On June 2, 2010

Strong May Auto Sales Could Raise 2010 Forecasts; Toyota Lags a Bit

U.S. auto sales looked strong in May, based on early reports. That could send forecasters back to the drawing board, to hike forecasts for all of 2010. Even so, sales are below pre-recession levels.

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On June 2, 2010

Why NBC and Time Warner Are Dissing the iPad

Major TV firms like NBC and Time Warner are skipping the iPad to stymie Apple's growing power.

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On June 2, 2010

AT&T’s New Data Plans Will Get Customers Counting Again

AT&T on Wednesday announced new wireless data plans that let customers choose the price they pay based on how much data they use. Beginning June 7, two new data plans will be available: the DataPlus option, which

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Being Irreplaceable

As the economy and job market continue to climb back on their feet, a few books have been published that address the ’survivors’ on a personal level, the most notable being Seth Godin’s Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? In it,…

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On June 2, 2010

ChangeThis: Issue 71

Ladies and gentleman, it’s the 71th issue of ChangeThis. Excerpts and links below.

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Plentitude: A Statement On Economics, Ecology & True Wealth
by Juliet Schor

“Business-as-usual…

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Walmart’s Turn to Discounts Threatens Its Everyday Low Price Advantage

Walmart (WMT) has built its business by providing everyday low prices, but its latest initiative to build store traffic and comparable store sales demonstrates that it's moving deeper into uncharted territory. By aggressively advertising 30 percent discounts on 22 popular,

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Why Wouldn’t You Include Links in Your Press Releases?

Press release distribution service BusinessWire shared results of a poll, which found that 85% of those who send out press releases put links in them. That means that 15% didn't. Granted, this is only a small poll of less…

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Jeff Thull: Most Firms Don’t Really Sell Value

To really sell value, you can't just talk about your solution and what it does; you have to quantify what your solution will do for your customer's customer.

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AT&T Kills Unlimited Data Service — Knifing Apple, Google, and Its Customers

AT&T drops the unlimited data plan for new iPhone users to make more money at the expense of consumers and business partners.

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On June 2, 2010

HootSuite’s Updated iPhone App

Hootsuite, the Twitter management tool, has added some handy new features to its iPhone app recently. Here are some of the highlights: In a single click, you can now translate foreign messages in more than 50 languages to English to…

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