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Our goal as college professors is to open students minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from the fry-o-later to the cubicle and beyond. Full Story »

For three months early this year, 63-year-old Ronald Lang was one of the most plugged-in patients in America. Lang, who suffers from congestive heart failure and multiple sclerosis, was pilot-testing the Intel (NasdaqGS:INTC - News) Health Guide, a device that lets doctors monitor his health remotely. Each day after he woke up, he'd step on a scale and strap on a blood pressure cuff that was attached to the Health Guide. The device collected his vital signs and zapped them to his doctor's office. ... Full Story »

Stuart Frankel isn't what you'd call a power player in the world of franchising. Five years ago he owned two small Subway sandwich shops at either end of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. After noticing that sales sagged on weekends, he came up with an idea: He would offer every footlong sandwich (the chain also sells 6-inch versions) on Saturday and Sunday for $5, about a buck less than the usual price. "I like round numbers," says Frankel, a brusque New Yorker who moved to Miami in 1972 and owned a drugstore before opening his first Subway outlet in 1988. Full Story »

As a candidate and President, Barack Obama has had one core message for the middle class: I won't raise your taxes. The White House has pledged that only the wealthy -- families earning more than $250,000 -- would face a boost in income, capital gains, or other taxes. For the 97% of Americans below that level, no increases are in store. Full Story »

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The stock market's surge ended in October. After seven months of gains the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at 1036.18 Oct. 30, down 2% for the month. Investors are left to ponder whether this is a pause or prelude to a deeper dive. In other words: Is the market overvalued or undervalued? As these experts show in their analysis of the market's price-earnings ratio, the answer depends on whether you're looking back or looking ahead. Full Story »

When Megan Lum enrolled in the MBA program for executives at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business last fall, her plan was to use the degree as a stepping-stone to the C-suite. Based on her career trajectory, that goal wasn't so farfetched. In 20 years she had worked her way up the corporate ladder to the role of senior environmental manager at Weyerhaeuser . The company thought so highly of her that it agreed to foot 80% of the bill for her EMBA, a nice perk considering the degree's $75,000 price tag. ... Full Story »

On a sunny day in June 2006, David McDonough, chief executive of Trustmark Insurance, was roaming Chicago's Navy Pier, talking to strangers. "We needed to understand what made people tick," says McDonough of the exercise, which was part of a two-day workshop designed to get his executive team to look beyond actuarial tables and stimulate thinking about the company's future. Full Story »