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On March 25, 2010

Sales Haters: The ‘S Word’ Is Not an Expletive

Why does the word 'sales' get such a bad rap? Whatever discipline you work in, it's likely that sales plays an increasingly important role. Here's some advice on mastering 'the S word' from an expert sales guy.


On March 25, 2010

The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup

The back-to-back, double whammy announcements that PepsiCo (PEP) is ditching high fructose corn syrup in Gatorade along with the results of a scathing new study from researchers at Princeton make it official -- allies of the controversial sweetener have lost


On March 25, 2010

Smart Flying: JetBlue Keeps Corporate HQ in New York

Though you may not have known it, for the last few months, New Yorkers and Orlandoughboys (what do you call people from Orlando?) have been fighting over who would get the headquarters for JetBlue Airways (JBLU). The decision has been


On March 25, 2010

Local Trouble: Why Our Pubs are Closing Down

It's a tough time for the hospitality sector: one of the oldest segments of our service industry. Insiders predict the industry could reduce by 20% in the next five years.
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On March 25, 2010

Cleaner, Greener Synthetic Rubber Tires Start to Roll

Tires are made from oil. Nearly seven gallons of oil per tire, which adds up:  290 million tires are thrown away every year, meaning that tires account for about 50 million barrels of oil per year in the US alone.


On March 24, 2010

Do Something Today For Tomorrow

Come on, we all get the importance of doing little things now that may pay dividends in the future don't we? We certainly should. In small business there are so many ways we can 'sow seeds' and many of them


On March 24, 2010

The Google Way: How to Blow a Big Business Opportunity in China

Google's latest double dare to China kicks troubled US-China relations into purgatory by demonstrating how not to stay and compromise values or pullout and lose future revenues. But, any action China takes against a belligerent Google could tip the broader,