On February 17, 2010
Publicis Earnings: Maurice Levy Explains How Declining Revenues Are Good for the Ad Business
Publicis (PUB)'s Q4 2009 earnings are a through-the-looking-glass affair: Down is up, recession is growth, and stabilization is recovery. By losing business, Publicis is actually gaining "share," CEO Maurice Levy claims.
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On February 17, 2010
Overcoming Business Frustrations
We define business frustrations as a series of specific recurring events in your business over which you feel you have little or no control.
Every business has frustrations. From small "hiccups" that hinder the flow of work, to fatal flaws that…
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On February 17, 2010
Making the Most of Attending Trade Shows
My partner and just returned from spending the last few days at the Toy Industry of America, Inc. Toy Fair, scouring the seemingly endless aisles of the Javits Convention Center in New York City for the latest and greatest in…
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On February 17, 2010
Olympics 1, AIG 0: Why Forced Ranking Is a Bad Idea
"I've always been a stats guy," Don Steinberg wrote in the Philedelphia Inquirer explaining why he invented America Bowl, a contest pitting Presidents against Super Bowls to see which is better.
There have been 44 presidents in U.S.…
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On February 17, 2010
Are You Unique Enough? | BTalk
[podcast] Sean D'SDouza argues that every business needs to find its point of uniqueness, because the human brain can't cope with multiple messages. Yet think of most large companies and can you say what makes them different?
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On February 17, 2010
Bringing Storage Virtualization Out of the Shadows
You've heard a lot about server virtualization over the past few years, and many enterprises have adopted virtual servers to improve their ability to manage runtime workloads and high utilization rates to cut total cost. But as…
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On February 17, 2010
Salesforce.com’s Chatter: Social Networking Goes to Work
Robert Scoble interviews Salesforce.com's VP of product marketing about its new professional networking tool, Chatter.
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Merck’s Marginal Merger: $3.5B in Savings From Layoffs That Cost $3.3B
Merck is spending up to $3.3 billion in restructuring costs -- mostly layoffs -- in the hopes of achieving $3.5 billion savings, annually, after 2012. I won't bore you with a time-value-of-money theory, but if you factor in interest rates
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DieHard with a Vengeance: Sears Deal Risks Brand Backlash
Sears Holding (SHLD) built a reputation for tending its brands, such as Kenmore and Craftsman, over many years. Now the company is building on this idea, by licensing its DieHard label to Schumacher Electric Corp. The agreement allows Schumacher to
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