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- Citigroup’s Analyst Blackball: How to Make It Look Like You’re Hiding Something
- Microsoft May Spend Billions on Mobile, but It’s Still Stuck in a PC Mindset
- Shell Gets Serious About Bringing Biofuels to Market — Finally
- Intel Woes and HP-Dell Wars: The March of the Dinosaurs
- New SEC Rules Freak Out Companies, but the Supposed Impact Is Overblown
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How one entrepreneur discovered that his management style was actually creating more work for himself.
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With all due respect to Mr. Covey: To be successful, you need to be innovative, not just effective. Here's how to do it.
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Why Tony Abbott Should Be Prime Minister
There's an easy way to see who should form the next Australian government. Let's look at the next preferred choice of voters in each independent seat. Too logical?
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The 5 Principles of Guerrilla Marketing | BTalk
Podcast: Jay Conrad Levinson, the founder of Guerrilla Marketing, explains five principles that provide a road map to the approach.
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H.264 Video Backers Try a PR Coup, but It May Backfire
The group that manages licensing for H.264 video technology is trying to use an announcement for royalty-free licenses to woo people from Google's alternative, WebM.
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Intel Woes and HP-Dell Wars Show the March of the Dinosaurs
Intel, HP, and Dell all seem determined to hold on to what made them successful in the past. But the result is increased weakness, bad decisions, and danger.
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The Ousting of Kimora: Why It Was Good for Baby Phat
When a celebrity CEO becomes a liability, it's time for corporate to cut the cord, cut its losses and find a new leader.
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Citigroup's Analyst Blackball: How to Make It Look Like You're Hiding Something
Citigroup sends the wrong message to stakeholders by freezing out a securities analyst who questions the financial giant's accounting practices.
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Microsoft, Ready to Spend Billions on Mobile, is Still Stuck in a PC Mindset
Microsoft is prepared to spend billions to back its mobile offering. But it won't succeed if it doesn't ditch its PC mindset and drop licensing fees for its OS.
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A First Shot at Pricing EV Charging: 50 Cents a Kilowatt Hour
EVs are coming, and so -- at an increasingly rapid pace -- is commercial, for-profit charging stations. One early player says it will charge 50 cents an hour, but that's way more than home...
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Hey, Ben Bernanke! Either Tell Us How We're Going to Grow, or Do Something -- Now
Ben Bernanke's big speech should leave any unemployed person feeling cold. Where will economic growth come from? Bernanke had no answers.
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Google Needs Your Privacy To Tell You What You Want To Know
A recently public patent application demonstrates why Google really wants personal data: to deliver relevant search results. But a clever approach to its business also shows Google's weakness.
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In GAP/Groupon Deal, It's Traditional Media That Loses... Again
GAP's promotional deal on the group buying site Groupon used a sophisticated mix of social channels to get the word out. Great news for social media. Bad news for traditional media.
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Policymakers Need to Mind the (Income) Gap
Widening gaps between the rich and poor may ultimately lead to financial instability, early research suggests.
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How to Get Out of the Role of Chief Fire Extinguisher
Operating procedures? Who needs those? How one CEO discovered that shooting from the hip everyday not only slowed his company down but also created more work for him.
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When the World Is Your Office
Three globetrotting entrepreneurs turn their passion for travel into successful businesses.
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Avoid These Career-Planning Fallacies | HBR Ideacast
Have you spent your career job-hopping your way to that dream position? Here's why that might not be the most effective strategy. [Podcast]
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New SEC Rules Freak Out Companies, but the Supposed Impact Is Overblown
Big public companies are braced for an avalanche of dissident board nominees whose names must now appear right on their official corporate proxies. Here's why it ain't gonna happen.
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The 10 Weirdest Drug Stories of the Month
Which painkiller also helps hurt feelings? Which potential blockbuster did Eli Lilly fumble? Which club drug is being eyed as an antidepressant? The answers all happened in August 2010 ...
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The 10 Weirdest Ad Stories of the Month
What did Tina Fey do in 1995? Where should Bob Garfield not have taken his daughter? Who got a butt tattoo? The answers all happened in August 2010 ...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Innovative People
With all due respect to Covey's seminal book, entrepreneurs and innovators I've known don't really fit the mold of his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ... here's a version that I think does.
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Bosses: Does Your Promotion Process Exclude Women?
Women are great at making workplace friends, but subtle dynamics often block them from building relationships that pave the way for promotions. Here's one surefire solution.
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