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Portland restaurants wish they’d ditched tipping long ago

"It was unfortunate that it happened right before we were about to initiate one-house at The Bent Brick," Dolich said earlier this month. "Every indication … at Park Kitchen is it should have been that way forever."

To Get Doctors to Do the Right Thing, Try Comparing Them to Their Peers

Can an electronic nudge help doctors do the right thing when it comes to patient care?

How Comcast and Charter are trying to fix their awful customer service

Two biggest cable companies pledge improvements at Senate hearing.

White House clears small, commercial drones for takeoff

Routine use of small drones by real estate agents, farmers, filmmakers and countless other commercial operators was cleared for takeoff by the Obama administration Tuesday, after years of struggling to write rules that would both protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology.

High court says law requires more contracts for veteran-owned small businesses

The decision is likely to help more veteran-owned businesses compete for the billions of dollars in contracts

Back to the Future: What Role Will Electric Utilities Play in 2030?

Two researchers travel forward in time to help utilities make decisions about how to structure themselves today.

Jobs Threatened by Machines: A Once ‘Stupid’ Concern Gains Respect

They replaced horses, didn’t they?

Inside the Murdoch Makeover of National Geographic

On a blog, societymatters.org, Alan Mairson, a former National Geographic writer and editor, highlighted again and again how the NGS’s traditional focus on science, exploration, and discovery was being overtaken and undermined on cable TV by more titillating topics such as sex and drugs, paranormal activities, and true crime.

The Occupy movement has grown up — and looks to inflict real pain on big banks

Capitalizing on populist anger toward Wall Street, a coalition of more than 20 labor unions and activist groups plan to announce on Tuesday the launch of a new campaign to reform the financial industry.

Confronting the Parasite Economy

Why low-wage work is bad for business–and all of us.