On March 2, 2010
In Lean Times, 23 and Me Pays $4mm to a Company Officer. Why?
[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Linda Avey and Anne Wojicki, Co-founders of 23 and Me"][/caption] Is it really the best time for 23 and Me, a leader in recreational genetic testing to be handing $4 million to an executive officer? That's
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In Pharma-Transparency Battle, Senate Republicans Side With Killer Doctors on the Take
Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal has proposed state legislation that would require drug company disclosure of all payments to doctors. The transparency tide in pharmaceuticals seems to be turning, as more companies disclose all their payments to doctors, and that's
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Great Lakes Residents Tell Wind Industry to Get Sunk
The latest NIMBY (not in my backyard) energy battle is shaping up in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. Several wind power developers want to erect thousands of offshore wind turbines in the lakes; but some
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Seven Reasons Why Home Videophones Are a Terrible Idea
Samsung puts Skype on televisions and raises the question of whether the day of home videophoning is finally hear. Not a chance, for some good reasons.
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On March 2, 2010
A Great Company is One Sentence
We should admire companies that have such clarity of vision that their corporate mission can be boiled down to one sentence. What's your line?
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Random House Says “Game On,” But Its Gamble May Spell Game Over
Random House diversifies its digital strategy with a reorganized digital publishing division and a new department for video games.
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15 Things You Should Never Wear to Work
In you personal life, you are what you eat. In your professional life, you are what you wear. If you're guilty of donning any of these workplace-inappropriate items, it may be time to hack your wardrobe a bit.
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Walmart v. Best Buy: The New Battle of the Geeks
Best Buy (BBY) and Walmart (WMT) are fighting on a new front: trying to become a place for high-tech consumers to shop for futuristic electronics. Sure, Walmart will tend to battle on price, but it is also trying to boost
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Final Lessons Learned from One of the World’s Highest-Paid Copywriters
This is the final installment of a three-part series on how to translate advice from marketing guru Dan Kennedy to a new online environment.
One of the smartest thing any online marketer can do is to study the “old…
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GMAC’s Billion-Dollar Write-Off Shows Ripple Effect of the Used Car Market
The used-car business and the new-car business can be mutually supporting or mutually destructive. Both businesses are looking up, but only in comparison with recent lows.
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