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Should Regulators Block AT&T's Acquisition of T-Mobile?

Harvard Business Review

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI for "wireless telephone services" has declined every year since 2001; the same basket of wireless services in January 2011 cost consumers 12 percent less than what it cost in January 2001, and 40 percent less than what it cost in January 1998. Singer , Ph.D.

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Don’t Let Them Steal Your Inventions

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Apple filed applications for the original iPhone only four days before it was announced in 2007; for the original iPod in 2001, the filing was one day before release. Companies who rely on innovative product design to separate themselves from their competitors must effectively manage these risks.

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Your Smartphone Works for the Surveillance State

Harvard Business Review

The infamous East German secret police, the Stasi , managed to infiltrate every pay of German life, from factories, to schools, to apartment blocks — the Stasi had eyes and ears everywhere. There has been a dramatic shift in mentality, and it doesn''t take much to work out the date on which this happened: September 11, 2001.

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