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Best Buy Electronics Recycling

Best Buy now offers electronics recycling at all Best Buy stores nationwide.

Gerlad Murphy Cocktail

 

Gerald Murphy: Cocktail Artist

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal tells an interesting story about F Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Gerald Murphy. Together with his wife, a very influential couple.

Three key skills to teach our children

 

Matrimony Has Its Benefits, and Divorce Has a Lot to Do With That

April 19, 2007 New York Times Economic Scene Matrimony Has Its Benefits, and Divorce Has a Lot to Do With That By TYLER COWEN Divorce seems an unusual topic for economists, but decisions to end a marriage weigh costs and benefits and thus reflect economic reasoning. Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson, both assistant professors of economics at the Wharton School [...]

Building a better beer glass

Boston Beer chairman Jim Koch thinks he can better the taste of beer, without touching the recipe. Fortune s Matt Boyle gets to the bottom of the glass. By Matthew Boyle, Fortune writer March 2 2007: 6:56 AM EST (Fortune Magazine) Most Americans drink beer in V-shaped shaker glasses (so named because they re shaped like a cocktail [...]

Smashing The Clock

Smashing The Clock: No schedules. No mandatory meetings. Inside Best Buy s radical reshaping of the workplace from BusinessWeek, December 11, 02006 COVER STORY PODCAST One afternoon last year, Chap Achen, who oversees online orders at Best Buy Co. (BBY ), shut down his computer, stood up from his desk, and announced that he was [...]