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The Week in Review:
GDP: The Rock Star of Economic Indicators
Word out of Washington, D.C., this week is that GDP is on the rise. What does that mean for the economy and your financial and job prospects? High school economics whiz Robin Li and others demystify the significance of Gross Domestic Product.
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Biofuel Bonanza: Insight and ‘Nerdy’ Earrings from Intel’s $100,000 Winner
In March, some of the country’s most innovative high school seniors traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Intel Science Talent Search 2013. KWHS spoke with $100,000 winner Sara Volz, a teen from Colorado, about biofuel, algae and building a laboratory in her bedroom.
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The 3-D Printing Revolution: Students Make their own ‘Big Bang’ with Businesses
What do President Obama and Raj Koothrappali have in common? They’ve been talking recently about the wonders of 3-D printing. While many of us are not quite sure how this technology works, a group of California high school students is already developing its 3-D printing expertise in the business world – and preparing for successful careers.
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Looking Up: An Aspiring Aviation Analyst Talks Airline Mergers
Past KWHS essayist Jonathan Heckman will soon graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and start a job as an aviation analyst with United Airlines. Drawing on his experience as an aviation blogger and business student, Heckman takes a look at this week’s merger between American Airlines and US Airways.
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MLK Day Tribute: Student Lessons in Leadership
As the nation pays tribute to civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. – on a day that also happens to be the presidential inauguration celebration for our country’s top leader – Knowledge@Wharton High School asked students from around the country how they define leadership.
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A Year in Publishing: Secret Meetings and the Powerful Threat of Digital
Publishing houses are scrambling to determine how to cope with the rise in digital reading. The iPad, the Kindle, the Nook and the Sony Reader, the strongest players in the eReader market, are four of the biggest threats to the print publishing industry. With everyone reading on a screen, how do publishers make a profit? Just this week, on December 18, Pearson Plc’s Penguin Group, a book publisher, reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a case in which Penguin was accused of forging a deal with Apple to prevent other ebook sellers from discounting their prices. KWHS explores this bold deal between Apple and book publishers, the resulting anti-trust lawsuit and the future of traditional book publishing.
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To Your Doorstep: The Logistics Journey from Container to Customer
Logistics is as essential to the holiday season as the Christmas tree and the menorah – and as prominent if you know where to look. Highways crowded with 18-wheelers, UPS trucks double parked on busy streets, Fed Ex vans pulling in and out of your neighbors’ driveways, even those Amazon boxes stacked atop your daily mail delivery. Logistics is about moving the right product in the right quantities to the right place at the right time, and, according to experts, it is critically important in the global economy.
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The Week in Review:
Voices of the Malia Generation
On November 6, voters re-elected Barack Obama, a Democrat, as the 44th president of the U.S., defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. KWHS spoke with high school students around the country to get their insights on, and reactions to, the election process and the issues it raised for voters.
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