Business

The Iverson Gap: Why Valuing Players Is Even Harder Than You Think

David Roher | Posted 12.14.2009 | Sports


David Roher

The truth is that the traditional currency of a player's value, the win, is fairly unimportant.

XTO Energy, Exxon Deal: Learn More About XTO Energy

Posted 12.14.2009 | Business


XTO Energy, a natural gas producer, is expected to be purchased by Exxon Mobil for $31 billion in stock and the assumption of $10 billion in debt, the...

When Success in Business = Failure as a Human Being

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.14.2009 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Business can allow human beings to fulfill their creative potential. It can provide great benefit to society. But it can also be used to promote falsehoods which end up hurting us all in the end.

Book Review: Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes

Dan Agin | Posted 12.13.2009 | Books


Dan Agin

What happened in the 20th century was that the puzzle of life, which had passed from philosophers to theologians to zoologists, finally passed to chemists.

Is Major League Baseball Going Broke? Why American Needle Makes Sports Leagues Nervous

Brian Ross | Posted 12.12.2009 | Sports


Brian Ross

Major League Baseball appears to be hurting financially. The signs were there from the time we landed at the airport in Indianapolis, site of this year's Baseball Winter Meetings.

A San Francisco Landmark Goes Green

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.12.2009 | Green


Gavin Newsom

The most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country: The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification.

How to Create New Jobs: The CCC Reimagined

David Becker | Posted 12.11.2009 | Business


David Becker

In rural America, slow access to the Internet can be the norm, and the economic impact is significant. This is where the new CCC, the Civilian Connectivity Corp, could ride to the rescue.

The Three I's of Corporate Social Innovation

Jerri Chou | Posted 12.11.2009 | Impact


Jerri Chou

It's time to innovate and evolve those mission statements for the 21st century. I'd like to see global brands using their mission to drive business and better the world. We're calling it Corporate Social Innovation (CSI).

If you Believe it, You can Achieve It

Jen Grisanti | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living


Jen Grisanti

I would like to explore the themes of renewal and clarity. In the New Year, what do you want to achieve the most? Do you have clarity in your goals? Can you let go of the past and pursue your goals with renewed passion?

The Art of the Idea: Delving Into John Hunt's New Book

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books


Robert Rosenthal

John Hunt's new book, The Art of the Idea, is an inspiring collection of astute observations culled from years of cultivating and nurturing ideas around the world. It is unassuming, yet powerful.

Wikipedia: Is the User-Generated Utopia Dying?

Damien Hoffman | Posted 12.09.2009 | Technology


Damien Hoffman

Wikipedia started as a user-generated utopia and has recently been plagued by infighting and tyranny. We dug a deeper to see if the maturing web giant has been affected. Here's what we found:

Inconvenient Truth: Too many people

Diane Francis | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green


Diane Francis

The "inconvenient truth" overhanging the UN's Copenhagen conference is not that the climate is warming or cooling, but that humans are overpopulating the world.

Job Titles: What to Do When No One Has a Clue

Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business


Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison

The question remains, while a creative/unusual/incomprehensible title can be a real ice-breaker at networking parties, will it help you get -- or keep -- the job?

Anxious but Excited, GM Employees Hope for a Revival

Jane Devin | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business


Jane Devin

How are the people at GM taking the changes? Underneath the anxiety, they are hopeful. They feel that they are participating in the birth of an automotive zenith that will turn GM's fortunes, and their own, around.

A Local Stimulus Program that Works

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics


Gavin Newsom

Yesterday, President Obama convened a job summit to get Americans back to work. In San Francisco, we're already delivering solutions with a public-private partnership that is showing immediate, demonstrable results.

Putin's Big Lie About Khodorkovsky

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

Blood libel is Putin's Big Lie, and it is the ultimate mendacious recourse that the Kremlin falls back upon in times of desperation.

An Early Indicator of Recovery: Keep an Eye on the Students

Rod Shrader | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago


Rod Shrader

As a teacher in the College of Business Administration at UIC , I keep my eye on a special type of leading indicator, the attitude of the young people in my classes about their job prospects.

David Leonhardt: Financial System Better Despite 'Flare-Ups' Like Dubai

New York Times | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


Thanks to low interest rates and other recent policies to support the real estate market, houses in this country are not especially cheap today, compa...

In Job Hunt, College Degree Can't Close Racial Gap

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


Johnny R. Williams, 30, would appear to be an unlikely person to have to fret about the impact of race on his job search, with companies like JPMorgan...

Why Social Entrepreneurs will lead the Next Generation of Business

Jerri Chou | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact


Jerri Chou

Social entrepreneurs will lead the future of business. That's a bold claim. Why do I think this? Because it's already happening, and has been happening for the past decade.

Is Constituency Democracy Destroying The U.S.A.?

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


Paul David Walker

Our government has deteriorated into constituencies, driven only for constituent gains. We as a nation are dependent on greed and have built a system of constituency government that reinforces greed.

The Loudest Duck

Laura Liswood | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Laura Liswood

Diverse companies can be much better and more creative, much more profitable and able to succeed globally, only if they are aware and conscious of all we bring in preconceived notions of who others are.

It is Not Our Parents Workplace Anymore

Pat Earley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business


Pat Earley

Employers must seriously consider the deficiencies in today's workforce and begin to develop solutions to better improve our educational system, create new incentives to attract tomorrow's workers, and stay competitive in a global marketplace.

The Dawning Of The Post-Crisis Entrepreneurship Generation, Here And All Around The World

John Hope Bryant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business


John Hope Bryant

I believe that the solution to our collective problem is the spark and nurturing of a generation of young entrepreneurs and self-employment projects the world over. The only thing keeping us from achieving just this is fear.

We the Populists: How to Make Taxpayer Funded Bailouts Toxic

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business


Linda R. Monk, J.D.

Want to join in the fun? Call Goldman's executive offices at (212) 902-1000, and tell them that nobody makes big profits at public expense while 10.2 percent of Americans are unemployed.