On October 10, 2011

Economics Nobel a Lagging Indicator

I had dinner with a Nobel-class chemist from Harvard on Saturday. He and two other scientists were scratching their heads that the Nobel for chemistry had been given for work they regarded as correct but less than foundational.…

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Sprint’s WiMax Decision: No Pain, No Gain

Sprint Nextel investors have received some very good news and very bad news. The good news is that the company plans to step up deployment of its Network Vision. This plan, originally described in December 2010, calls

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Engage Employees Using Customer Service Tactics

Most companies claim they want enthusiastic, engaged employees — and with good reason. Employee engagement and financial performance are connected. A recent study by Aon Hewitt, for example, found that companies with high levels of engagement outperformed the…

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Small Biz Resource Tip: Evernote

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Somehow, no matter how much technology tries to help get you more organized, you still end up carrying around a pad of paper or notebook to remember important phone numbers, dates, events or information. Evernote hopes to clear up…

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Don’t ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ Start a Small Business

While some block sidewalks on Wall Street and elsewhere, other unemployed citizens are going in a more productive direction: They're starting businesses.No tags for this post.

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19 Ways to Get Paid for Your Writing

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Good writers should get paid for their work. It’s as simple as that.

If this is what you want to do professionally, then you should be paid for it.

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Where Do Consumers Learn About Local Businesses?

By Rieva Lesonsky

Online or off, it seems users still get most of their information about their local communities via newspapers, according to a study from the Pew Research Center, the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the…

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10 Bizarre Things That Influence Customers Online

We know there are a lot of psychological factors that influence purchase behavior online and offline. Here are just a handful of funny things that influence customers to behave the way they do:

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The Simple Business Plan

It seems small businesses often struggle to develop a business plan that has any meaning. In this interview, Roland Hanekroot tells us of a version he has seen that is just a few lines in length.

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