On August 31, 2010
Better Than Bernie: How Wall Street Used CDOs to Perpetrate a Massive Ponzi Scheme
When the housing crash threatened to gut the lucrative business of selling CDOs, Wall Street firms came up with a plan -- sell the securities to themselves.
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On August 31, 2010
Handing Over My Company to Millennials Helped It Grow
How one entrepreneur got his catering company out of its rut -- and into younger, more innovative hands.
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Fiat Faces a Critical Audience: Its Own Would-Be Dealers
Chrysler met with some of the toughest potential customers for the Fiat brand this week, a group of about 400 U.S. dealers who are considering acquiring a Fiat franchise. Could be a tough sell.
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Valero’s Big Ethanol Push: Selling E-85 at the Company Store (Well, Gas Station)
Valero Energy has gone from corn ethanol hater to one of the largest producers of the product in the past two years. Find out how the company is cementing its corn ethanol relationship.
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Google, Beware: Facebook Patents Aim at Search
When Facebook acquired the patents of Friendster, it gained not only some basic patents in social media, but important tools in connecting social media and search.
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What Sort of Game Is Google Playing?
Google continued its shopping spree through the social networking marketplace on Monday, agreeing to purchase SocialDeck, a 2-year-old company that develops games for mobile devices. This marks Google's third purchase of a social networking company during the…
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On August 31, 2010
How to Engage Your Employees
Employee engagement is getting more and more attention lately. The importance of connecting the workforce to your company’s productivity can’t be overstated. According to a recent HR magazine article, disengaged workers costs U.S. companies an estimated $350 billion every year.…
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On August 31, 2010
How Not to Negotiate: Continental and United Pilots Baldly Ask for the Moon
Pilots at the combined United and Continental want to keep outsourced pilots out of cockpits. As a negotiating tactic, it's transparent and likely to backfire.
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On August 31, 2010
Online Only for the OED: A Recipe for Losing Both Bookworms and Techies
The Oxford English Dictionary plans to go online only, but the move is too late to make a dent in the Web universe and too early for it to build a reliable digital audience.
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Why Roche Employees Will Pay With Their Jobs for Cancer Drug Avastin’s Success
Roche plans to lay off thousands of employees in a global productivity drive: Among the reasons is Avastin, its blockbuster cancer drug, which may finally be seeing a ceiling on its sales.
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