On February 11, 2010

Microchip Implants Spur “Mark of the Beast” Bans in 2 States

What hath PositiveID wrought: The company formerly known as VeriChip seems to be the inspiration for bills in Georgia and Virginia that would ban the mandatory implant of microchips in humans by employers or insurance. And the company's name is

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Lawsuit Claims Pfizer Deceived Doctors Into Prescribing Its Cholesterol Drug Lipitor

Jesse Polansky, a former director of outcomes management at Pfizer (PFE) from 2001 until 2003, has re-filed his whistleblower lawsuit regarding the cholesterol drug Lipitor, the best-selling prescription substance in the world and the backbone of the company.

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Gap’s Comeback Strategy: Jeans for Life

Gap (GPS) is going back to its denim roots, with a twist: It wants to put its customers in its jeans from birth until, well, the final fade-out. Even if it succeeds, though, Gap cannot thrive on denim alone. Its

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Why Brands are Becoming Media

at globe image Brian Solis is a principal at new media agency FutureWorks, and author of the upcoming book, Engage. You can connect with him on Twitter or Facebook.

One of the greatest challenges I…

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More Small Business Success Telesummit Tips

Thanks to all the powerful, business-building tips shared by the experts at the Small Business Success Telesummit, I could write an entire book. Instead I’m dedicating this, the second of two articles, to sharing ideas from each of the speakers…

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On February 11, 2010

Want More Web Traffic?

Anytime you put a Website link in an email or anywhere online, you want to do your best to make sure that link is live and clickable. That way people can click on it and go straight there.

To do…

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TED 2010 Day Two: Social Networks and Meatless Weekdays

Harvard professor and expert on social networks Nicholas Christakis powerfully showed the impact of social networks and how they relate to our everyday lives. Christakis explained why obese people increase the probability of other people in their social network becoming…

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To Stop Global Warming, Fight the Fools First

In Utah, the House has passed a resolution rejecting climate science. Fox News is trying to launch the next Climategate. On the left, a prominent playwright suggested that Sarah Palin should look to earthquakes and tsunamis for evidence of climate

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Broken Windows, Broken Business

The first thing I saw staring back at me from my email this morning came from the author of Fascinate, Sally Hogshead, whose manifesto led yesterday’s ChangeThis issue. Being from Sally, it was kind and generous message, but…