Both executives raise a problem with fixing research and development that should scare executives at less productive companies: Sometimes trying to fix things can just make them worse.

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Work is still early enough that there's a long way to go before such implants are part of any treatments, but there's hope that future chip iterations could help fix inner ear maladies, not just report on them.

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Until there is a real way to quantify the emotional bond bloggers have to their audience, evaluating them through the current means available is just a hollow fix, and worse, a numbers game that is easily manipulated.

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The way America sees it, the eurozone countries between them easily have the financial capacity to fix the problem, they just need to get their act together.

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"A lot of companies think, they can fix just one thing, says Mann, who through SAS also works with companies globally to help them create better work environments, "They think that if they add a healthcare centre then that will do.

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The question of just how fast states and other agencies can spend money to do things like fix roads and retrofit buildings to make them more energy efficient will remain central to the congressional debate in coming days.

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