If there is a lesson for the future of Islamic finance from medieval Christian finance, it is that the roots of its decline lay in societal changes to the fragmented, feudal society of Europe of its time.

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In the end, the lesson from IBM and most of the other speakers at this event is that leaders have a vision for the future, leaders execute against that vision, and leaders know that only idiots focus on foolish wars.

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One other interesting tidbit from HTC's presentation was the company's statement that it learnt its lesson from the Tattoo, which had a resistive touchscreen, and no longer plans on offering anything but capacitive displays in the future.

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Is that really the lesson America's future bosses will draw from these celebrity trials?

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