On June 15, 2010

Esurance Axes Erin After the Secret Agent Took on an X-Rated Life of Her Own

[Erin from Esurance: Another unapproved image.] Esurance has retired Erin, the pink-haired secret agent, from its commercials and in doing so may end a meme that was getting out of hand: Fan art depicting the character in adult-oriented situations that

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StartupNation and Overstock Team Up on Main Street Store

StartupNation and Overstock have announced a collaboration to connect small and minority-owned businesses across the U.S. to Overstock.com's new Main Street store.

The New Rules of Hiring

If you're just getting back into staffing up after the slump, you should know that the rules of hiring have changed. The process goes beyond finely tuned behavioral questions in a subdued interview setting and into how you initiate your…

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MTV’s First Twitter Jockey: More Publicity Stunt Than Social Game Changer

MTV has gotten lots of publicity over its plan to hire a TJ, or Twitter Jockey. But it's all a (very smart) publicity stunt, nothing more.

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Starbucks Offers Free Wi-Fi — Would You Like Some Digital Media With Your Latte?

Starbucks needed to offer free WiFi, but is experimenting with an interesting suite of content on top of this new feature.

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Gulf Oil Spill: Fears of a BP Bankruptcy Filing Are Overblown

Financial markets are treating BP securities as if a bankruptcy filing was imminent. Depressed valuations represent growing fears of unilateral and putative action by a saber-rattling Congress and White House -- and not any real change in the U.K.-based oil

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Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Start-up Raises $35 Million

TerraPower, a nuclear energy start-up whose backers include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has raised $35 million in a new round of funding to aid the development of a nuclear reactor that powers itself on its…

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What NBC’s Heroes Got Out of Product Integration: Marketing, Not Money

While TV networks pitch advertisers on integrated deals that incorporate products into programming, there's one entity that doesn't benefit financially: the shows themselves, as Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, explains.

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HGSI’s Hepatitis Drug Zalbin: When an FDA Rejection Is Good News

The FDA is none too pleased with Human Genome Sciences’ (HGSI) new hepatitis C drug Zalbin (albinterferon alfa-2b), but that may be a blessing in disguise.

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Why Plan Your Business? Look At This Data

While I’m not a big fan of surveys, this one is pretty straight forward, and I like the results. Palo Alto Software asked thousands of Business Plan Pro users a couple of dozen questions about…

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