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Consumer demand for flawed device talks to strength of Steve Jobs' brand.

We're in the process of witnessing history, in case you didn't know it. World dominating, society-changing Apple  ( AAPL -  news  -  people ) has made a little mistake. By now, unless you live in a hole in the ground, you know that the new iPhone 4 apparently has some issues with dropping phone calls if you hold the phone by its left corner.

Apple's iPhone 4 Problems Are A Blessing In Disguise

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The SportsMoney 50-50 ranks the world's most valuable teams and athletes.

The Los Angeles Lakers won the National Basketball Association title again in June, but the real winner was Philip Anschutz, who owns one-fourth of the team. You could say he's a bigger winner than the extravagantly paid Kobe Bryant, who pulls down $23 million a year from the team and another $25 million from endorsements, making him the third-best-paid athlete in the world, behind Tiger Woods and boxer Floyd Mayweather. Phil Mickelson is fourth.

The World's Most Valuable Teams And Athletes

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The world's 20 most valuable soccer clubs took a kick on the shins from a stronger greenback last year.

These teams are:
   1. Manchester United
   2. Real Madrid
   3. Arsenal
   4. Barcelona
   5. Bayern Munich
   6. Liverpool
   7. AC Milan
   8. Juventus
   9. Chelsea
  10. Inter Milan
  11. Schalke 04
  12. Tottenham Hotspur
  13. Olympique Lyonnais
  14. Hamburg SV
  15. AS Roma
  16. Werder Bremen
  17. Olympique Marseille
  18. Borussia Dortmund
  19. Manchester City
  20. Newcastle United

From June 2008 to June 2009 the euro and pound fell 11% and 17%, respectively, relative to the dollar. As result, the top 20 clubs have an average enterprise value (equity plus net debt) of $632 million vs. $691 million a year ago.

Most Valuable Soccer Teams

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Big Blue's newest big iron platform also runs x86 and Unix systems. The days when IBM's mainframe computers held a monopoly on enterprise computing may have ended with the influx of cheaper x86 and Unix servers. But Big Blue is still reinventing its big iron. And now it's teaching it how to play nicely with those more modern platforms.

IBM's New Mainframes Take On Dell, HP

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How he got himself out of a trap and emerged stronger than ever.

On Friday, July 16, Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, found himself in a kind of situation many public figures have faced before him. A crisis had built and wouldn't go away. As the world waited in hyped expectancy, the spotlight fell on the central player to step onto the dais and deal with it. In this case, Jobs' handling of the iPhone 4 situation generated an unusually wide variety of immediate reactions, from lavish praise to widespread criticism.

Steve Jobs Is Houdini

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Why the labor market of the future will be even more polarized.

Will large numbers of today's children grow up to become servants and nannies in the homes of the digital bourgeoisie? There is good reason to believe that the answer is yes.

Will Your Children Grow Up To Be Servants And Nannies?

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Cost of living, affordable housing, relatively low unemployment and quality of life make these standout spots.

Americans are swapping their expensive lives on the urban coasts and reaching for greener pastures elsewhere. North Carolina and Colorado are a magnet for newcomers, according to the most recent Census population estimates. There, you'll find more than half of the 25 metros gaining population and showing percent growth in the last year. Fort Worth, Texas; New Orleans and Atlanta also made the list.

America's 100 Cheapest Places To Live

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Obama's true position toward business. A comedian or satirist could not have come up with the recent scenario of Treasury Chief Timothy Geithner and other Administration officials suddenly trying to reassure corporate chieftains that the Obama Administration is pro business and loves free enterprise. A close and powerful Obama aide, Valerie Jarrett, sent Verizon CEO (and Business Roundtable chairman) Ivan Seidenberg a letter declaring: "While we may disagree on some issues, we have an open door and are always willing to consider input and ideas from everyone, including the business community." That's like Dracula saying he prefers bottled water to blood.

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How the Consumer Product Safety Commission drives parents--and everyone else--crazy.

Michael Warring, president of American Educational Products in Fort Collins, Colo., had his shipment all ready: A school's worth of small bags, each one filled with an igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock. Then the school canceled its order. Says Warring, "They apparently decided rocks could be harmful to children."

Students Aren't Allowed To Touch Real Rocks