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The Impenetrable Tech Industry May Have Met Its Match

Allwork

We compare investor negative sentiment on tech today to what we have seen only 2 other times in our decades of covering tech stocks: 2008 and 2001,” said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush. . Each of these companies has taken a variety of approaches in order to prepare for the economic downturn.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. But just three years later, in 2001, she was struck by a car on her way back to school from swim practice, and lost her left leg at the knee as a result. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

Success

It all started in 2001 when I launched a service business based on just an idea. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I supplied tickets to more than 8,500 people, netting over $1 million in profits. And I did change that day. I had a team of employees and $1 million in sales my first year.

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Forecast Lessons from Past Small Business Trends Lists

Small Business Labs

  Either way the trend had been around quite a while in 2008 when we said it was "taking off" due to the iPhone's recent success and the expected 2008 release of Google's Android.    I think the first "year of RFID" I remember is 2001.    The reason is pretty simple. 

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

Ian's Messy Desk

Attendance at arts performances dropped from 15 million to 13 million in 2001-2006; Low income, living in a poor neighbourhood, low parental education, recent immigration, racialized status, and Aboriginal status affect participation in leisure and culture. Time spent on social leisure activities dropped from 15% in 1998 to 12% in 2005.

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6 Ways to Alleviate Ergonomic-Related Strain

Ian's Messy Desk

I got carpal tunnels syndrome/tendinitis in 2000 & 2001 because I didn’t have good ergonomic advice, & didn’t take any initiative back then to seek it out. -) Comment by Mean Dean on May 18, 2007 @ 1:32 am Those are good ergonomic tips for people working at computers.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

Skipping to 2001, the conference centered on Don’t Gamble on Leading Your Team: Help Your Organization Maintain a Competitive Edge in the New Economy and was hosted in Las Vegas, NV. In 2008, Sail to Success! And yes, this was the year that Hurricane Floyd stared them straight in the eye!

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