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A Salary Gap Between Men and Women? Oh, Please.
Why do so many people get caught up in the belief that women are discriminated against when it comes to pay. That fight has been won. It's time to move on.
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The 10 Weirdest Ad Stories of the Month
All the Mad Men smoking scenes in 2 minutes and 20 seconds! And Vaseline launches – we kid you not -- a skin-whitening application for Facebook in India.
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Porsche Gets Real With Tesla-Chasing Electric Boxster
Porsche could give the Telsa Roadster a run for its money with an electric Boxster, especially if it can bring the car in for under $100,000.
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Golf: The Global Language of Business
Pretty much anywhere you go on earth, golf is the lubricant of commerce. Here’s what you need to know to tee up and schmooze on an international scale.
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How Social Media Can Save Airlines Time and Money
Over at Online Travel Review, Jared Blank has made a case for airlines ignoring complaints via social media. There are some compelling points for his rationale, but I still believe it to be...
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United-Continental Merger: Suspicions Confirmed as Exec Team Leans Toward Continental
United (UAUA) and Continental (CAL) have released their post-merger executive team, and it looks like the house-cleaning has begun up in Chicago. As predicted here long ago, United President John...
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Porsche Gets Real and Tests an Tesla-Chasing Electric Boxster
Porsche could give the Telsa Roadster a run for its money with an electric Boxster, especially if it can bring the car in for under $100,000.
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Penske: Smart Electric Vehicle, Inventory Sell-Off Spell Better U.S. Future
Smart cars took off in 2008, as gas prices skyrocketed. However, unsold cars started piling up when gas prices subsided. It's taken some doing, but the company is working through that crisis.
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Hold the Champagne! Wall Street Can't Believe Interpublic's Amazing Q2 Earnings
Interpublic (IPG's)'s Q2 2010 earnings results were so good that four Wall Street analysts expressed polite doubts that the ad agency holding company's performance is sustainable. They're...
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US Airways Pilot Dilemma Spills Into the Courts
For the last few years, US Airways management has sat on the sideline while the pre-merger US Airways (East) and America West (West) pilot groups have duked it out regarding seniority. For the...
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IBM Forgets Its Past and Lands in European Union Monopoly Probes
IBM forgets the lessons of the past and attracts dual antitrust actions from the EU.
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Microsoft Hohm and Its First Gadget Partner: Why Simplicity Matters
Microsoft Hohm takes the simple approach to the home-energy management market.
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Apple Magic Trackpad: One Step To iOS on Macs Instead of OS X
Apple will use the Magic Touchpad as a tool to move users from Mac OS X to iOS on desktops and laptops.
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The 10 Weirdest Drug Stories of the Month
Chronic drooling now has a cure! Inside the snake-charmer/Big-Pharma-industrial complex! Viagra for children! It all happened in July 2010 ...
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No, Dodd-Frank Won't Gut the Freedom of Information Act or Exempt the SEC
Fox Business News says the SEC is getting almost total immunity from requests for public information. Not quite.
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The 10 Weirdest Ad Stories of the Month
Which CEO has a metal plate in her head? Which boss has a dog named Savage? Which agency entered its ads for a sex shop into the Cannes festival? The answers all happened in July 2010 ...
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Flipboard's Revenue Model for the iPad? Share And Share Alike
Having spent a load of time this week contemplating the bumpy relationship between Apple's iPad and the magazine industry, it's refreshing to read that the people at app-of-the-moment Flipboard...
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Why Coke Needs -- And Will Likely Buy -- Honest Tea
Eager for healthy beverages to help boost its US business, Coke is likely to buy the remaining 60% of Honest Tea, adding the quirky seller of lightly-sweetened organic teas to its expanding...
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Our Recession Challenge: Reinvent the Business -- Fast
Six months after starting his temporary medical staffing company, Will Drescher scrambled to refocus his company on an entirely new specialty -- hospitalists. The first order of business: get up...
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Is the FDA's Breast Cancer Committee Really an Obama Death Panel?
Conservatives believe they have finally found President Obama's healthcare reform Death Panel, and it's the FDA's advisory committee on Avastin, a cancer drug marketed by Roche (ROG.VX) and...
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3 Reasons Why Your Name Isn't a Good Company Name
Be careful what you name your company, it could come back to haunt you later. The first time I was threatened with a lawsuit, I had been in the business for only three months. I had hastily...
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Facebook Marketing: How to Build Killer B2B Pages
Smart businesses know: Facebook is a potential gold mine. This free e-book teaches the basics of building a killer Facebook B2B page.
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How John Thain is Leading CIT Group Out of the Ashes
After collapsing during the financial crisis, small-business lender CIT Group is making an impressive recovery.
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Don't Let Principles Get in the Way of Business
Sometimes I get up on my ethical soapbox, but lately I'm realizing I don't know anyone, personally or publicly, who belongs on some ethical pedestal, least of all me. Now I'm beginning to wonder...
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