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Banner Health System saved $5 million and saw misdiagnosis claims from patient lawsuits drop 58 percent in just a year thanks to an insightful collaboration between hospitals and doctors determined to change the status quo.

The Millennial generation — usually defined as people currently under age 30 — is demanding major changes throughout the wired workplace.

Books touting ways to improve business communication skills command acres of shelf space in local bookstores, mostly in the Bargain Bin section. They're literally "a dime a dozen." Then there are the true classics that take pride of place in front of the store, year after year.

Imagine taking a dozen related but independently-run businesses, each with its own unique product, merging them into a cohesive business segment within an enormous corporation and driving up sales roughly 30 percent — all during an intense, three-and-a-half year period.

With about one billion computers currently in use, information technology rightfully owns some of the blame for the world's sustainability ills. The lifetime toll for a computer includes substantial resources for manufacture and delivery, then more energy consumed in home offices and companies.

Arizona brought its "A" game to the Super Bowl — both on the field and off — with a winning coordination of events at Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium.

Increasingly companies are viewing technology not just as a way to get things done but also as a way to move forward.

The start of 2008 in the Phoenix metropolitan area was not much different from the end of 2007, as housing prices continue to decline.

Americans concerned with the growing proportion of GDP devoted to healthcare would do well to consider the industry's supply chain. Soon the cost of drugs and medical supplies will equal the cost of labor and benefits in the U.S.

Marianne Jennings, a professor of legal and ethical studies in business at W. P. Carey School of Business, recently noted that major business scandals used to be spaced about 10 years apart. Unfortunately, the cycle now appears to be compressing.