On November 3, 2009
The REAL Death Of Email Marketing
Email marketing as it once was is dying an agonizing death and, what to do about it.
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On November 3, 2009
Buffet Bets the Farm on Strong Rail, Cheap Coal, Expensive Oil
Warren Buffet has made the biggest investment of his career. To be truly successful, he'll need energy prices and the wider economy to live up to his expectations.
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On November 3, 2009
How to Choose Effective Website Photos and Images. Part 1
In part 1 a series of articles, web design expert Sandra Niehaus explains four guidelines to help you select the best photos and images for your site. The article is richly illustrated to help you evaluate a great picture as you look at it and understand how to crop it appropriately. In addition, she offers four places to obtain excellent stock images.
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On November 3, 2009
U.S. Auto Sales Better than Terrible for Ford, General Motors
Ford and General Motors beat anemic sales in the year-ago month. That was the first monthly sales improvement for GM in almost two years, so GM will take it, even with an asterisk.
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On November 3, 2009
CEOs and Facebook: What’s Too Much Information?
Did Joie de Vivre CEO Chip Conley make a tactical error when he posted shirtless photos of himself on his Facebook account?
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On November 3, 2009
FBI Wants Businesses to Rat on Their Customers
If you demand privacy or insist on paying with cash when patronizing a local business, then you could be a suspected terrorist. That's according to FBI flyers which have been sent to tattoo shops as part of its "Communities Against Terrorism" drive.
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On November 3, 2009
Recruitment FAIL!
Having seen just about everything when recruiting, here are some examples of what not to do. (These all really happened, folks.)
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On November 3, 2009
How Not to Solve the Too Big to Fail Problem
Economist Dean Baker says a House bill aimed at solving the "too big to fail" problem will make matters worse
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On November 3, 2009
J&J Layoffs: The Jobs That Are Safest and Those That Aren’t
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) anounced it would lay off up to 8,100 of its workers today. But whose jobs are safest and whose are in most jeopardy? A look at the recent performance of some of J&J's divisions and products will potentially tell you where J&J might spare the ax and where, conversely, the pink slips are more likely to fall like snow.
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On November 3, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway Buys Out Burlington Northern for $26B
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to to a $26 billion deal to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the country's second-largest railroad holding company. This is the biggest acquisition ever made for Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive Warren Buffett said in a statement, "Berkshire's $34 billion investment in BNSF is a huge bet on that company. It's an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States. . . . I love these bets." The news seemed to made business pundits wet their pants in excitement. I saw dozens of analysis spring up within an hour of the announced deal and BusinessWeek picked both Berkshire Hathaway and Burlington Northernas great stocks. My work as a business journalist makes...
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