January 2010

Monthly Archives

  • The 10 Best Collaborative Web Tools for Business

    This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Share Desktop software may soon be a thing of the past. This is especially true in collaboration applications–the kind project managers and work groups use. Web-based solutions from SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) providers are quickly replacing networked office servers. The reasons are compelling. To name a few: * Secure, […]

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  • Pat Robertson Strokes His Publicity Shtick With Haiti Remarks

    It’s fine to make a living sharing your religious opinions. But when a humanitarian disaster the size of Haiti’s strikes, putting a on temporary muzzle and helping relief efforts is probably the best option. Case in point: televangelist Pat Robertson. Here’s what he said on today’s Christian Broadcast Networks’ 700 Club: …something happened a long […]

  • The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: Bankers vs. Lawyers?

    The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a panel created by Congress to look into the causes of the financial crisis, holds its first hearing today. But, as the Wall Street Journal points out, its members aren’t exactly neutral investigators: (The panel) will begin taking sworn testimony Wednesday from the chief executives of several big Wall Street […]

  • 7 Ways to Make Money Without Actually Having a Job

    Job market got you down? If applying to real-person jobs isn’t landing you the position you want, it may be time to try something different. Like offering up your body to medicine. Or selling your opinion for $50/hour. Or, easiest yet, hanging out at someone else’s house. We’ve come up with seven ways you can […]

  • The Unemployed States of America

    Although pace of mass layoffs in the U.S. has slowed, there are an average of six unemployed Americans for each job opening. Long-term unemployment is the grim reality for 5.8 million workers who have been idle for more than six months. Here is a graphic look at The Unemployed States of America.

  • What Did NBC’s Jay Leno Experiment Mean for Business?

    NBC announced yesterday that it will cancel The Jay Leno Show on February 12. The network may move Jay Leno back to his old 11:35pm slot, while shuffling Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon to later slots. MTV has more details: Though comparatively low-rated, Leno’s show was performing at the expected levels for the network, (NBCU […]