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Groupon to Require Companies to Honor Gift Certificates for Five Years

Social group-buying site Groupon is changing how it does business, requiring companies it works with to honor gift certificates for five years.

The change is thanks to the star-tup's settlement of a class-action lawsuit Monday.

Chicago resident Daniel Keeler sued Groupon in…

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Turn One or More Wikipedia Pages Into a PDF

Wikipedia's new book-creation tool makes it a snap to build your own PDF "booklet" of Wikipedia entries. Here's how to use it.

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Idleness

“Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.”

Henry Ford

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While Walmart Dawdles, Ahold and Rivals Scramble to Secure Northeast Supermarkets

Ahold USA knows a break when it sees it, and it's taking advantage of Walmart's slow-motion roll out of supercenters in key Northeastern markets as a chance to boost efficiency and develop new options that will help it survive the

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How a Fast-Food Baron Triumphed Over Legal Battles, Protesters, and Avian Flu

At the beginning of the decade, Yum Brands CEO David Novak faced a roll call of catastrophes: legal challenges, federal challenges, a popular protest against his products and epidemics in his biggest market. But instead of fire fighting, he demonstrated

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The 5 Leadership Essentials | HBR IdeaCast

It's a simple question: what is it that effective leaders have to know and do? Dave Ulrich, a professor of business at the University of Michigan, a partner and co-founder of the RBL group, and a coauthor of "The Leadership

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Three Secrets on Effective Social Media that Actually Work

Dr. Alan Glazier of Shady Grover Eye and Vision Care here in the Virginia area. They have been in business since 1993 and always early adopters of technology. They registered their domain and built their web site in 1996. Over…

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The 8 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers

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Do you want to be a successful blogger?

I do. I might be getting a bit obsessed with it, actually.

Post ideas pop into my head unexpectedly. I keep a long running list of ideas for improving my blog.…

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The Importance of YouTube for Online Marketing with Greg Jarboe (4:09)

In this video interview, Greg Jarboe observes that there are more YouTube videos watched each month in the US (10 billion), than there are searches on Google. Businesses can't ignore this medium!No tags for this post.

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Humility, Leadership, and Self Promotion Oh My

What happens if you make light of your achievements, shun the spotlight, and pass the microphone on to the next person in line? Will this stunt your career growth?

microphone I’ve worried about this for years. I used to deal with…

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