I fall in love with at least one story. This month, it's Amy Barrett's cover feature on the peripatetic entrepreneur Jared Heyman and his keep-the-office-fires-burning counterpart, Carl Fusco
Read More »Change Rattles Arecibo Radio Telescope
By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine As Earth's biggest "ear" on the Universe, the giant 305-meter radio dish at Arecibo , Puerto Rico, has played a part in groundbreaking discoveries, searches for alien civilizations and the occasional Holly
Read More »CEO Passions: Volunteer Firefighting
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Read More »Seafood At Risk: Dispersed Oil Poses a Long-Term Threat
The two hour drive from New Orleans to Venice is like cutting into a slice of apple pie -- it’s as American as it gets. Busy streets and high-rise buildings give way to farms, fields, and wetlands, in the perfect picture of rural, small-town America
Read More »Social networking and energy conservation: What went wrong?
It was a match made in geek heaven. Combine the hottest online activity--social networking--with the biggest environmental challenge--energy conservation--and you get something yummier than peanut butter and chocolate. It's not just a mashup of buzzwords, either
Read More »Skype Dials for Dollars With In-App Ads
Skype just revealed something new--it's adopting in-app adverts.
Read More »A Shifting Band of Rain (preview)
The first indication that our expedition was not going as planned was the abrupt sputter and stop of the boat’s inboard engine at 2 a.m.
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