On May 4, 2010

Giant Bank Profits Send a Clear Signal: Close the Fed Discount Window, Already

It's nice that Congress was able to get its jollies last week permanently tarnishing Goldman Sachs' reputation. But if it really wants to punish the formerly white-shoe investment bank, it should stop playing the schoolmarm in public and instead demand

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HOW TO: Make Sure You’re Tracking the Right Data

Raj Kadam is the CEO and Co-founder of Viralheat Inc., a social media analytics firm focused on delivering detailed social media analytics to major brands and agencies world-wide.

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A Plan So Crazy It Just Didn’t Work: How J&J Got Busted Selling an Epilepsy Drug as a Weight-Loss Product

Just when you think you've seen every crazy scheme that drug companies use to push pharmaceuticals for unlawful "off-label" purposes, along comes a new one: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)'s $81 million settlement for its mismarketing of the epilepsy drug Topamax.<div

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Defining a Product Manager | BTalk

[Podcast] Product managers are crucial to most organisations yet the role means different things in different organisations. So how do you define the role of a product manager?

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The Latest Beauty and Fragrance Ambassadors: Who’ll Sell and Who’ll Just Smell

It's been a banner week for beauty deals including Taylor Swift and Penelope Cruz. But not every celebrity can sell. Here are the winners and losers.

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What’s Up With Steve Jobs’ Death Wish, Anyway?

Steve Jobs runs Apple as though he had a death wish. And given the amount of regulatory interest focusing on the company, he may get what he's looking for.

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Buy American or Else: The Downside of Domestic-Source Rules in Procurement

Nine men were arrested and charged with importing Chinese magnesium and selling it to the Defense Department as anti-missile flares. This violates U.S. laws and regulations about using U.S. sources for this material in military contracts. Their goal was to

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Quick, Name Sears’ Marketing Slogan: Inside Their Branding Collapse

The recent departure of the second chief marketing officer Sears has lost since financier Edward Lampert took control and turned the iconic brand into part of Sears Holding Corp. (SHLD) provides an occasion to take a look at the company's

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Study Looks at Small Business International Expansion

Shipwire has revealed the results of an interesting study on small business online retailer trends in global expansion. The firm found that international orders grew 11% from 2008 to 2009 to reach 20% of total orders. Shipwire analyzed aggregate customer…