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  • Havas Worldwide President Gives 10 Tips For Winning Talent From Competitors

    Havas Worldwide president Andrew Benett studied...

    Business Insider
  • Top business story in 2013: Booming stock markets

    It was an easy year to emulate Warren Buffett even as Congress almost wrecked the economy. U.S. stocks rocketed to new heights, and markets in Japan and Europe jumped, too. The gains enriched investors ...

    Associated Press
  • Public Records Posted Online for Anyone to See

    Did you know that public records are posted online and can be viewed by anyone in seconds? Marriages, divorces, bankruptcies, etc. Search anyone.

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  • 7 Tips for Stress-Free Holiday Gift Returns

    Retailers are making it easier than ever to exchange or return items after the holidays, and some modify their standard return policy to accommodate for the holiday rush. Even though some retailers can be more lenient with their return policy during the post-holiday rush, you will be able to speed…

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  • U.S. court rejects BP bid to require proof of Gulf oil spill losses

    (Reuters) - BP Plc has failed to persuade a U.S. federal judge to require businesses seeking to recover money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to provide proof that their economic losses were caused by the disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans said the British oil company…

    Reuters
  • Telecom Egypt Jumps on Vodafone Stake Sale Bets: Cairo Mover

    Telecom Egypt Co., the country’s landline phone monopoly, climbed the most in more than five months on bets the sale of its stake in Vodafone Plc.’s local unit could lead to higher dividend payments.

    Bloomberg
  • Keys to Copywriting: The Devil of Using Details

    When developing your company’s marketing and branding materials, one of the most common challenges is how detailed you should make your creative. After all, if you go into too much detail you risk overwhelming the prospect. If they’re presented with a long, text-heavy design, there’s a good chance…

    Business 2 Community
  • Why Businesses Using Bitcoin Should Not Worry About Chinese Banks

    Although the acceptance of Bitcoin has grown wider in the past few months, doubts still remain over its international legitimacy, as China has recently banned banks from handling transactions involving the alternative currency. In a notice posted by the People’s Bank of China, it stated that the…

    Business 2 Community
  • 8 Steps to Accelerate Your Brand’s Growth in 2014

    One of the most exciting opportunities for business is to inspire your customers to build your business with you. Here are eight steps to ensure your customers are sufficiently engaged, loyal, and motivated to share your brand with their networks in 2014. 1. As social business evolves, so should…

    Business 2 Community
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    MORE BAD ADVICE FROM MCDONALD'S

    The same McDonald's advice site that told workers they need a 2nd job to live is now advising employees to not eat McDonald's if they want to stay healthy.

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  • Frazier discusses job security with Vikings players; “It’s the elephant in the room”

    Vikings coach Leslie Frazier has been adamant about not discussing his job security during meetings with the media in recent weeks, but he decided he needed to address reports that he’s on his way out with the team on Tuesday. Frazier explained to Detroit reporters on a conference call that he felt…

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  • Pinterest Achieves Major Milestones In 2013

    Pinterest is driving more buying traffic to businesses than any other social media platform including Facebook. Regardless of what type of business you are in if you can find a way to be successful on Pinterest it is in your best interest to do so. The Service Provider Myth You’re thinking “I’m a…

    Business 2 Community
  • High Tide Does Not Raise All Boats Equally

    This new research examines the relationship between Customer Experience (measured in social NPS®) and brand market share changes in a rapidly growing market, such as smartphones. The Tide Comes In The quarter over quarter growth of the smartphones market peaked at 20% during 4Q12, while market…

    Business 2 Community
  • Analysis - In telecom merger mania, sceptical eye from Obama administration

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pair of potentially transformative U.S. telecoms and cable deals could run afoul of Obama administration regulators who worry that mergers among market leaders would hurt consumers. With both cable and mobile phone operators grappling with slowing growth,…

    Reuters
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    Bold prediction: Microsoft will buy Yahoo

    CNBC's Bob Pisani has some fearless predictions for 2014, including a big deal that would put Marissa Mayer in Microsoft's top spot.

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  • Clever Joint Solution

    Surprisingly simple solution to help your joints. See why these ingredients are flying off shelves

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  • Is this the season shoppers take home a 3-D printer?

    Although 3-D printing has been a breakout tech story this year, the real question is whether the printers will end up in people's homes.

    CNBC
  • Cost of Imperial's Mackenzie Gas Project hits more than C$20 bln

    CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd has upped its cost estimate for the Mackenzie Gas Project in Canada's far north by about 40 percent because of rising prices for materials and labor, meaning the entire project would cost more than C$20 billion ($18.82 billion) if it goes ahead.…

    Reuters
  • Nextel Mexico’s Decline Forces Tough Decisions

    NII Holdings Inc., a wireless carrier that operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, is faltering in its attempt to turn a walkie-talkie service into a viable competitor to Mexico’s mobile-phone ...

    Bloomberg
  • U.S. watchdog tells American Express to refund duped clients

    By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators fined American Express on Tuesday over deceptive and misleading practices in selling credit card add-on products, and forced it to repay a total of $59.5 million to duped customers. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the…

    Reuters
  • Target Seen Losing Customers in Wake of Card Data Breach

    At the height of the holiday shopping season, Target Corp. finds itself grappling to maintain customers’ loyalty in the wake of a breach that exposed data from 40 million debit and credit cards.

    Bloomberg
  • Champagne sales fall flat on French economic gloom

    * Champagne sales seen falling in volume with revenue flat * Most markets outside Europe still seen growing PARIS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Economic woes in champagne's home market of France took the fizz out of global sales of the prestige sparkling wine for the second year in a row in 2013, with…

    Reuters