May 2010
Monthly Archives
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What the Eurozone Crisis Means for the World
The euro hit a 4-year low today, making stock markets around the world dip. Clearly, the Eurozone crisis isn’t just limited to Athenians protesting and European Central Bankers scratching their heads. We gathered a set of links to describe how the European recession will affect the US, China, and other countries around the world. A […]
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GM Pushes Around Gov. Money, Earns First Profit Since 2007
General Motors reported a Q1 2010 profit of $865 million, its first profit in three years, today. GM paid back $8.2 billion in loans from the US and Canadian governments last month. The automaker is still 61% owned by the US Treasury, but expects to buy it out later this year when it goes public […]
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The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win
Companies have been quietly embracing sustainability for years. Organic Valley ditched Wal-Mart as a customer in 2004 to maintain a livable wage for its farmers. Nike welcomes criticism of its offshore factories–and uses it as a catalyst to change factory conditions. IBM uses online crowdsourcing for its innovations. The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation […]
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10 Celebrity Tax Evaders Who Didn’t Get Away With It
With the April tax deadline having safely passed, most law-abiding citizens will have fought their way through the forms and ever-changing rules once more and somehow made it – yet again – just in time. Phew! But there are some – quite a few celebrities actually – who don’t even bother. Whether claiming to not […]
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50 Tips for Being Happier at Work
Image: srboisvert/Flickr Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln Suffering on the job? There are a number of things you can do to be happier at work. From getting along better with your boss to motivating yourself, we compiled 50 tips to up your attitude ante. […]
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21st Century Pearly Gates
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10 Things You Should Know About Elena Kagan
Image: dsearls/Flickr President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan for a Supreme Court seat today. If all goes well for Kagan, she’ll be voted into the Supreme Court in July. We summed up 10 of the key things you should know about who Elena Kagan is, and what she might mean for the US Supreme […]
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4 Top Reasons Illegal Immigration Grew Out of Control and How We Can Fix It
This is a guest post by Damien Hoffman of Wall St. Cheat Sheet. Preventing illegal immigration is not as simple as throwing up some fences. Evidently, humans can figure out how to circumvent obstacle courses. In order to determine an effective solution to illegal immigration, we must first understand the major reasons why it has […]
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7 Systemic Problems that are Killing America
This country is full of idiots, socialists, and rednecks. At least that’s what partisans will have you believe. As long as you’re railing against the people you hate, you can’t see the reality behind the rhetoric. These problems go beyond Liberal or Conservative, Republican or Democrat. They’re serious enough to contribute to internal collapse. We […]
