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The Loudest Duck

Laura Liswood | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Globalization, Leadership, Multinational Corporations, Career, Business, Diversity, Management, Workplace Diversity, Business News

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.

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It is Not Our Parents Workplace Anymore

Pat Earley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Education, Labor, Working Families Party, Workplace, Work, Living, Work-Life Balance, Skilled US Workers, Families, Business, Workplace Diversity, Business News

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.

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

John Hope Bryant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Silver Rights, Empowerment, Love-Leadership-the-New-Way-to-Lead-in-a-Fear-Based-World, Financial Literacy, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Business, Business News

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.

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We the Populists: How to Make Taxpayer Funded Bailouts Toxic

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

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Constitution, Business, Constitution, Unions, Seiu, Business News

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.

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The Essence Of Great Leadership

Jack Canfield | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Business, Relationships, Business Leaders, Employers, The Inner Life, Living News

Great leaders make it a habit to respond in ways that generate the outcomes they want, even during extremely tough experiences or events seemingly beyond their control.

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Geithner Should Step Down

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Politics, Breaking Politics News, Timothy Geithner, Business, Tim Geithner, Business News

Geithner's problem is not that he is by nature a corrupt man. It's that he is steeped in the Wall Street way of doing business, which itself is riddled with fraud -- and billions of taxpayer dollars are at stake.

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Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

Eli Davidson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Nobel Prize, Mentoring, Problem Solving, Inventions, Careers, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Eli Davidson, Business, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Muhammad Yunus, Ideas, Living News

Having an idea and taking a small action has the power to change your life. You have the power to take an action that can make a huge difference. What is a problem that you see a solution for?

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Obama, Hu Jintao Press Conference Held In China (VIDEO): Leaders Talk Economy, Iran, North Korea, Tibet, And Taiwan

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Dalai Lama, Taiwan, Iran, Obama, Business, Obama's Asia Trip, Video, Asia Trip, Human Rights, Beijing, Nuclear Weapons, Trade, Nepal, Press Conference, Buddhism, Censorship, China, World News

(AP) BEIJING President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament ...

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Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Paul Allen Cancer, Allen Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Vulcan, Paul Allen, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Cancer, Technology, Business, Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Non Hodgkin S Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma, Paul Allen Hodgkin, Paul Allen Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Paul Allen Lymphoma Hospital, Steve Ballmer Diagnosed, Technology News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemot...

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Marketing in Disguise

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Women in Business, Retail, Business, Consumer Spending, Shipping, Rebates, Serving Sizes, Retail Industry, Consumer Confidence, Advertising, Marketing, Consumers, False Advertising, Airlines, Consumer Protection, Business News

When marketers knowingly play in the darker parts of the gray to drive sales, they're doing a disservice to the consumer and the industry. A good deal not a good deal when it misinforms consumers.

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Rich Buying Again, But Middle Class Still Hurting

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Business, Shopping, Money, Economy, Business News

American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on ...

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Wanted: Free-Market Mouthpieces

Rob Warmowski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Heritage Foundation, Free Market Capitalism, Economics, Laissez-Faire, Public Relations, Economic Crisis, Free Market, Washington D.C., United States, Op-Ed, Newspaper Op-Eds, Business, Politics News

For my entire adult life, I have watched free-market fundamentalists do their thing. They demonize government, run for government, capture government, then dismantle and privatize government.

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The House's Historic Health Care Reform Vote and the Lens of History

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Congress, Wall Street, American History, Slavery, Health Care Reform, Obama, Business, African Americans, Politics News

Today's generation of managers goes to our best business schools not to learn to be builders, creators and healers but to be more clever and effective swindlers, gamblers and parasites.

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NACHA scam makes rounds via e-mail with ACH transaction alert

Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Payment, NACHA Emails, Money, NACHA Spam, Email, Nacha, ACH Payments, NACHA Scam, Electronic Mail, Automated Clearing House, Business, Transactions, Ach, nacha.org Spam, Rejected Ach Transaction, Nacha Email, Business News

Not-for-profit financial organization NACHA, which oversees an electronic payment system called the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network, has issued...

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Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 3 of 7

Alice Schroeder | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Excerpt, Economics, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Business News, Warren Buffett, The Snowball, Books, Alice Schroeder, Business, Books News, Financial Crisis, Books News

Buffett had indeed learned through experience that "when in doubt keep holding"; he said, "I've made most of my money sitting on my ass."

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Learning Leadership From the New York Yankees

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Leadership, Small Business, Baseball, World Series, Financial District, Parade, Derek Jeter, Business, New York, Joe Girardi, Diversity, New York News

I am obsessed with always looking at why and how people lead. Small businesses and corporations alike might consider looking at the success of the Yankees.

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Dickensian Slavery: The Real Expense of the Recession

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Workers Reform, Workers, Business Culture, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Charles Dickens, Business, Recession, Living News

We've headed back to the workhouse atmosphere of Dickensian England and the view of employee as dispensable "tool" has returned.

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Develop Your Strategic Plan for 2010‏!

Michelle Renee | Posted 11.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Jian, Women Entrepreneurs, Business News, Software, Michelle Renee, Biz-Plan-Builder, How-to-Start-a-New-Business, New Business, Entrepreneurship, Business, Fox Business News, Burke Franklin, Business News

Having a proven strategic business planning and financial forecasting system will help you, not only save time and reduce stress, but also make the most out of your existing cash flow, opportunities and resources.

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Ten Ways to Communicate What You Want in Business and in Life

Bob Berkowitz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Communicator, Business, Business Communication, Communication, Business News

Can you be a great success in business and be a failure as a communicator? Maybe, but I can't see how.

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Wheel of Fortune

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Bloomberg LP, Businessweek, Charlie Rose, The Economist, Fortune Magazine, Condé Nast, Time Inc., Media, Business, Media News

So Fortune magazine is cutting back its issues to 18 from 25. But don't panic. The new Fortune will become more of a lush-looking premium product.

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Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 2 of 7

Alice Schroeder | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Excerpt, Economics, Books, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Business News, Warren Buffett, Financial Crisis, The Snowball, Alice Schroeder, Business, Books News

Buffett would always love reading newspapers, but his investing was tightly focused on simple businesses that were as close to immortal as possible. Newspapers no longer qualified.

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Venturing Green

Bob Giloth | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Social Enterprise, Nonprofits, Green Jobs, Social Ventures, Green, Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Employment and Training, Green Businesses, Green News

Are theses nonprofit ventures harbingers of bigger and better things to come? It's hard to scale these businesses or even to replicate them.

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Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Leadership, Gender Gap, Education, Iceland, United States, World, Women, Laura Tyson, Larry Summers, Women in Business, Business, World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Index, World News

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

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Help! I Don't Wanna Die!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Times, Bovine Methane Emissions, Business, David Carr, Business Journalism, Business News

We're not interested in big, glossy spreads of the superpeople who run the economy and its constituent parts. So what should those who cover business be writing about, and not? Here are some early suggestions.

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Is Conscious Capitalism an Oxymoron?

Chip Conley | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Target, Southwest Airlines, Wal Mart, Pepsi Co, Downturn, Warren Buffett, Joie De Vivre Hotesl Proctor & Gamble, The Container Store, Business, Whole Foods, Zappos, Karmic Capitalism, Unconscious Capitalism, Business News

We may be entering an era of Karmic Capitalism when business realizes what goes around, comes around. Let's hope that the captains of industry apply noblesse oblige to the business world.

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