Attention Walmart Corpses!

Jessica Rovello, 11.16.2009

President and Co-Founder of Arkadium

A few weeks back Walmart quietly added a new product to their website - caskets. That's right, I said caskets -- as in where dead people sleep. I k...

The Best Thing You Can Have Is Bad Intelligence

Simon Sinek, 11.12.2009

Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people.

The greatest threat any organization can face is not its competition but its own success. With great success comes complacency -- the false belief that you are the best and that you don't have to worry.

A Million XBox Live Users Could Be Banned From the Service : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 12, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.12.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games. The company believes that between 6...

Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control

Reproductive Justice, 11.19.2009

Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.

Walmart to sell $300 H-P Laptop: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 5, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.05.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Walmart and Hewlett-Packard have teamed for a $300 computer. The computer, which is priced like a netbook but built like a full-fledged laptop, fea...

The Case of the Walmart Photos, and Beyond

Trish Kinney, 10.30.2009

Author of Silver Platter Girl and documentary filmmaker

Technically the parents in the Walmart photos case may not be breaking any laws. But it would be hard to argue that their daughters are not living in a sexualized environment.

Evolve or Die: Why Reinvent Independent Bookstores?

Praveen Madan, 10.29.2009

Partner, Booksmith, Berkeley Arts

We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.

Not a Simple Price War -- It's a Fight Over What You Get to Read

William Petrocelli, 10.28.2009

Author, attorney, and bookseller

What looks like a simple price war between Amazon, Target, and Walmart over a handful of bestsellers is symptomatic of a much deeper problem in the book business.

It's the Sustainability, Stupid

David Becker, 10.05.2009

Author, consultant, online marketer

Consumer trust in business has dropped dramatically in the last two years. A transitory marketing campaign and TV media buy is not going to win back consumers. What can work is a long-term focus on sustainability.

Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen, 09.24.2009

Huffington Post Green Page Intern

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

Warren and the Girls: A Fashion Week Prelude

Christy Ferer, 11.16.2009

Citybuzz.com contributor

For the most part the Fortune 500 Women's Conference was a well-dressed, well-heeled crowd. Well, except for the girls from Google, in their Boyfriend Jeans and oversized shirts.

Food Miles, of a Different Nature

Liz Neumark, 11.15.2009

CEO, Great Performances

What there is to eat is my filter -- the lens through which I see our society. My road trip was a roller coaster of food experiences -- enlightening highlights, frightening plunges, and overall wonderment.

A Slap in the Face

Deborah Copaken Kogan, 10.19.2009

Author of "Hell is Other Parents," "Shutterbabe"

Unless I'm beating my toddler in the middle of a Wal-Mart -- which I'm proud to report I haven't resorted to yet, not that I haven't been tempted -- your unsolicited advice is not welcome.

iTunes Sells 25% of Retail Music Purchases: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer August 19, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 09.19.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

iTunes now owns 25% of the retail music business in the US. While compact disc's still account for 65% of recorded music sales, 35% of music sales a...

Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart, 09.11.2009

Food entrepreneur and creator of Pro Food

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

Free Lou Dobbs

Ron Galloway, 09.03.2009

Director of "In Goldman We Trust?"

Lou Dobbs went way out of his way to make sure that he presented both sides of the story. He didn't have to (or want to), but his professional code insisted he should.

China's Dollar Scam Must End

Diane Francis, 08.29.2009

Editor at Large, the National Post

The bilateral talks, or G-2, between the U.S. and China have resulted in little substantive progress. This is because there is a continuing, inexplicable failure on the part of the U.S. with other countries to pressure China to curb its currency manipulation.

Wal-Mart Pays $45 Million For "No Wrongdoing"

Al Norman, 08.23.2009

60 Minutes Called "Guru" of anti-Wal-Mart movement

Wal-Mart has agreed to shell out up to $35 million to a class of its employees in Washington State who sued the company, but the retailer says it did nothing wrong -- always.

Will Walmart's Drive Toward Sustainability Work?

Janet Ritz, 08.17.2009

Publisher, editor, the-environmentalist.org

Walmart announced this week that they are planning to put green/sustainability labeling on all their products within the next five years. The question, of course, is whether they can make it happen.

WATCH: Leading Conservative Writer Joins Michele Bachmann's Ant-Census Crusade!

Lee Stranahan, 08.14.2009

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

Rep. Michele Bachmann is asking Americans to stand up and not be counted! It's a bold move that defies even the remaining conventional wisdom of her party.

Stay Alive Independent Book Stores

Nicolaus Mills, 08.10.2009

Professor of American Studies, Sarah Lawrence College

But it is not easy for an independent like BookCourt to fight the chain book stores.