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Tips on How to Reframe the Current Economy

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Profiteering, Guidance, Depression, Potential, Opportunity, Tele-Seminars, Money, Economy, What Is Enough, Collaboration, Unlimited Potential, Beliefs, Let Yourself Go, Leverage, Sufficiency, Economic Climate, Jack Canfield, Value, Coaching, Enough, Profit, Investment, Intuition, Awakening Coaching, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Bubble, Real Estate, Customers, Finances, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

When it is easy to make money just by buying a house and waiting, there is not much incentive to look deeper into yourself -- to find out what you were born to give, what your unique talents are.

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On Using the Triple Bottom Line in the Wine World

Jean-Charles Boisset | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Wine, Vineyards, Vineyard, Triple Bottom Line, Profit, Harvest, People, Planet, Socially Responsible, Green News
Jean-Charles Boisset

As we make wine in one of the most economically trying times in recent history, I predict that among those who prosper in these tough times, we will find a shared philosophy and a commitment to a triple bottom line.

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What South Africa's Water Trial Can Teach Us About Health Care For All

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cholera Outbreak, South Africa, Swine Flu Outbreak, Constitutional Court, Profits, Profit, Swine Flu Pandemic, Water, Health, Swine Flu, Health Care Reform, Privatization, Cholera, Health Care, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Let's hope that the Constitutional Court and the U.S. court of public opinion come to the right conclusion and accept responsibility for essential services.

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Bailed-Out Banks Making Profits -- For Taxpayers

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Bail Out, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Obama, Fannie, Taxpayer, Bush, Government, Deficit, Aig, Bailout, General Motors, Insurance, Interest, Toxic Mortgage, Bank, President Bush, Tarp, Wall St, Gm, Budget, Barack Obama, Invest, Executive Compensation, Chrysler, Profits, Profit, Wall Street, Investment, Chris Weigant, Companies, Return, Investment Firms, Freddie, Banks, George W Bush, Auto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Money wasn't just "given" to Wall Street firms. It bought something of value. And now that the firms (and the market in general) are recovering, they're starting to pay it back. With interest.

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U.S. Sees A Profit As Big Banks Repay Bailout Money

AP | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Banks, Bailout Profit, Profit, Bailout Money, Bailout, Business News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has hauled in about $4 billion in profits from large banks that have repaid their obligations from last year's ...

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I Keep on Singing the Same Song

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorneys, Housing Market, Housing Crisis, Profit, Showtunes, Investment, Real Estate, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

I often ask with genuine curiosity how and when some investors are planning to recoup their outlay and turn a profit. In reply I get a shrug and a "who knows?"

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Democrats Sell Out on Healthcare

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Pap Attack, Air America Radio, Pharmaceutical, Profit, Mike Papantonio, Max Baucus, Golefttv, Reform, Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare, Ring of Fire, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Drug companies showed a profit of 80 billion dollars last year while the health care industry collected 13 billion in profits. Life is good, and they are spreading all those billions around to the Democrats.

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Country and Company: Part II - Aligning Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Adam Smith, Markets, Unemployment, Wall Street, Profit, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Business News, Us Financial Crisis, Shareholder Value, Business, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Without balanced trade productive companies operating in the United States are open to continuing assault from foreign entities advantaged by their governments.

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Real Money vs. Real Anger

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Treasury Department, Gdp, Unemployment, Fdic, Profit, Aig, Federal Reserve, Banks, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

An angry public is getting distracted hunting evil doers that really don't matter much in the grander national scheme.

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Country and Company: Part I - Divergent Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Citigroup, Markets, Unemployment, Profit, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Economy, Us Financial Crisis, Business News, Shareholder Value, Business, Global Economic Crisis, Adam Smith, Business News
Ralph Gomory

While it is tempting to blame the succession of economic crises on greedy executives, sub-prime mortgage pushers and others of that ilk, it is in fact much more a system problem than a sudden widespread collapse of human nature.

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Memo To Business: Only Unions Will Save Your Bottom Line

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Henry Ford, Unions, Working Life, Profit, Debt, Wages, Business, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

Henry Ford used to say that he wanted his workers to have enough money to buy his cars. For their own self-interest, business, and their Republican allies in Congress, should embrace broad unionization.

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On Sale? Really? Prove it!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, Price of Stocks, Cheeseburgers, Wal-Mart, Pricing, Profit, Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

With major companies now trading on the market for the price of a hamburger, you've got to wonder what a SALE! sign means when you see it in every retailer's window.

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens Guilty On All Counts: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 28, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Walmart, Tubes, Ted Stevens, Verizon, Microsoft, Target, Cloud Computing, Mediabytes, Internet Television, Blu-Ray, Amazon, Senator Ted Stevens, Shelly Palmer, Profit, Player, Wireless, Dvd, Alaska, Media News, Hulu, Best Buy, Media News
Shelly Palmer

A jury convicted Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report t...

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Greenspan Owns Up To Bad Policy

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Windows, Sergey Brin, Microsoft, Samsung, Cloud Computing, Mediabytes, Amazon, Alan Greenspan, Ec2, Shelly Palmer, Profit, Revenue, Eric Schmidt, Financial Crisis, Fighter Jet, Larry Page, Media News, Technology, Flat Panel Tv, Sony, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Sony drastically cut its financial forecast, with analysts noting that its profit for the fiscal year ending in March 2009 could plunge 59% from the...

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Dow Nears 5 Year Low: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 23, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Blackberry, Economy, Streaming, Samsung, Storm, Low, Mediabytes, Movies, Dow Jones, Amazon, Imeem, Shelly Palmer, Profit, Netflix, Media News, Comcast, Rim, Docsis 3.0, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Fo...

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Grand Central Terminal In New York Prohibits Reusing Newspapers? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Newspapers, Profit, Reusing, Grand Central Terminal, Waste, Green Living, Weird Rules, Recycling Newspapers, New York, Reducing Waste, Green News

Grand Central Terminal in New York City is already sort of a shrine to sustainability, what with all the mass transit, but lately they've been install...

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