On February 11, 2010
Meat Producers Feeling the Heat Over Antibiotic Use
Meat producers are fighting back against criticism that the overuse of antibiotics on healthy animals is causing antibiotic resistance in humans.
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On February 11, 2010
Insurance Companies, Chastened but Hopeful, Dip Into Annuity Market
They're back. After taking a hammering during the recession, there are signs of life again in the market for variable annuities. Fixed annuities, which are insurance products based on bonds, have been in vogue since the start of the recession
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On February 11, 2010
Microsoft Needs More Traitors
The status quo culture at Microsoft will eventually sink the company unless it takes drastic steps and embraces serious change.
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On February 11, 2010
Biz Quiz: Dissing Apple’s iPad, CEO Haikus, and Staying at the Dirtiest Hotel in America
1. Andreas Haas, the former Apple executive who oversaw the company's ill-fated Newton tablet computer more than a decade ago, had sharp words to say about the Apple iPad this week. What did Haas say about the iPad?
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On February 11, 2010
Should Execs Get Emotional at Work?
There was a scene in 'Undercover Boss' where Waste Management's president gets teary-eyed. It was a touching scene that demonstrated emotional accessibility and genuine humility, good executive traits. But when is that appropriate and when does it cross the line
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On February 11, 2010
Google Plans to Shame Verizon and AT&T on High-Speed Internet Service
Google's plan to deliver affordable, super high speed internet access to a few lucky American towns sounds like some 21st century version of Willy Wonka's golden ticket to the Chocolate Factory. If you thought Snozzberries were crazy, how about internet
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On February 11, 2010
Batteries Included: The Dodgy Economics of the Electric Car Ever Make Sense
Estimates of battery costs--the key consideration--vary widely, and so does the prognosis on how many "hand-wavers" will actually step up and buy electric cars.
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On February 11, 2010
Google Buzz Gives Spammers a New Sweet Spot
In general, Internet security experts become alarmed whenever a new social networking app looks like it is going to become the next big craze. "People already have so much information coming at them online and through their…
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On February 11, 2010
5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online
Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog, a national speaker and consultant on branding and a BusinessWeek…
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