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At this year's CeBit electronics trade show in Hanover, Germany, ergonomics expert Dr. Johan Ullman introduced his ergonomically correct Pen Mouse, a computer mouse device that that works like a pen stuck in an immobile base. Dr. Ullman says the problem with the existing computer mouse is that it forces one to use the large arm and shoulder muscles to make delicate movements which those muscles were not designed to make. The effort to control such large muscles with sufficient accuracy throws the muscles into unrelenting tension. In addition, the standard way of holding a mouse requires a completely unnatural twisting of ones hand. In contrast, the Pen Mouse lets the fingers do the work, relieves stress on the forearm, and leads to better control. Arabic-language users appreciate the pen's convenience for right-to-left script, while Japanese and Chinese users are interested in its applications for nonphonetic languages.
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In 1997, Udo Grebe of the German National Tourist Office met Arie Sommer of the Israel Commission for Tourism with the idea of organized travel packages for American Jews to both their countries. U.S. rabbis were enthusiastic and TAL Tours, Lufthansa and the American Jewis Congress all signed on. The Congress's Stuart Katz designed the ads for the $70,000 campaign to entice U.S. Jews who are increasingly less reluctant to visit Germany and would like Israel to be thrown into the package.
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In its first full year of combined operations, DaimlerChrysler earned 6.2 bil euros on revenue of $151 bil. 1998 net income was $5.4 bil. Savings from consolidating purchasing, marketing, and other operations totaled about $1.4 bil.
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