Business Pundit

Will we work our entire lives? The Economist’s The End of Retirement addresses this question. It discusses how demography in rich countries will affect the way corporations and governments react to retirement: WHEN Otto von Bismarck… Read more

Property Room is an online police auction site that sells “hot” or stolen goods. It turns out that replacing the classic police auction is good business. The Seattle Times has more: PropertyRoom.com (is) a California-based Web site that… Read more

Out of work? That doesn’t mean you’re also out of opportunities. Any single one of the ten methods below will help you stay marketable. If you try all ten suggestions, you’ll dramatically increase your odds of landing a new job, client, or key… Read more

Vending machines have been around since the first century AD. By today’s accounts, even the first vending machine, which dispensed holy water to temple visitors, was weird. The tradition continues. This month alone, Germans released a 24K gold… Read more

If there’s one venue still offering handsome paybacks for hungry entrepreneurs, it’s the Internet. Bloggers, affiliate network members, even eBayers still find jackpots online. That doesn’t mean that every online business model makes money…. Read more

Good CEOs display a combination of characteristics that are hard to find. They need to be unselfish, popular with employees, good communicators, shrewd, good businesspeople, and above all, good leaders. Unfortunately, in recent years, we’ve had our… Read more

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a unique event that combines music, film, and digital media into one massive, 4-day series of events. Each of the three South by Southwest event categories have their own conferences, festivals, and trade shows, so… Read more

HR Web Café has an interesting post about so-called “Love Contracts,” which are set to replace traditional workplace dating bans: Forty percent of U.S. workers have dated an office colleague, with 31 percent of those romances… Read more

In the contemporary marketplace, most bigger, new businesses start as a result of years of market research, planning and strategic investment. Venture capitalists and big-money consultants get together with ideas that are based on years of… Read more

24/7 Wall Street has compiled its annual list of the 25 most valuable blogs. The CS Monitor describes trends in blog valuation, and lists the top 10 on the list: With the economy spinning, ad dollars evaporating, and the much-covered election… Read more

BusinessWeek shares news about Milwaukee-based Smithfield Foods’ layoff: Shares of Smithfield Foods Inc. fell on Tuesday along with the broader market, after the nation’s largest pork producer said it would restructure its pork business by… Read more

The National Retail Association estimates that people will spend an average of $102.50 on gifts for Valentine’s Day this year. Men generally spend twice as much as women. If you’re gaping, take solace in the fact that it’s 16% less than last… Read more

WOMEN-omics launched last week, but it’s not just for women. This new global web portal is smart, slick, and focused on the economic power of women. Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, corporate gender expert, publisher, and founder of the new… Read more

Despite all the bad news of 2008, it’s hard to be pessimistic at the start of a new year. The calendar is white and fresh, the projects not too far behind. And with all the upheaval in the world today, maybe change really means opportunity…. Read more