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Are You a Leader or Just a Manager?

Matt Tenney | Posted 05.22.2013 | Business
Matt Tenney

It seems that on almost a daily basis, I see or hear the words "leader" and "manager" used interchangeably. (In fact, I sometimes catch myself using t...

Turning Passion into Profit

Christian HELP | Posted 05.03.2013 | Impact
Christian HELP

To help you define what you are passionate about, I suggest you read about issues plaguing our society and our world. Reflect on causes that strike a ...

Running Schools Like a Business Is a Crazy Idea

Glen Lineberry | Posted 11.14.2012 | Home
Glen Lineberry

We teach the kids of people we know, and those kids then work in the local businesses and, if you stay in the game long enough, you teach their kids down the road.

Be the Change!

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 09.01.2012 | Impact
Valerie Berset-Price

I had an incredible weekend last week. I wish I would have been able to write about it sooner, but it took me a full week to digest my experience. It ...

Three Marks of a Rich Company

Ted Harro | Posted 07.23.2012 | Business
Ted Harro

Earn money. It's necessary and can have huge power for good. But don't allow your organization to only earn money.

GE Profits Plunge

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2012 | Business

April 20 (Reuters) - General Electric Co posted an 11.6 percent decline in quarterly profit, weighed down by a charge for the company's exit of its ...

Major U.S. Corporations Squeezing Even More Money Out Of Employees

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.09.2012 | Business

Major corporations are making certain they get their money's worth out of each individual employee. S&P 500 companies made an average $420,000 in ...

It Is What They Do With It

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.30.2012 | Business
Shai Baitel

Movements like 'Occupy Wall Street' show how much distrust there is, particularly in these times of continuing economic crisis. But is this vitriol justified? Are all companies anti-social, selfish, and greedy?

From Profit Pools to Talent Pools

Ije Nwokorie | Posted 04.09.2012 | Business
Ije Nwokorie

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." You've heard that one before. Apparently, Henry Ford never said it. ...

Bigger Payouts For BP's Investors

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 04.08.2012 | Business

LONDON — BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months ...

7 Profitable E-Commerce Models for the Online Entrepreneur

Marc Ostrofsky | Posted 12.25.2011 | Business
Marc Ostrofsky

Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been m...

Occupying Internet Domains To Protest... and Profit

Turnstyle | Posted 12.25.2011 | Business
Turnstyle

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

Design for Meaning

Soren Petersen | Posted 11.12.2011 | Business
Soren Petersen

Why do we have strong emotional reactions to some experiences, while others leave us cold? The answer can be found in how our brain interprets the se...

Wall Street Will Soon Learn Real Effects Of Financial Reform

Posted 09.17.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) - Wall Street will soon get an idea of just how far the regulatory pendulum will swing. A year after passage of the Do...

Is the "Glass Ceiling" Expanding, the Waiting Room Getting Bigger?

Lydia Fisher | Posted 09.04.2011 | Business
Lydia Fisher

Are we at an inflection point where the traditional "glass ceiling" is expanding across the spectrum of society -- where education and hard work may not be the sole answer to getting ahead anymore?

Can Going Beyond Profit Make Us Happier?

Somik Raha | Posted 08.30.2011 | Business
Somik Raha

Money is necessary, but to think that the reason I am in business is to make my lenders happy isn't right. My definition of business is service: focus on it and compensation will follow.

Ex-NASDAQ Official Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 07.26.2011 | Business

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former NASDAQ manager pleaded guilty Thursday to stock fraud after admitting that he made more than $600,000 on insider trad...

Fortune 500: Walmart Keeps Top Spot, But Exxon Is Profit King

Posted 07.05.2011 | Business

The going might be tough for America's citizens, but more and more evidence, most recently the newest Fortune 500 rankings, suggests the corporations ...

Capitalism Revisited: Why Society Matters

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 06.18.2011 | Business
Srinivasan Pillay

What does it mean to be a successful capitalist? Until recently, capitalism simply referred to "for-profit" businesses that were privately owned. Co...

A New Strategy for Business Success in the 21st Century

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steven Crandell

A small Atlanta design firm is attempting to redefine success for corporate America. Unboundary, which lists companies such as FedEx, Coca-Cola, AT&a...

EU Bonds: Portugal Proving the Point & How You Can Profit

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Gemma Godfrey

Just what is at the root of the EU's troubles? And how do last week's events with Portugal exemplify the problem?

Why Muhammad Yunus and the Poor Need Us More Than Ever

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Vivian Norris

Nobel Peace prize winner Yunus has been under attack by not only his leader of government in his native Bangladesh but by those who are upset with what narrows down to Dr. Yunus' stand against corruption and loan sharking.

In The Public Interest: A (Non)Taxing Issue

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Phineas Baxandall

Many large companies use offshore subsidiaries and creative tax planning to lower their tax rates at the expense of the rest of us. As legislators wring their hands over missing budget funds, it is eye-popping to see where much of the money has gone.

Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimat...

High Unemployment Could Kill Corporate Profits In 2011

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Despite an extended period of growth and expectations of the most profitable fourth quarter ever, more than a few corporate giants are facing little t...