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Jack Welch, Maria Bartiromo End BusinessWeek Columns

Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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Two of BusinessWeek's more popular — and well-known — columnists are ending their columns now that Bloomberg LP has bought the magazine fr...

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Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Ceo Reputation, Reset Economy, World Economics Forum, Obama Economy, Businessweek, Obama Leadership, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, Economy, Corporate Greed, Business News
Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross

It is now time for CEOs to stand up and start rebuilding reputations, thereby resetting the path to future economic progress and moral authority.

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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
Yvette Kantrow

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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7 Huge Corporations That Have Seen Their Valuations Plummet (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Market Capitalization, General Motors, The New York Times, Slidepoll, Gm, Palm, Company Valuations, Facebook, Businessweek, Citigroup, Business News

A little more than a year after the financial crisis took hold, most of our 401Ks are still reeling. Since its peak in 2007, the Dow Jones Index is do...

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BusinessWeek: What Might Have Happened Without Bloomberg

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

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BusinessWeek employees are waiting to hear if they'll have jobs once Bloomberg takes over the publication, and I'm told that staffers expect to hear t...

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Is the Next Frontier Here? The Consensus Is Yes!

Chris Brassington | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Chris Brassington, Apple, Mobile Technology, Mobile, 2ergo, Iphone, Businessweek, Mary Meeker, Technology News
Chris Brassington

Location-based services are key to the mobile Internet. Consumers are not only using their phones to communicate, but to also find the nearest supermarket, deli, and Starbucks.

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Stephen Adler, BusinessWeek Editor-In-Chief, To Resign

BusinessWeek | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

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Stephen J. Adler, who has been editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek for more than four years, will resign from his post once the sale of the magazine to Bl...

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Norm Pearlstine On BusinessWeek Purchase: "I Didn't Say The Magazine Has To Be Profitable"

The Wrap | Sharon Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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I didn't say the magazine has to be profitable. What we've said is we have to run BusinessWeek as a business. But within the world of Bloomberg, there...

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Bloomberg Buys BusinessWeek -- But Who Is the Real Winner?

Paul Taaffe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

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Paul Taaffe

Resist the temptation to dismiss Bloomberg LP's acquisition of BusinessWeek as merely the latest move in the media consolidation. This deal is a game changer on a number of levels.

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Bloomberg LP Acquires BusinessWeek

Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

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Bloomberg LP has agreed to acquire BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill, the company announced Tuesday. The terms of the sale were not disclosed, though Bus...

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World's Best Companies? Delving Into BusinessWeek's List

Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: World's Best Companies, Google, Amazon.com, Apple, Nintendo, Monsanto, Businessweek, Business News

Could a video game company actually be the world's greatest corporation? According to a new ranking from BusinessWeek and the consulting firm A.T. Kea...

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The Search for Normalcy

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: New Normal, Great Panic of 2008, Normalcy, Risk Management, Post-Bubble, Great Recession, Bubbles, Risk, Financial TImes, Market Equilibrium, Businessweek, Business News
Robert Teitelman

One view of "normal" has come out of the crisis stronger than ever: that "normal" doesn't exist at all, that the belief in market equilibrium has been effectively undermined.

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The Week in Magazines: Obama the "Self-Entangling Giant" and How to Have Sex During Dinner at a Restaurant

James Warren | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated, Texas-Monthly, New York Review of Books, Businessweek, Magazines, Media News
James Warren

No matter how much he might disdain the W. presidency, especially when it came to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path.

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Early Childhood Education: Key to Fixing Our Economy

The Watch | Martinique Davis | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Telluride, Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment, Michael Mandel, Businessweek, Home News

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - "When you look at a house you may not see its foundation. But that's what holds it up. And if the foundation of a house is cracked,...

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Bloomberg Submits Bid For BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

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After being given a few days' grace past the September 15 deadline for final bids for BusinessWeek, Bloomberg LP submitted its bid for the 80-year old...

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Bloomberg BusinessWeek Odds-On Favorite: Competition "Melting Away"

New York Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media

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THE competition appears to be melting away as Mayor Mike Bloomberg's high-octane SWAT team from Bloomberg LP pored over the financials at BusinessWeek...

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Gunmaker Gaston Glock: Shell Companies, Nazis, and Murder

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

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Josh Sugarmann

Handgun manufacturer Glock finds itself and its one-time employees mired in a web of alleged criminal activity that includes money skimming, illegal campaign contributions, and even murder.

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Bloomberg Bids For BusinessWeek, Now "Frontrunner"

New York Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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Bloomberg L.P., the media and information company founded by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, is a surprise last-minute entry in the auction to buy BusinessWeek ...

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BusinessWeek Sale: 93 Buyers Interested In Magazine

Bloomberg | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

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BusinessWeek magazine has generated interest from 93 potential buyers, McGraw-Hill Cos. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry McGraw said. ...

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United Airlines Ripping Consumers Off?

Michelle Renee | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

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Michelle Renee

United Airlines is emerging from a bankruptcy filing and flying in the wrong direction when it comes to customer satisfaction. Robbing customers blind every chance they get is simply bad business.

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BusinessWeek: 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Wall Street, Optimism, Economy, Walt Disney Co., Bankers, Businessweek, McGraw-Hill Cos, Business, Auctions, Microsoft Corp., Media News
Yvette Kantrow

BusinessWeek announced it would put out an issue on "The Case for Optimism" this month, explaining it's just as rational to see the economic glass as half-full. It hasn't brightened my mood.

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Business Week: Boulder Strongest Housing Market In Country

Businesweek | Prashant Gopal | Posted 09.14.2009 | Denver

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They're easy to overlook, with home prices plunging from Manhattan to Los Angeles and almost everywhere in between. But look at the smaller metros whe...

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BusinessWeek Sale Seen Heating Up, Price May Be Around $35-40 Million

WWD | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

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Media observers are speculating a deal for McGraw-Hill Cos. to sell BusinessWeek could be put together within the next few months. So far, OpenGate Ca...

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The Big Banks: How Low Will They Go?

Mike Lux | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street, Big Banks, Financial Reform, Loans, Payday Lenders, 2009 Financial Crisis, Bancorp, Businessweek, Wells Fargo, Politics News
Mike Lux

Regulate them, prosecute them, and break them up are the only answers to keep big banks, those amoral leeches, from bringing our fragile economy down again.

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BusinessWeek Sale: Bidders Emerge For McGraw-Hill Magazine

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

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The McGraw-Hill Companies' (MHP) exploration of its strategic options for BusinessWeek has drawn several potential bidders, executives familiar with t...

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