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Good Bosses Share Key Personality Trait, Study Shows

Posted 05.01.2012

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By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor Published: 05/01/2012 06:14 AM EDT on BusinessNewsDaily People who tend to feel guilty make some ...

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Companies Have Cash, Won't Share

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Job Market, Mergers and Acquisitions, Companies, Employment, Dealmakers, Hiring, Corporate Spending, S&P 500, Mergers, Deals, Video, Business News

Companies around the world have tons of cash and talk all big about how confident they are about the economy, and yet they're sitting on their hands w...

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Companies Feel Your Pain, Sort Of

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.09.2012

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Though you cannot roll each one of them up and smoke them, you still need to know seven and a half things each day, and here they are: Thing One: S...

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Republican Candidates and Congress Quit Climate Change; Private Sector Counters, Creating Consumer Label

Michael Shank | Posted 04.03.2012

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We need more of this kind of innovativeness and initiative. The climate isn't cooling anytime soon and it's clear that climate talks will continue to be inconclusive. So companies and consumers, the ball is in your court.

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Best And Worst Run Companies In America

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: American Airline, Bankruptcy, 24/7 Wall St., Companies, Corporations, Oracle, Starbucks, Eastman Kodak, Management, S&P 500, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have ...

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There's Something Happening Here: Entrepreneurship and the Decline of Corporate Appeal

Maynard Webb | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Startup, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Zuckerberg, Companies, Company, Liveops, Technology News

There's somethin' happenin' here, what it is ain't exactly clear; Young people speaking their minds, gettin' so much resistance from behind... - B...

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Americans Want Companies To Be More Public-Spirited: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.16.2011

Americans would like businesses to start thinking about more than just the bottom line. Most people say that major companies care most about their ...

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Why Good Companies May Get Even Cheaper for Awhile

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Companies, Stock Market, Business News

Should investors buy good companies trading at historically attractive prices? This simple question is rightly on the mind of many investors as they survey the damage inflicted by the third quarter's sharp and generalized collapse in global equity markets.

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Exxon Stays Ahead Of Apple As Top U.S. Company

AP | Posted 10.12.2011

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NEW YORK -- Exxon ended the week holding the title of the most valuable company in America after earlier being passed by Apple. Exxon Mobil Corp. sha...

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Fraud Within Finance Departments On The Rise, Survey Finds

Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Employees, Fraud Prevention, Finance Departments, Companies, Corporation, Frau Scheme, Back Office Fraud, Financial Managers, Corporate Fraud, Business News

ORLANDO, Florida (Barbara Liston) - "Back office" fraud is draining corporate treasuries of billions of dollars a year, and the risk is growing as...

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The 'Surprises' of the Japanese Crisis and the Investment Lessons to Learn

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.26.2011

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Surprise consequences to the earthquake in Japan have revealed significant weaknesses in both the worlds of politics and business and from an investment point of view, there are lessons we can learn.

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EU Bonds: Portugal Proving the Point & How You Can Profit

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just what is at the root of the EU's troubles? And how do last week's events with Portugal exemplify the problem?

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U.S. Firms Growing Impatient With Chinese Bureaucracy, Survey Says

Reuters | Koh Gui Qing | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. firms are increasingly vexed over growing Chinese red tape that prevents them from expanding quickly in Ch...

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Inflation Hits Consumers, Food Prices

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inflation, Earnings, Food Prices, Oil Prices, Kraft Foods, Companies, Commodity Prices, Biofuels, Business News

Shoppers can expect food prices to increase this year. Despite promising signs of economic recovery, many businesses are still struggling with the do...

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Big Companies Set For Best Fourth Quarter Ever

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Unemployment, Apple, Joblessness, Profits, Consumer Demand, Companies, Spending, Economic Crisis, Business News

Even as unemployment remains high and Americans' finances slowly mend, big companies may be set for their most profitable fourth quarter on record. ...

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Corporations Guard Tax Loopholes, Stalling Corporate Tax Cuts

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Obama considers lowering the corporate tax rate, an impediment to reform is the corporations who, in theory, stand to benefit. In short, ...

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Companies Hoarding $1 TRILLION In Cash

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Reserve-Fund, Profits, Companies, Revenue, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Banks, Liquidity Trap, Citigroup, Charles Evans, Moody's, Business News

As the economic recovery remains tepid, companies continue to sit on piles of cash, shifting it around internally rather than spending it. The hoard ...

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Corporate Profits Soared From Layoffs, Cuts

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Corporate America finished the second quarter with "near-historic" profits, largely by cutting costs, laying off employees and streamlining operations...

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'Corporate Bloodletting' Subsides As Default Rate Returns To Pre-Crisis Levels

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Good news for corporations and the people who lend them money: The corporate default rate will likely drop to a pre-crisis level by year's end, accord...

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Plastic Activists: Actually, Some Companies

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The furniture store that is synonymous with cheap, trendy furniture moved up green ladder when the company outright banned plastic bags for customers.

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Reflections on Obama's Oval Office Speech on Energy and the Gulf Oil Spill

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Energy, Climate Change, Oil Industry, Gulf Oil Spill, Companies, Barack Obama, Energy Debates, Politics News

Count me optimistic that Obama can get something done about climate change -- perhaps even something significant, as he did with health-care reform. Count me pessimistic in that it'll be too little too late.

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Emasculation Nation

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is now more obvious than ever that power is not wielded by the federal government, but by corporate behemoths fully embedded in the nation's nervous system.

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The Newest Old Business Trend

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tithing -- offering a percentage of income for a cause -- dates back to the Old Testament. And lately its popularity is surging in the business world.

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A College Tour De Force

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, Relationships, Companies, Work, Computers, Living, Technology, Life, Technology News

uTourX is a hot new iPhone application that college bound students and their parents will love -- college tours packed with "insider" information that familiarize students with the schools they wish to attend.

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Companies Are Gaming The System To Beat Wall Street Expectations

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earnings, Economic Recovery, Third Quarter, Profits, Companies, Economy, Estimates, Earning Estimates, Wall Street, Income, Recession, Third Quarter Results, Business News

CHICAGO — More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So is busines...

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