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• BMOHarrisBank​Voice: Five Things CEOs Should Know About Health Care Exchanges

  

  (Image credit: Getty Images North America via @daylife) By Brian O'Connell Now that the 2012 presidential election [...] more>>

  BMO Harris Contributor,BMOHarrisBank

• The High Unemployment Rate Of People With Disabilities

  In my last post I mentioned that I started my company, Opportunity Works, Inc. because I could not find a staffing company with a focus on recruiting people with disabilities. This seemed like an obvious part of the solution to the unemployment of people with disabilities. I knew that Manpower, [...] [...] more>>

  Judy Owen,Contributor

• The Best Albums of 2012

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  As I compiled my "Best Albums of 2012" list I was reminded of an [...] more>>

  Leor Galil,Contributor

• Access National Banks On Bigger Dividends

  Earnings estimates for Access National have advanced since this regional bank delivered its tenth straight positive earnings surprise and saw record earnings in the third quarter of 2012. [...] more>>

  Zacks.com,Contributor

• Commercial Hypersonic Aircraft Still Decades Away, Says NASA Aerospace Engineer

  

  Artist's concept of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" in flight. The X-43A was developed to flight test a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet propulsion system at speeds from [...] more>>

  Bruce Dorminey,Contributor

• The Top Ten Tax Cases Of 2012, #1: Obamacare Is Constitutional Because The Individual Insurance Mandate Is Both A Penalty And A Tax. Wait...What?

  

  U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For nine glorious weeks, I’ve been counting down the ten most noteworthy tax cases of 2012. To give you some perspective of how long this project's [...] more>>

  Tony Nitti,Contributor

• Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix On Christmas Eve

  

  For the third time this year, problems with Amazon's AWS  in Northern Virginia has knocked several websites and services offline, including Netflix. According to AWS' Service Health Dashboard, problems [...] more>>

  Kelly Clay,Contributor

• The Insanity of Arming School Employees

  Just a word to add to the gun debate. Today's pushback comes from politicians in Tennessee and Virginia, who say it's time to discuss arming school employees as a deterrent to Newtown-like attacks. In Tennessee:

  The current language of the bill — which is in its early form — would [...]

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  John McQuaid,Contributor

• Is The Era Of OxyContin Abuse Over?

  

  Original summary: "OxyContin tablets crushed into powder for insufflation (snorting). On Friday November 2nd, something unexpected happened during an armed robbery at the Ciampa Apothecary on Cambridge [...] more>>

  Trevor Butterworth,Contributor

• How to Get a Little Lovin' [Entrepreneur Style]

  Today it’s exactly six months til the 10th ever Loving Day, a movement to end racial prejudices and celebrate inter-ethnic (and all) relationships. Not that I ever let too many days go by without a little lovin’. [...] more>>

  Marissa Feinberg,Contributor

• Governor Snyder On Reinventing Michigan: More Than Meets The Eye

  Michigan Governor Rick Snyder writes an op-ed for Forbes on the "once-in-a-generation transformation" his state is undergoing. [...] more>>

  Kurt Badenhausen,Forbes Staff

• Northrop Grumman Finds A Formula That Will Work In Hard Times

  

  Image via CrunchBase As Northrop Grumman Chairman & CEO Wes Bush completes his third year at the helm of the storied military contractor, he has good reason to be satisfied with what he has accomplished.  [...] more>>

  Loren Thompson,Contributor

• 20 Most Anticipated Hotel Openings of 2013

  

  If bunking in a buzzy new luxury hotel is on your bucket list for 2013, then you’ll have plenty of extravagant choices. From the mountain forests of China’s Zhejiang Province and the grassy plains of [...] more>>

  Amanda Arnold,Contributor