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Empowering Ourselves Through Others

Faisal Hoque | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Faisal Hoque

We need to make sure our people are ready for any changes, including the most unexpected, even unprecedented challenges, which have become the norm in a rapidly changing global marketplace and society.

Growing a Small Business with 5 Essential Principles

Faisal Hoque | Posted 04.22.2013 | Small Business
Faisal Hoque

Behind every "overnight success" is a story of a person or a team toiling away for years, with very few people except themselves and perhaps a few friends and partners supporting them. Consider the following two stories.

Why the Trade in Ivory Must Be Banned

Chantal Lyons | Posted 04.02.2013 | World
Chantal Lyons

Since the economic ascent of China does not look likely to falter anytime soon, there is only one way to save elephants from extinction by poaching: a complete and permanent global ban on the trade of ivory.

Connecting Wagons: Why and How to Help Lagging Regions Catch Up

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 12.17.2012 | World
Otaviano Canuto

If it weren't for the economic performance of China, Brazil and other emerging markets, the global economic slump following the 2008 financial crisis would have been much worse.

Why The Market Gods Are Angry

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.04.2011 | Business
Dylan Ratigan

Let's hope that this relative market pinprick got someone's attention at the White House, or on the tour bus. Because the market's tendency is to ratchet up the pain for those who fail to recognize its message.

Dow Jones Barely Avoids Longest Losing Streak Since The 1970s

AP | DAVID K. RANDALL | Posted 10.03.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — Stock indexes came back from deep losses in the morning and ended Wednesday with small gains. The Dow Jones industrial average avoide...

Markets Drop On News Governments Will Collectively Tap Oil Reserves

Posted 08.23.2011 | Business

NEW YORK - Oil prices crashed more than $8 to a four-month low on Thursday after the world's consumer nations said they would band together to aid...

10 Companies That Will Save The U.S. Economy: 24/7 Wall Street

24/7 Wall Street | Posted 06.04.2011 | Business

By 24/7 Wall Street: America lost its lead as the world's top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China's Gross Dome...

Protecting Your Post-Divorce Assets After Natural Disasters

Natalie Pace | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Natalie Pace

Divorced parents, more than anyone, can feel extremely vulnerable during disasters, especially if you are counting on investments to help you shore up...

U.S. Firms Growing Impatient With Chinese Bureaucracy, Survey Says

Reuters | Koh Gui Qing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. firms are increasingly vexed over growing Chinese red tape that prevents them from expanding quickly in Ch...

Farmer's Second Act Puts Down Roots In Dayton, Ohio

Laura Avery | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Laura Avery

Farmer Phil Green's motivation, other than making a reasonable living for himself, is to give something back to a neighborhood where doing business with honest people brings a lifetime of rewards.

Unemployment 'Math': Statistical Lies

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Iris Mack

Parents need to demand that their children learn math. Math literate citizens can will use analytical reasoning to see through the lies of government and the ridiculous insults from the mainstream media.

Food Swap!

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Rebecca Gerendasy

As many of of us approach the depths of winter, perhaps we might look at our homemade goods with a yearning for something different, something new to taste from someone else's pantry. Have you thought about a food swap?

How Much Can a Business Grow? The Limitations of a Finite Economy

Steven Bulwa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steven Bulwa

While the market gets creative with new ways to justify higher valuations, as a company's size increases, growth becomes more difficult.

The Earth-Buster Sale

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Reverend Billy

Consumerism keeps this economy going, which is destroying life. This Christmas is selling everything.

WATCH: Interview With Oscar Winning Director Of 'Inside Job'

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Constantin Bjerke

"When Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG collapsed together in a 48 hour period and we were all wondering if next week we'd be able to get money ...

Weekly Audit: Foreclosuregate Hits Home

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Media Consortium

Weekly Audit: Foreclosuregate Hits Homeby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Earlier this month, Bank of America (BOA), the country's larges...

Bull and Bear

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jeff Danziger

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On the Moral Depravity of Capitalism in 21 Tweets

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Cynthia Boaz

I've thought a lot about it & have concluded that market capitalism is actually conducive to evil. It's not just a talking point.

What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Jim Wallis

Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.

Investigate This: Why Did the Market Tank?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Danny Schechter

The finance industry's jargon keeps people from figuring out what's going on. Traders and brokers have come up such complex instruments that even financial journalists don't understand the markets.

Credit Default Swaps Are Dangerous, US Taxpayers Are Still On The Hook

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Derivatives are responsible for much of the interconnectedness between banks and other institutions that made the financial collapse accelerate in the...

Elizabeth Warren and Goliath

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jim Wallis

As Elizabeth Warren, a good Methodist, warns: The banks are trying everything they can think of to kill financial reform. And we must not let them do that.

Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jim Wallis

In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the c...

Hot Timer Sees Stock Buying Stampede

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Dan Dorfman

Real worry has a very short half-life on Wall Street of say three to six months. After every giant decline, there's an enormous rebound and the thing for investors to keep in mind is that we're still in one.