On April 5, 2011
Tough Execution Ahead for TI, National Merger
Texas Instruments announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire its rival, National Semiconductor, in an all-cash transaction totaling US$6.5 billion. This will merge two leading analog semiconductor companies. National's shareholders will receive $25…
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Are CEOs More Effective as “Mr. Inside” or “Mr. Outside”
New researchers tells us that CEOs who spend a lot of time meeting with company outsiders are less effective than "Mr. Inside" types.
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Intuit: Small Business Cloud At 38 Percent In The UK
"The cloud" has become an increasingly common term over the past year or so, with all sorts of people and companies discussing the benefits of accessing information online rather than storing it locally. And it looks like they've been doing…
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Why Does Criticism Seem More Effective than Praise?
When you coach someone or conduct a performance appraisal, where do you tend to focus? Probably on "opportunities for improvement," right? Sure, you mention some positive things, but we'll bet you spend much more time talking about faults…
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Grief at Gatorade: Facebook, Rebranding Fail to Reverse a Sales Slide
A year ago, PepsiCo relaunched Gatorade as "G" with an ambitious social media effort. It didn't work. Sales grew less than 1 percent in 2010 after sinking 11 percent in 2009.
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17 Rules For Powerful Sales Proposals
An easy-to-follow checklist to make certain that your sales proposal actually wins the business.
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SugarCRM, IBM Band Together to Socialize Business in the Cloud
In yet another step binding it closer to IBM, SugarCRM has acquired iExtensions, the CRM solution for Lotus Notes. A big part of our business is international," SugarCRM CEO Larry Augustin announced to an audience of analysts…
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Don’t Take Your Smartphone to the Bathroom
Smartphones are getting people into all kinds of trouble and it's getting out of hand. It's high time we had a protocol for this sort of thing.
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Sustainability’s Faustian Dilemma
We all remember the SunChips Episode of 2010. Frito-Lay introduced bio-degradable packaging for SunChips in March, and was surprised to see sales of the chips drop by 11% over the next six months. The reason: Consumers…
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Are You A Slave To Your Business?
Running your own business can easily take over your life. But if you have no time to enjoy the fruits of your labor, just what are you working for? Here are seven time management tips for small business owners that
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