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A Sample of Viewer Suggestions

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Producer Melissa Harmon talks about NBR's 30th Anniversary project and invites you to talk back.

Get Innovative with NBR

January 22nd, 2009. Nightly Business Report's 30th anniversary will be here before you know it, and we're gearing up for it with a special project, "The Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years." A group of professors from the University of Pennsylvania will judge the nominations you submit via the Knowledge@Wharton website. You've got lots of innovations to choose from. Just think about it! There's the... + More

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Judging Criteria

25th Anniversary Special

In celebration of our upcoming 30th year on television, Nightly Business Report has partnered with Knowledge@Wharton to identify "The Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years." What innovations have changed the way life is lived and the way business is done since NBR premiered in 1979?

Thank you to everyone who recommended an innovation via the Knowledge@Wharton website. We received thousands of them. A panel of judges at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will review all the submissions and select the top 30. NBR will reveal the winners in a special program to air in February 2009.

Learn about the judges who will select the Top 30 Innovations. Look for behind-the-scenes interviews with each judge.