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Features

COVER TRACKING TAGS A8 RFID, radio-frequency identification, is an old technology finding vast new applications

FLYING HIGH A18 With its sleek, radical four-seat plane, Cirrus Design is taking on Cessna and shaking up the small-plane market

Departments

WORLD BRIEFING A6 The Dalai Lama on work; Beijing's new professor; a portable med lab; and more

WORLD BEATERS A21 Microsoft's Euromanager; Kellogg's new COO; a black mining exec in South Africa

INVESTING A22 With the U.S. stock market rallying, now is the time to invest in foreign stocks

GLOBAL LIFE A25 Post-SARS, Hong Kong is happening

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