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From its origin as an economical means of preserving dried fish to its current ubiquitous presence in supermarkets and five-star restaurants, sushi presents a fascinating glimpse of the rise and fall (and rise again) of Japan's modern economy and the similarly wild ride of sushi's culinary center

With consumers increasingly comfortable with interactive technologies such as online social networks, high-speed connections and new media tools, it's now easier than ever for marketers to connect with their customers. It is also easier than ever for consumers to ignore brand messages.

In the event of a disease outbreak or bioterrorist attack, public health officials must make decisions about how to allocate finite medical resources — decisions that impact the spread of the disease and the number of lives lost.

According to IRS estimates, there is a $345 billion gross "tax gap" for 2001. The tax gap is the difference between taxes the IRS thinks should have been paid and taxes that actually were paid.

The illegal immigration debate is a example of the old saw about econometrics: the discussion is often a crooked line from an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion.

Reaction to Rupert Murdoch's $5.6 billion takeover of the Dow Jones Co. and The Wall Street Journal is a reminder of how highly businesspeople value the venerable news organization.

Media titan Rupert Murdoch has finally succeeded in buying the company that owns the venerable Wall Street Journal. Now media experts are wondering what's next, not only for the Journal, but also for newspapers in general.

Arizona has enjoyed flexibility in its state budget-building for the last several years, thanks to a revenue spike that piled up into a welcome and useful surplus. That flexibility is disappearing, however, as revenues lag compared to the recent past.

To customers, there's not much to loyalty programs; on the surface they're usually just a piece of plastic and a "Here's how much you saved" line at the bottom of a receipt.

Two-thirds of all bills introduced in state legislatures are filed at the request of state or local government agencies, business associations, social activist groups, companies, or individual citizens. Most of those are brought to the legislature by legislative advocates, or lobbyists.