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“Sharp increases in total adult consumption of pipe tobacco (used for roll-your-own cigarettes) and cigarette-like cigars since 2008 have offset declines in total cigarette consumption, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Consumption of Cigarettes and Combustible Tobacco United States, 20002011. Although total cigarette consumption continued an …
NYT: In Wooing of Nissan, a Lesson for Tech Jobs? “But the migration of Japanese auto manufacturing to the United States over the last 30 years offers a case study in how the unlikeliest of transformations can unfold. Despite the decline of American car companies, the United States today remains one of the top auto …
via Placecast: How Consumers Really Feel About Data Privacy – “2,307 people were surveyed and it was found that use of data where the value exchange is explicit are most acceptable (grocery coupons, Amazon), while Facebooks data usage is least acceptable. Also, use of location data from either merchants or cell phone carriers is acceptable …
Publishers Week news in following Google Book Scanning project postings: “After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Googles ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all …
A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence – “Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner.”
