On October 28, 2011

Samsung Snatches Global Smartphone Crown From Apple

Samsung reported its quarterly earnings this week, showing a healthy jump in its smartphone business. The company's smartphone sales quadrupled, shooting up from 7 million in last year's third quarter to 28 million globally in third-quarter 2011.

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Friday Links

? Mathew Ingram posted today On the Death of Book Publishers and Other Middlemen. It doesn’t contain any major insights that haven’t been noted before, but it does a nice job of summarizing what Amazon and…

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Judge Orders SEC to Explain Why Citigroup Is Getting Off Easy for Deceiving Clients

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has serious reservations about a $285 million settlement between federal securities regulators and Citi. And no wonder -- the deal stinks.

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Visual Marketing

It seems appropriate to start a post on visual marketing with something visual, so here’s the cover of the new book by marketers David Langton and Anita Campbell.

The book, Visual Marketing: 99 Proven Ways…

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America: Excelling at Mediocrity

Recently, I've been around the world and then back to the US of A. And what strikes me is how fast many parts of the globe are forging ahead — and how decrepit coming home can feel in comparison (<a…

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Another Government Website for Small Business

Earlier this year, the wonks at the Government Accountability Office looked at how much different government agencies replicate similar efforts. For example, the federal government has 80 programs that deal with economic development across four agencies.

Today the…

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Are Small Businesses Really Big Job Creators?

Small businesses create most of the jobs, we've often been told. But is it true? See which two types of businesses have been adding jobs, according to new data.No tags for this post.

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Down with Knee-Jerk Downsizing

Recently, the Wall Street Journal had a startling headline: "Lean Companies Ready to Cut." Its opening sentence: "Despite another quarter of robust corporate profits, an ominous impulse is stirring at many big companies — restructuring."

Spooked by…

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HP: About That PC Spin-off Idea …

HP has made up its mind: New CEO Meg Whitman announced Thursday the PC business is sticking around, at least in the short term. The company had been pondering whether to continue selling personal computers. Earlier this

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HP: About That PC Spin-Off Idea …

HP has made up its mind: New CEO Meg Whitman announced Thursday the PC business is sticking around, at least in the short term. The company had been pondering whether to continue selling personal computers. Earlier this

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