On February 22, 2010
Google Hack Smells More and More Like Chinese Government Job
A freelance security consultant working on behalf of the Chinese government was likely involved in the hack attacks that prompted Google to take a stand against China last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The man,…
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On February 22, 2010
Australia’s Widening Productivity Gap | BTalk
[podcast] The Telstra Productivity Indicator shows there's a widening gap between the expectation of productivity and the action taken to meet it by Australian businesses. That's not great news for a country that has to lift it's productivity to counteract
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On February 22, 2010
A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Ethical Issues at Work
Responding to intense pressure for short-term results, people working for corporations often cut corners that they shouldn't. We use all kinds of rationalizations to excuse these behaviors — everything from "everyone does it" to "nobody's getting hurt by this" to…
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On February 22, 2010
SEC to Interpublic: Tell Us About Your Links to Terrorism
Interpublic Group (IPG) CEO Michael Roth was subjected to a curious interrogation by the SEC's Office of Global Security Risk recently on the subject of the ad agency holding company's businesses in Syria, which the U.S. regards as a state
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On February 22, 2010
White People Removed from Big Oil Climate Change Ad
The American Petroleum Institute appears to have used PhotoShop to replace two white men with an Asian man and a black man in a leaflet opposing climate change legislation -- a classic racial advertising goof (images below).
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On February 22, 2010
More for Less for More: How to Disrupt in the Age of Scarcity
by Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu, and Simone Ahuja
The "S" word was on the lips of all CEOs and politicians attending the World Economic Forum at Davos last month. No, it wasn't "stimulus" — as global leaders looked beyond the…
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On February 22, 2010
Toyoda Headed For a Beating in Congress Wednesday
At first, Toyota President Akio Toyoda let others speak for the company, but as Toyota's quality scandal keeps getting worse, he is now personally set to address a Congressional committee.
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On February 22, 2010
Optimize that Conversion Rate Before It’s Too Late
This post is dedicated to online marketers and small business owners out there who make money from their website, but have not yet kicked off a formal online marketing and website optimization program. For those who have, good job, and
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On February 22, 2010
Defense is Missing in Action in U.S. Stimulus
The U.S. passed last year a "Stimulus" bill that has seemed to have little effect on the unemployment rate. Little of this money went to the Defense Department to spend. Australia and Canada on-the-other-hand have been trying to invest in
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On February 22, 2010
How Social Is Too Social?
Imagine walking up to an ATM — you insert your card and begin to check your balance before you put in the amount of cash you want to withdraw from the machine. As you do this, a small crowd of…
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