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Our Insatiable Desire For Fame

Mike Robbins | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Crashers, Fame, Motivational Speaker, Honesty, Tiger Woods, Mike Robbins, Popularity, Fortune, Authenticity, Celebrity, Appreciation, Confidence, Gratitude, Self-Help, The Balanced Life, Living News
Mike Robbins

When we're really honest about it, our own feelings of inadequacy are what drive a lot of our behaviors, particularly the most debilitating, inauthentic, and destructive ones.

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Heart-Stopping Hallowe'en Horror, Left And Right

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Witch, Nightmare, Ray Bradbury, Fortune, Democrat, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Halloween, Democratic, Fortune Teller, Horror, Democrats, Horror Story, Fortuneteller, Republican, Dust Witch, Chris Weigant, Republicans, Bradbury, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Happy Samhain, everyone, if that isn't an inherent oxymoron. For those of you who expected (and were, of course, waiting for with bated breath... what...

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Fortune Magazine To Cut Number Of Issues

WSJ | SHIRA OVIDE | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Fortune Magazine, Fortune, Time Inc, Magazines, Media News

Capping a tumultuous year for business magazines, Fortune is planning to publish about one-quarter fewer issues annually and make other changes, joini...

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Individualism Run Amok

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Criticism, Success, Fame, Free-Market, Individualism, Fortune, Democracy, Self-Loathing, The Balanced Life, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I was surprised to read the other day that in some cultures if you are asked 'how are you?' the answer never begins with the pronoun 'I' but rather with a 'we' as in 'we are fine or not fine'.

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Why Fortune Loves Charlie Rose

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: John Doerr, Charlie Rose, Jim Lehrer, Katie Couric, Media Maneuvers, Tom Perkins, Larry Summers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Fortune, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

A new profile of Charlie Rose is representative of a trend that seems to be growing: the sort of meta-, multi-platform story that has so many odd conflicts and strange connections that it makes you dizzy.

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Winning: A Talk with Carla Harris

Martha St Jean | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Bull Market, Fortune 500, Carla Harris Pearls of Wisdom, Economy, Carla's Pearls, Economic Crisis, Saving Money, Fortune, African-American, Expect to Win: Proven Strategies From a Wall Street Vet, Money, Expect to Win, Morgan Stanley, Carla Ann Harris, Managing Director, Fortune 100, Bear Market, Money Management, Carla Harris, Business News
Martha St Jean

"I knew that I would do something that was important. I always wanted to have power, in order to motivate others to reach their goals," says Harris.

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Media's Most Powerful Women: Oprah, Anne Sweeney, Judy McGrath, Ann Moore & More

Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Anne Sweeney, Bonnie Hammer, Lauren Zalaznick, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Pascal, Judy McGrath, Ann Moore, Cathie Black, Oprah, 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, Fortune, Media News

Several media executives were listed among FORTUNE's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. Oprah, of course, came in first among the media ladies on th...

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Zipcars Are The New Hooking Up

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Robin Chase, Fortune, Zipcar, Antie Danielson, Comedy News
Sybil Adelman Sage

You don't have to insure it, giving it all the appeal of a mistress who won't write a tell-all book.

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Fortune Magazine To Undergo Revamp At Hands Of Time Inc. Execs

New York Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Andy Serwer, John Huey, Fortune Magazine, Fortune, Time Inc, Magazines, Media News

FORTUNE is back in the sights of Time Inc. Editor-in-Chief John Huey, who has assembled a high-level SWAT team of in-house and external experts to rev...

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The Exception

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Media, John Stumpf, Business, Fortune, Berkshire Hathaway, Vikram Pandit, Bank of America, Cnbc, Ken Lewis, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Becky Quick, New York Times, Warren Buffett, Carol Loomis, Charlie Munger, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

At a time when the financial press is in the doghouse for cozying up to CEOs and failing to see the economic disaster ahead, Buffett remains above the fray.

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What Will We Do If the New York Times Tanks

James Heffernan | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Gawker, New York Times, David Geffen, Carlos Slim, Fortune, New York Post, Journalism, Media News
James Heffernan

The short answer is what I'm doing right now, which is Googling my way to other sources on a story the Times itself resolutely refuses to tell.

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How To Increase Your Good Luck

Anne Naylor | Posted 06.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Good Luck, Intuition, Fortune, Professor Richard Wiseman, Reslience, Intention, Relaxation, Living News
Anne Naylor

"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered." William Shakespeare Are you a lucky person? Or are you someone to whom catastrophe often happe...

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Hank Paulson, The Unnamed "Decider" In The Merrill Lynch Saga

David Fiderer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Andrew Cuomo, John Thain, Lehman Brothers, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Bank of America, Henry Paulson, Fortune, Sec, Financial TImes, Barclays, Mortgages, Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, New York-New York, Business News
David Fiderer

Why would Merrill's senior management, with BofA's acknowledgment, base their internal year-end projections on the assumption that securities prices would recover so sharply?

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Alexandra Penney, Madoff Victim: He "Is Not A Human Being," He Is A "Sociopath"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Cnn, Video, Alexandra Penney Madoff, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Victims, Alexandra Penney, Madoff: Secrets of a Scandal, Fortune, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News

Alexandra Penney, former editor of Self magazine who lost her life savings in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, lashed out against the scam artist in an i...

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Magazines Sacrificing Web Sites To Save Print Editions

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Magazines on the Web, Conde Nast, Fortune, Magazine Websites, Portfolio, Time Inc, Magazines, Media News

The operating policy now, particularly at Condé Nast, basically reads: Revenue first! Future later. And the printed page, the luxury object, is stil...

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The Recession Hits Home

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Media Business, Economy, Marc Gunther, Lucy Kellaway, Recession, Election Anxiety, Fortune, Sustainability, Business News
Marc Gunther

I'd love to spend some time in the developing world. (Wouldn't it be great if we could find a way to "green" China, India and Africa, while helping to alleviate global poverty?)

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Ask Phyllis...Astrology and Beyond: Sibling-Starved Cancer

Phyllis F. Mitz | Posted 12.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Fortune, Ask Phyllis, Astrological Signs, Cancer, Leo, Astrology, Scorpio, Living News
Phyllis F. Mitz

Scorpios typically ignite their controlling behaviors out of a need to keep themselves safe -- emotionally and otherwise -- rather than out of deliberate meanness or cruelty.

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Stephen Schwarzman And Bruce Wasserstein Spar At Fortune Breakfast

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Lazard, Slideshow, Bruce Wasserstein, Blackstone, Andy Serwer, Stephen Schwarzman Party, Fortune Magazine, Fortune, Stephen Schwarzman, Billionaires, Business News

SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS A powerful crowd turned out for Fortune's breakfast conversation with Stephen Schwarzman and Bruce Wasserstein Thursday mornin...

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The Washington Post's Howie Kurtz Blame Financial Press for Economic Crisis

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Howie Kurtz, Washington Post, Portfolio Magazine, Andy Serwer, Fortune, Economy, Columbia Journalism Review, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

So big cheese media critic Howard Kurtz has spoken: The business media is partly to blame for our economic crisis. "As in the savings-and-loan scand...

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Twitter: Fortune, SEC Discover The Web Craze

Footnoted, Fortune | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, Monetization, Sec, How Will Twitter Make Money, Start-Ups, Twitter, Fortune, What Is Twitter, Business News

Fortune is trying valiantly here to translate Twitter into the language of its readers, but there's only so much one magazine can do with a start-up t...

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Fortune, American Express Deny Keith Kelly Report That American Express Has Final Say Over Fortune Small Business Copy

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: American Express, Fortune Small Business American Express, Fortune Small Business, Fortune, Keith Kelly, Media News

Update: A spokesperson for the Fortune Money Group has denied Keith Kelly's report that American Express will get final say over the editorial content...

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Fortune Wields The Ax: Assistant Managing Editor, Staff Writer Out

FishbowlNY | Noah Davis | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Cait Murphy, Fortune Magazine Firings, Matthew Boyle, Fortune, Media News

FishbowlNY has learned that Fortune assistant managing editor Cait Murphy and staff writer Matthew Boyle have been let go. Murphy has been at the mag...

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How The Press Failed Readers On The Changing Credit Card Industry

Columbia Journalism Review | Dean Starkman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Credit Card, Credit Card War, Credit Card Companies, Chase, Dean Starkman, Dean Starkman Credit Cards, Changing Credit, CJR Credit Cards, Changing Credit Card Industry, Hsbc, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, The Financial Times, American Express, Visa, Press Ignores Changing Credit Card Industry, Dean Starkman CJR, Dean Starkman Credit, CJR Credit, Business Week, Credit Card Company, Deam Starkman Columbia Journalism Review, Bank of America, Credit Cards, Fortune, Columbia Journalism Review, Citi, Mastercard, Credit War, Press Ignores Economy, Wachovia, Forbes, Credit, Cjr, Media News

One of the paradoxes of the business press is that while everyone should read it, since we all live in the economy, not everyone does. In fact, most p...

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Wal-Mart Gives The New Yorker (And Forbes, Fortune, BizWeek etc) The Boot

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Keith Kelly, Conde Nast, New Yorker, Wal-Mart, Magazine Industry, Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, Adam Gopnik, Magazine Racks, Business News

Good luck getting your hands on Adam Gopnik's latest treatise next time you visit your local Wal-Mart (WMT). The world's biggest retailer is pulling C...

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Time Inc, Guild Contract: Print Staffers Don't Have To Write For Web

Women's Wear Daily | Stephanie D. Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspaper Guild, Time, Sports Illustrated, People, Fortune, Time Inc., Media News

Does The Newspaper Guild's proposed new contract with Time Inc. run counter to the new world order where journalists have to write for both print and ...

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