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The article discusses the author's brother Evan who was born female, become a transgender male at the age of 19, and gave birth to his first child. Gender norms and cultural perceptions are addressed in relation to pregnancies involving transgender men such as Evan. Relationships between brothers are examined, as well as the Fenway Community Health Center Inc. LGBT medical care facility in Boston, Massachusetts. Hormone therapy is also assessed.

The article discusses the social media smartphone application Instagram, focusing on its use and how it has changed photography and social media. Other topics of the article include the purchase of Instagram by social media company Facebook in 2012, advertisement on Instagram, and the creation of Instagram by co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.

The article focuses on Marissa Mayer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Internet industry company Yahoo! Inc. A dilemma for Mayer is examined in which an increase in Yahoo's stock price from 2012-2014 is related to its investment in Chinese firm Alibaba, as its core revenue source of Internet advertising sales continues to decline. Alibaba will go public in 2013, giving Yahoo as much as $40 billion in cash, but possibly causing a sharp decline in its own stock price.

The article discusses effective teams at several companies. The team in charge of fuel-cell vehicles at car maker Toyota Motor has driven more than one million miles while testing the company's first fuel-cell automobile. Other teams noted include the top executive staff at grocer Whole Foods, and teams at technology company International Business Machines and restaurant chain Noodles & Co.

The article discusses entrepreneur Josh James, founder of the software companies Omniture and Domo. Information is presented about a near-fatal bout of Neisseria meningitidis that he experienced in late 2013, his devout Mormonism, his goal of building Domo into an enterprise-software firm to rival the size of competitor Oracle, and his personal and professional background.

Charts are presented which show the odds for the authors' economic and political predictions to become facts or trends in 2014, noting the topics include the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, investor activism, and bitcoins.

The article focuses on Snapchat company, a photo-sending service founded by millennials Evan Spiegel, who is chief executive officer as of January 2014, and Bobby Murphy. The article mentions the videos and photos shared by mobile-phone users on Snapchat's application disappear forever after a few seconds. It also mentions the company's funding and valuation and notes a lawsuit filed against Snapchat by one of the original founders, Reggie Brown.

The article features the top women executives in 2013. Ginni Rometty of IBM believes that the supercomputer Watson represents sales opportunities for Big Blue. DuPont's Ellen Kullman was able to increase the stock during her tenure. Marillyn Hewson has proved that she was the right women for the executive position at Lockheed Martin. Other executives include Sheryl Sandberg, Irene Rosenfeld, Patricia Woertz and Patricia Woertz.

The article looks at entrepreneur Travis Kalanick, founder of the startup taxi service business Uber. Topics include the pushback Uber has received from the taxi industry and local governments, his anti-authoritarian attitudes, and contention around tipping among Uber drivers. Uber's surge-pricing policy, where prices rise depending on the demand for taxis at the moment, is also discussed.

The article discusses cognitive computing, focusing on the potential implementation of the Watson supercomputer of the computer company International Business Machine Corp. (IBM) in solving problems related to the treatment of cancer, target marketing, and railroad track fault detection as of October 2013. Topics include the work of the IBM executive Virginia Rometty and the development of products that use Watson computers.

The article discusses business-networking company LinkedIn. Although more than 200 million professionals have filed their resumés on the firm's Website, LinkedIn has added functionality beyond storing resumes including the means for users to post presentations about their work, and the news-aggregation feature "LinkedIn Today." Most of the Fortune 100 companies license LinkedIn's software. However, chief executive Jeff Weiner considers his firm to be a consumer-facing one. Weiner's goal is to provide connections among all who either have or want a job.

The article looks at online social networking company Facebook, as of April 2013, focusing on the company's effort to address the shift of computer users to smartphones and other mobile devices. It notes that Facebook founder and head Mark Zuckerberg originally made poor decisions related to adapting Facebook for the mobile environment, resulting in low-rated mobile device applications (apps), and describes his effort to turn the situation around. Topics include the firm's consideration of developing a Facebook-branded smartphone and the Facebook Home app for smartphones using the Android mobile operating system from Internet company Google Inc.

The article presents a list of brief comments about the best advice they ever got from several entrepreneurs, executives, and other prominent people including Jack Bogle, founder and former head of The Vanguard Group mutual fund company, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil, and attorney David Boies.

The article lists the fifty most powerful women in business for the year 2012, including Ginni Rometty, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of computer company IBM, Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of food and beverage company PepsiCo, and Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of social networking website Facebook.

The article profiles Ginni Rometty, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the technology company IBM, who was named the first woman chief executive of the corporation in June 2012. The article discusses IBM's goals of inventing new technologies and marketing methodologies, and her experience negotiating IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business. The author details how Rometty has satisfied IBM's management approaches, including her involvement in writing IBM's 2015 Roadmap, which features IBM's Smarter Planet Work and cloud computing. Other topics include Rometty's educational background, career trajectory, and a list of IBM CEOs.

The article presents a profile of the Internet start-up company Airbnb which offers product and housing rental listings. The firm boasts a list of wealthy investors which includes actor Ashton Kutcher. Chief executive officer (CEO) Brian Chesky, who started the company with former roommate Joe Gebbia and friend Nathan Blecharczyk, has attracted financiers based on the company's revenue model and growth potential. The company became popular during the 2008 U.S. Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado when it enticed local residents to list their spare rooms on Airbnb.

The article focuses on the online social network Pinterest. It states that Pinterest allows users to collect and share images on digital pinboards and mentions in February 2012 it drove more traffic to other websites than the social networks Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube combined. Venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz has invested 27 million dollars in Pinterest and company co-founder Ben Silbermann recently hired former director of monetization at the social network Facebook Tim Kendall to build out the business. Lawyer Kristin Kowalski blogged about her concerns that Pinterest allowed users to publish other people's content without explicit permission. Pinterest is updating its terms of service as a result.

The article focuses on the management of the Internet industry firm Facebook Inc. A division within Facebook's corporate culture is considered between its meritocratic software engineering operations and the more traditional and hierarchical culture of its financial operations, and largely attributed to the differing management styles of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who focuses on technology issues, and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who directs business operations.

The article discusses the social networking company Facebook and the Internet search company Google and how they compete in areas such as employee acquisition, influence on technology, and remaining relevant. Information is provided on how Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook, and Larry Page, CEO of Google, differ drastically on issues such as Internet privacy, technology trends, and the evolution of websites. It is noted that Google and Facebook are expanding their businesses to gain users.

The article focuses on corporate politics at the microblogging service company Twitter Inc. It states that in March 2011 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was rehired as chief executive officer of Twitter after being demoted by Twitter's board of directors in 2008. It compares Twitter to social network company Facebook and mentions that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg pays significantly less attention to the rival service than he did when Twitter first started up. It talks about efforts by Twitter to lure two senior product managers away from search engine company Google which fell through when Google offered lucrative counteroffers. It comments on the limited options advertisers have on Twitter and on Twitter's lack of coherent philosophy concerning moneymaking endeavors.

The article focuses on chief executive officer (CEO) Sam Palmisano who helped position computer products and services company International Business Machines (IBM) into a financially and strategically strong market position. It presents biographical information on Palmisano and talks about his business experience and leadership style. It comments on IBM's significant investment in research and development and suggests he will step down as CEO in 2011 after reorganizing IBM's executive ranks.

The article discusses Internet television. A variety of technologies including Google TV from Internet-services company Google Inc. and Apple TV from consumer-electronics manufacturer Apple Inc. have emerged that seek to make it easy to instantly view the television program of one's choice. The author describes several of these and finds them lacking on one way or another.

The article presents the magazine's list of the top 50 businesspeople of the year 2010, noting that important characteristics demonstrated by those listed were their abilities to turn turmoil into opportunity, invent new markets, and beat the competition in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The achievements of corporate directors Ellen Kullman of DuPont, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Reed Hastings of Netflix are introduced. Profiles are offered for the magazine's top 25 businesspeople and an Internet link is provided for information on all 50.

The article presents a list of 40 influential business people under the age of 40 years-old, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the co-founders of the website www.google.com, G. Mike Mikan, the chief financial officer (CFO) of the health care company UnitedHealth Group Inc., and Tim Armstrong, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Internet services company America Online Inc. (AOL).

The article discusses the involvement that Yuri Milner, the founder of the holding company Digital Sky Technologies Ltd., has with the online social network Facebook Inc. The amount of money that Milner has invested into Facebook along with other companies, such as the media company Naspers Ltd. and the Internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd., is mentioned. The impact that Milner has on the computer industry in the U.S. is discussed. The involvement that Russia has with U.S. technology companies is mentioned.

The article discusses the 10 smartest people in the technology industry, noting that smart means intelligence and impact. For each individual selected, the article notes runners-up, the background and personality of the winners, and their management styles and techniques. Apple Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) Steve Jobs is named the smartest CEO. Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker is named the smartest analyst. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is named the smartest founder. Other categories in which people are recognized include engineering, design, and investing.

The article discusses the benefits to job seekers of using the LinkedIn Web site. In February, 2010 over 17 million people visited LinkedIn, which has in excess of 60 million members including all of the "Fortune 500" companies. Many firms including International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) used LinkedIn to recruit employees. INSETS: SOUPING UP THE SITE;IPO WATCH.

The author reports that the large technology companies are growing and are becoming fierce competitors. He mentions Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Oracle. For customers, this could mean cost savings, but also less innovation. Customers have decreased their technology spending and technology companies are responding by offering customers one-stop shopping.

The article focuses on the founder of web analytics company Omniture, Josh James. James is listed as one of the 40 most influential businesspeople under the age of 40. The firm offers real time internet traffic data to corporations to help determine their web strategy. The company was sold to computer software company Adobe Systems. The personal history of James, a Mormon, is discussed.

The article discusses Research in Motion Ltd. Co-chief executives Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have built a company that commands 56% of the U.S. smartphone market. Apple Inc.'s iPhone presents a significant challenge, though, while Palm, Dell, and Google have introduced smartphones of their own. INSET: ARE YOU BLACKBERRY OR iPHONE?.

The article discusses the enthusiasm of Google Inc. for its online video web site service YouTube. Google's chief executive officer, Eric Schmidt, is said to have moved some of Google's most talented executives to YouTube, even as the site lost millions of dollars hosting home videos. It is noted that YouTube has become the second biggest search engine on the web, after Google. INSETS: YouTube's Greatest Hits;Online Video Sites Fizzle.

The article discusses Facebook Inc., examining the growth and financial strength of the social networking website in 2009. Facebook states that it grows at a rate of five million new users a week. Other topics include the manner in which people in the post-college demographic update their Facebook pages and the addictive nature of Facebook for some people. INSET: FACEBOOK'S GROWNUP.

The article discusses Vivek Gupta, a salesperson for IBM (International Business Machine) Corp. Gupta, the article indicates, sells IBM's products related to the telecommunications industry, specializing in emerging markets. Other topics discussed in the article include the importance of the sales force to IBM's success and Gupta's sales strategies. INSETS: The IBM Sales Force, Then and Now;Gupta's Trade Secrets.

The article reports on the best advice ever received from several accomplished executives. Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Limited Partnership, claims the best advice he ever heard, was to ask for the order first, and when the customer says yes, stop talking. Larry Page, co-founder and president of Google, credits his Stanford University advisor Terry Winograd, for encouraging him to study the link structure of the web.

The article profiles the cable television network CNBC and focuses on how they are capitalizing on the volatility of the financial market. Statistics are given on the number of viewers and the average net worth and income of those viewers. CNBC is compared to its competitors, Fox Business News and Cable News Network (CNN).

The article discusses the high-tech company Symbol Technologies. From 2001-2004 the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission investigated Symbol after anonymous reports that some insiders were inflating sales. The company's then chief executive officer (CEO) Tomo Rasmilovic fled to Europe. In 2007 Motorola purchased Symbol for $3.9 billion and announced the research and development team will be left mostly intact.

The article discusses the New York-based, nonprofit venture capital firm, the Acumen Fund. It uses its principles of design to solve the problems of the poor. Acumen finances companies that create from the bottom up. The company's founder is Jacqueline Novogratz. It manages $20 million in investments in companies that fall within health, water and housing portfolios. INSET: FROM THE JOURNALS OF ACUMEN'S JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ.

The article reports on the eight winners of the 2006 "Business Week"/"Architectural Record" architecture awards which reward the world's most exceptional architecture. A discussion of the qualifications an architecture project must possess to win, and the judging standards and methodology of the companies which perform the judging, is presented.

The article focuses on the use of design schools by U.S. business enterprises to help with marketing and other business problems. A discussion of the benefits of design shool use over traditional business school use is presented, as is the case of Stanford University's Institute of Design being used by the Internet company Mozilla. A list of design programs which are available at U.S. colleges and universities is presented.

The article profiles Kevin Rose, founder of social technology website Digg.com. Digg is a social news site allows any registered user to post a link, which is then voted upon by the site's other users. Since its inception in 2004, Digg has grown to be the 24th most popular Internet site in the United States. INSETS: The Bad Boy Mark Zuckerberg;Game Boy Dennis Fong, a.k.a. "Thresh";The Wall Street Transplant Josh Schachter;The Ladies' Men Russell Simmons Jeremy Stopelman

The article focuses on advertisers and agencies on the Internet, noting that they are coming up with far more sophisticated methods for tracking customer connections. Internet players who win trust and popularity could command premium rates for advertising and other services. The fastest-growing side of online advertising has been search-engine advertising, led by Google and Yahoo. As brand advertisers push into display advertisements, they are looking for new measurements. The ideal is to reach viewers and then get them to spend time with the ad, signalling to advertisers what interest them.

This article looks at the generation of young people who make up the MySpace generation that combine online and real-world interactions. While adults see the Web as a supplement to their lives, the MySpace generation lives comfortably in both worlds at once. Teens use many forms of media simultaneously and average 6.5 hours per day using these various forms. Corporate marketers are learning how to use online social networks such as Buzz-Oven.com, MySpace.com, and Xanga.com to reach the young folks. INSET: Yo, what r u doin online?.

The article looks at philanthropist John Marks Templeton's donation of $550 million to fund research aimed at reconciling science and religion. The article lists various institutions funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The foundation helped the Association of American Medical Colleges develop its spirituality and medicine curriculum. The foundation funded a study titled "Forgiveness, Humility, and Gratitude Among Recently Married Couples," by Everett L. Worthington Junior. Templeton's foundation has helped increase references to religious concepts in scientific journals.

Presents an overview of donations made by leading philanthropists including Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates. Donations made to universities and colleges which totalled in the millions of dollars; Amount of money given by the top 50 philanthropists; Reasons why so many of rich people are giving away so much of their wealth to charities and organizations during their lifetimes. INSET: Star Power of the Purse.

Reports on the popularity of global philanthropy among U.S. corporations and discusses the reasons why companies engage in the practice. Nature of Pfizer's Global Health Fellows, a group that assists aid groups in developing countries; Reasons why companies assist developing countries; Amount of business and production that will come from developing countries in the future.

Lists executive pay at some of the biggest companies in the United States for 2003. Discussion of factors affecting pay packages, methodology used by "BusinessWeek" to analyze CEO compensation, and characteristics of top-earning executives. The youngest of the group is Immelt, General Electric's CEO; Data showing Berkshire Hathaway's Warren E. Buffett gave the best shareholder return on his pay; Pfizer's McKinnell having an MBA and a PhD from Stanford; Finding that Gannett's McCorkindale is the best on the golf course.

Discusses gays in the U.S. workplace. How companies are rethinking their cultures and the employee programs and benefits they offer gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees; The new attitude of GLBT acceptance in the business world; How gays still face discrimination in their jobs; Topics of legal, financial and occupational equality for gays; Observation that there are few openly gay corporate leaders; Ways that ordinary employees are driving the gay rights revolution; Outlook for gay employee benefits. INSET: The Gay-Friendly Workplace.

Reports on several secret philanthropists who avoid accepting public recognition for their charitable gifts. Case of Chuck Feeney, an airport gift shop magnate who went to excessive lengths to secretly give away a fortune that came to $1.6 billion, while living very frugally himself; Belief in many cultures that anonymous donation is the highest form of giving; Observation that anonymous giving solves the power imbalance between benefactor and beneficiary; Other secret philanthropists, including Tulsa oil and banking baron George Kaiser, who gives to antipoverty programs, and Maurice "Chico" Sabbah, two helped fund a Jewish boarding school; Speculation about why these philanthropists choose to give secretly; Problems with secret giving, including the loss of a potential role model.