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Best CEOs Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 12.24.2009 | Business

Read More: John Mackey, Best Ceos, Google, Lloyd Blankfein, Steve Jobs, Fedex, Whole Foods, John Chambers, Dell, Slidepoll, Eric Schmidt, Michael Dell, Jamie Dimon, Fred Smith, Jim Skinner, Larry Ellison, Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Satoru Iwata, Apple, Jpmorgan, Oracle, Ceos, Cisco, McDonald's, Most Profitable Companies, Anne Mulcahy, Nintendo, Business News

The 2000s certainly seem like a ghastly decade. The era's already fabled financial debacles -- among them, Enron's bankruptcy, the burst of the tech b...

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Trying To Strangle American Innovation

Pat Choate | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Cisco, First-to-Invent, First-to-File, Small Entity Inventors, Microsoft, Small Business, Large Entity Inventors, Political Contributions, Intel, Innovation, Patent Office, Ibm, Big Tech, Patents, Patent Reform, Home News
Pat Choate

If Big Tech succeeds in Washington, a greatly weakened patent system is likely to destroy American innovation and invention-led job creation in the next decade.

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The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Senior Citizen Hegemons, Qatif Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al Khabaz, Education for Employment, News, Arab Employment, United Nations, Employment, Sheikh Hamad Bin-Khalifa-Al-Thani, Simmons College, Lebanon, World, Arab Youth Supercomputer 2010, United Arab Emirates, Arab Youth, Arab Unemployment, Investigation and Prosecution Commission, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Google, Violence, Ilo, Jobs, Arab Youths, Manpower, Palestine, Yemen, Crime, United States, MENA Region, Prince Sultan University, Morrocco, Cisco, Qatif Youth Achievement Award, Uae, Prince Salman Education for Employment Initiative, Arab, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Gallup, Al Hadi Medical Clinic, International Labor Organization, Us Unemployment, Mena, Ron Bruder, Terrorism, Sheikha Mozah, Google Economy, Ipc, Efe, Silatech, Qatif, Riyad, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.

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Selling Simplicity -- Not Just Marketing It

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Marketing, Simplicity, Aeron Chairs, Technology, Consumer Spending, Choice, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

People want uncomplicated products, straightforward guidance, and things that work quickly and simply the first time, without lots of extra effort.

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Cisco Agrees To Buy Tandberg For $3 Billion

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Cisco Systems, Cisco Acquisition, Tandberg Sale, Tandberg ASA, Tandberg, Cisco Takeover, Tandberg Acquisition, Cisco, Technology News

NEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc. tapped its immense cash hoard and announced a deal Thursday to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA for $3 billion in a bid t...

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Moving Beyond Anger and Rhetoric, The Conference Board Introduces Guidelines for Real Compensation Reform

Raj Gupta | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, AFC Enterprises, Tyco, Hewlett-Packard, Conference Board Governance Center, Best Practices, Oversight, Task Force on Executive Compensation, Nasdaq, Business News
Raj Gupta

Abuses in executive compensation have contributed to a loss of trust, and our Task Force report provides a set of guidelines that can make significant inroads in restoring credibility in our corporations.

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Backup For The Productive Nomad

Marc Hershon | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Dig Your Cave, Productive Nomads, Nomads, Telecommuting, Nomad, I Hate People!, Marc Hershon, Teleworking, Business News
Marc Hershon

Being able to work out of the office doesn't just boost productivity, it's an added attraction for the modern employee who thinks better on his feet, and on the go.

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Twittercraft: Foreign Policy by Other Means

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Siemens AG, Google, Twitter, Nokia, Statecraft, Iran Election, Iran Twitter, Foreign Affairs, Fortinet, Iran, Yahoo, Global Network Initiative, Foreign Policy, Great Firewall, Shi Tao, Iran Protests, Internet Censorship, Cisco, Youtube, Media News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

For better and for worse, America's technology companies have a demonstrated record of driving crucial foreign policy outcomes, and Washington must make it known when it believes a foreign cause is just.

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Smart Grid May Be 1,000 Times Bigger Than The Internet: Cisco

greenercomputing.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Internet, Electricity, Climate Change, Smart Grid, Cisco, Environment, Smart-Grid, Green News

There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid --- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spo...

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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How Marketers Can Win During China's "Recession"

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 06.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Confucianism, Family Harmony, Chinese Consumers, Anta, Recession Fears, Migrant Workers, China Mobile, China, Recession Marketing, Economic Anxiety, Stability, Ajinomoto, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

China's recessionary environment has yielded a new conservatism that will not dissipate until vigorous growth is restored.

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Guest Blogger, Marthin de Beer: Innovation From Around the World

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Peter Diamandis, X Prize, Innovation, Marthin De Beer, Incentive2innovate, Collaboration, I2i, Business News
Peter Diamandis

I've often said that the "wisdom of crowds" will allow us to look beyond our own walls and borders, and enable us to harness new ideas that we may not have known existed in our own backyard.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Twitter, Housing, Tim Geithner, Aig Bonuses, Cisco, Aig, Politics News

With AIG bonuses and The Wire on my mind, one place I was itching to browse out to was the Freakonomics blog, where Sudhir Venkatesh has been keeping ...

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R.I.P. Seattle P-I: First Major Newspaper to Go Web Only

Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Hearst Corp, Kevin Cogill, Shelly Palmer, AT&T, Standards and Poor, Axel Rose, Cisco, Council for Research Excellence, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Media News, Riaa, Mediabytes, Server, Guns N Roses, Media News
Shelly Palmer

The P-I will become an experiment of sorts for Hearst, who will try to figure out whether or not the company can cut overhead and increase ad rev on a web-only model.

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iPhone Number One in 3Q: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 11, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Blackberry, Motorola, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Circuit City, Lg, Nortel, Razr, Cisco, Media News, Sirius XM, Rim, Mediabytes, Network Dvr, Media News
Shelly Palmer

According to a study by the NPD group, Apple's iPhone has overthrown Motorola's RAZR as the most popular selling phone during the third quarter. The...

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iPowerful: Apple The Predator

Mobileopportunity.blogspot.com | Posted 09.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Iphone, iPod Nano, Pure Digital, Itunes, Apple, Steve Jobs, Ipods, Microsoft, Cisco, Steve Jobs Apple, Jobs Apple, iPhone Apps, Technology News

Apple is using tactics it once bitterly denounced, and declaring that it's decided to take over a market because "we want to get in." If Apple can use...

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Greening Hollywood Gambles on Fox Fall's Eco-Casino

Paige Donner | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Evites, Make Love Not Trash, Fox Fall TV Shows, Fox Broadcasting, Eco-Casino, Home Depot, Sustainable, Recycled Cutlery, Cisco, Carbon Offsets, London West Hotel, Bones, Green Events, Post Consumer Recycled Paper Products, Palomar Hotel, Ambrose, Schwinn, Green News
Paige Donner

One of the most common comments heard in the "green" movement is that voting with your dollars, on everyday personal and business decisions, is the qu...

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Reading The Tea Leaves: China's Huawei and 3Com

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Intellectual Property, Bain Capital, 3Com, Huawei Technologies, Cnooc, Unocal Corp, TS-CDMA, Committee on Foreign Investment, China, Lenobo Group, China Business, Business News
Rebecca Fannin

When the best minds in the world are put to work on creating new inventions together, it's the consumer that benefits.

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RIM On Fire: What Recession?

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Rimm, Blackberry, Smartphones, Jim Balsillie, Rim, Research in Motion, Business News

Thought Apple's red-hot iPhone or the soft big-business IT spending Cisco reported would burn RIM's March quarter? Wrong! The company said today it wi...

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Cisco To Spend $16 Billion To Expand In China

Forbes | Melanie Lindner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cisco, China, John Chambers, Business News

Cisco is dropping dollars like they're going out of style. Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ), the world's largest network equipment maker, announ...

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Cisco Executives Arrested In Brazil

Financial Times | Jonathan Wheatley, Kevin Allison | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cisco Arrest, Cisco, Tax Fraud, Brazil, Business News

Brazilian police have arrested 40 people including three acting senior executives and one former president of the Brazilian subsidiary of Cisco System...

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