Here?s a great example of genuine medical progress: 10% of the first 50 patients who received balloon angioplasty from the developer of the procedure, Andreas Gr??ntzig, required emergency bypass surgery. By 2002 only 0.15% of PCI patients required emergency surgery, leading many to believe that surgical backup was no longer necessary. Now a large new ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 16:33

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pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 15:26

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pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 15:26

In the research for my new book to be published this fall, Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision, one of the most surprising things I found is that entrepreneurs are not motivated primarily by money. Instead of money, successful start-up CEOs hunger to turn their vision of the world ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 15:26

The odd one out. It's not easy being different. Being different means that you don't blend in completely with the status quo. It means that you don't perfectly fit in to the everyday jigsaw of life. It means that what works for and applies to others does not always work for or apply to you. ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 14:24

Pro-Beijing politician Leung Chun-ying was elected on Sunday to become the next chief executive of Hong Kong, after a tumultuous campaign that brought to light allegations of extramarital affairs, triad connections and interference by Chinese officials. The 57-year-old property surveyor and former cabinet member won 689 votes from the 1,193 people eligible to cast ballots ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 13:55

With the Federal Reserve not objecting to this change, Deutsche Bank has indeed managed to evade the Dodd-Frank Rule for the U.S. arm of foreign banks.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 12:56

Several months ago, Apple notified app developers that they were going to phase out access to UDID, which is a unique device identifier calculated as a hash of the SerialNumber, IMEI, WiFi MAC Address and Bluetooth Address of the iOS device. The use of UDIDs have raised privacy concerns and prompted government interest, causing Apple ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 10:57

An 55% increase in advertising revenue at China's top??business magazine, Caijing, helped to fuel strong financial results for the 2011 calendar year at SEEC Media Group. Sales at SEEC Media??climbed by 37% in 2011 from a year earlier to HK$482 million, or $62 million, ??helping net profit to nearly double to HK$33.4 million,?? or $4.3??million,??the ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 09:56

25 March 2012 Paris, France This evening in S??o Paolo, Brazil, the 4th Expert Meeting of the Green Development Initiative (GDI) opens with a welcome dinner. Over the next two days, the experts will be exploring the business case for establishing a BioAreas Standard & Registry for biodiversity-responsible area management. By registering and certifying BioAreas, ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 09:56