May 2010
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Rush Job, Bad Management Played a Role in Oil Spill
BP CEO Tony Hayward, looking like he has a headache. Source: BP How much did bad decisionmaking have to do with the Gulf oil spill? The Wall Street Journal took a closer look at the decisions BP made before the oil rig explosion that threatens to cripple the Gulf Coast.With their drilling behind schedule, BP […]
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The World’s Most Lucrative Business Markets
What global business markets make people the most money? It depends. If following the law and paying taxes plays a role, oil, weapons, and alcohol are decent bets. For those who prefer the black market side of things, however, you can’t beat illegal products like drugs and counterfeits. We’ve combined the best of the world’s […]
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50 Tips to Help You Find a Job
Without going into sordid unemployment numbers, let’s just say that lots of people need a job right now. If you’re one of them, increase your odds by following some of the 50 tips below. Job hunting Job hunting isn’t easy. What website should you search? Who should you ask? What about the jobs that aren’t […]
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Foxconn Sees 10th Employee Suicide This Year
Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer, makes iPhones, iPads, Amazon Kindles, and Intel motherboards. Something about Foxconn, located in Shenzhen, China, also makes employees kill themselves. 19-year-old Li Hai jumped to his death today, the 10th employee to kill himself in 2010. The New York Times has the details: Foxconn…has been struggling this year […]
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Gentiva, Odyssey Merger Creates Home Health Care Giant
Home health care provider Gentiva is buying hospice company Odyssey HealthCare for $912 million. The merger will create the largest home health care/hospice company in the nation. The New York Times has more: The companies said the deal will create a hospice care provider with an average daily patient census of about 14,000 and operations […]
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Pulling Profits Out of Carbon Capture: An Interview
What will the power plants of the future look like? The same old coal chuggers, but with carbon sequestration units attached? Pebble bed nuclear reactors? Acres of windmill generators? Mantra Energy has something different in mind. Their patented technology, electro-reduction of carbon dioxide (ERC), allows factories to capture carbon dioxide. Once captured, the carbon combines […]
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Could Doping Be Effectively Legalized, Regulated?
One way to be against doping: Dopers Suck coffee. After 8 years of keeping his doping a secret, Floyd Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France, confessed to taking performance-enhancing drugs. He also accused US racers Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, and Dave Zabriskie of doping. The New York Times reports: After four […]
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Demystifying Swiss Bank Accounts
Money.co.uk has a neat infographic on Swiss bank accounts. There’s some serious money going through them.
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10 Most Hilarious Abuses of the McDonalds Logo
via nighthawksforever Love them or hate them, big fast food chains are here to stay and influence our dietary habits and lives. McDonald’s, as one of the globally most recognized companies, has had to endure some ad spoofs over the years. But as you’ll see, the golden arches and the company’s ever chirpy (yet a […]
