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Links in the manual

Links were accurate on August 1, 2008.

Charlie Rose show interview of Ken Auletta and Andrew Ross Sorkin (13:54-14:02)
Link: Broadband, full screen (Feb. 1, 2008)

CEO Exchange interview with Terry Semel (0:06-0:11)
Link: Mr. Semel’s Video Clip (November 2006)
Direct link: Only Mr. Semel's video

Ted Turner
Link: Ted Turner said the merger between Time Warner and AOL was “better than sex”.
Link: Ted Turner, “I had the honor and privilege of signing a piece of paper that irrevocably cast a vote, the first vote taken, a vote of my hundred million shares, more or less, for this merger...” (4:25-4:42) (August 2, 2004)
Link: New York Times book review of The Making and Taking of AOL Time Warner (January 18, 2004)

Carl Icahn says management is sloppy.
Link: One on One with Carl Icahn, Chairman, Icahn Enterprises, interview with Susie Gharib of the Nightly Business Report (March 21, 2008)

Business Week magazine article about Chinese counterfeiting:
Link: Chinese Counterfeiters Thrive in Africa (August 7, 2008. The same article is titled Stalking the Wild Copycats in the August 18, 2008 print edition.)

“Cold Fusion”
Link: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1890 edition, volume 5, page 483, center of column 2

Rise of the health industry
Link: (.DOC file) Researchers Publish ‘Most Comprehensive’ Map of Salivary Proteome.
Quote: “A team of scientists ... has completed ... the most comprehensive map of the human salivary proteome to date, [toward] the long-term goal of creating new saliva-based diagnostic tests for a wide array of diseases.” (April 3, 2008)
Link: “Saliva test may speed heart attack diagnosis” (April 21, 2008)

Statistics are often misused by exaggerating their meaning.
Link: Failing the Public Health - Rofecoxib [Vioxx], Merck, and the FDA, article in the New England Journal of Medicine (October 21, 2004)
Link: At present, August 1, 2008, there are said to be 4,200 lawsuits pending against Merck for problems with Vioxx.

Widespread fraud:
Link: Dangerous Deception - Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects, article in the New England Journal of Medicine (November 23, 2006)
Link: The U.S. government’s attacks on scientific integrity have a negative effect on the success of new ventures by creating a climate of business uncertainty.

Global Banking:
Link: Paypal international rates: Paypal charges a 3.9% transaction fee, a 2.5% currency exchange fee, and also sets the currency exchange rate. (note: https)

The “Kanzius Machine”
Link: CBS 60 Minutes: The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure? (April 13, 2008)

General Eisenhower warned the nation.
Link: Text of President Eisenhower’s speech (January 17, 1961)
Link: Video excerpt of Eisenhower’s warning speech, with distracting music