On April 16, 2010
McCann’s Talent-Poaching Suit: Even If It Wins, It’s Still a Loser
McCann Erickson will probably win its talent-poaching lawsuit against MDC Partners (MDCA), but the litigation simply underlines that the once-mighty New York agency is losing the business battle. And it shows that even if you have the law on your
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Apple Rejects Satirical App, iPad Mass Media Censorship is Next
Critics are up in arms that Apple blocked Mark Fiore, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, from having his political satire iPhone app released. The real issue isn't apps like political cartoon browsers and others easily available in the iBookstore, but
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Dreams Make a Difference – Part 4
There are a lot of theme parks in Southern California. The competition for Disneyland is tough. Yet, for over 50 years now, the pattern has been the same. People plan their vacation around Disneyland, spending 3 to 5 days at…
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Inside Pfizer’s Ghostwriting Shop: Friendly Drug Studies for Just $1,000
How much does it cost to hire an author for a ghostwritten article? At Parke-Davis, later acquired by Pfizer (PFE), they paid $1,000, according to a document released in litigation over the company's Neurontin anticonvulsant. That seems cheap, but remember
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Google Diversifies; Non-Ad Revenue Grows 3X Faster than Ads
Nexus One and Google Apps drive Google's non-advertising revenue at three times the pace of ad growth. But sustaining that momentum will be very hard.
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Killer PowerPoint 2010 Feature: Your Mouse Becomes a Laser Pointer
No, PowerPoint 2010 (part of the upcoming Office 2010 suite) doesn't magically add lasers to your mouse. (How cool would that be?) But it does have a pretty slick, why-didn't-anyone-think-of-it-before new feature: It can turn your mouse cursor into a
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Small Business Loan Breaks Extended Until May 31
A U.S. Small Business Administration program to help small businesses obtain loans at more favorable terms has been extended yet again, this time through May 31.
Congress on Thursday passed an $18 billion jobless bill, which…
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Obama Takes Space Travel Private
NASA goes entrepreneurial. Yesterday, President Obama urged private companies to take over the job of transporting humans into space, a move that was heralded by the burgeoning private space industry. In an announcement, reported by the New York Times,…
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Microsoft’s Chinese Labor Scandal: There’s More Trouble Ahead for the Rest of High Tech
Microsoft is caught in a labor scandal at one of its Chinese outsourced factories. It's only a matter of time until other high tech companies find themselves in the same boat.
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General Motors: Marketing Should Report to Sales
Putting Marketing under Sales is more effective than putting Sales under Marketing. For example, GM's new leader, Ed Whitacre, assigned responsibility for marketing to the company's North American sales chief. The company is now predicting a return to profitability this
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