Business Pundit

Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev — currently the 564th richest person on Earth — made the news in September 2011 when he used his KGB-acquired combat skills to punch fellow tycoon Sergei Polonsky out of his chair on a live Russian TV… Read more

Netflix is one of those businesses that is exciting, a market leader, but not all that profitable. For a long time, I’ve thought that the key to Netflix success will be to cut their licensing expenses by producing a lot of their own quality… Read more

It’s scary just how efficient the Nazis were at directing an entire country, including its population and industry, towards their evil goals. Everyone knows about the big three corporations that worked with the Nazis. Hugo Boss designed the… Read more

Image: Herb Knufken/PBase What are we supposed to do with the American Dream? You know, the one where you work hard at a friendly, faceless corporation, have a McMansion with a white picket fence and 2.5 kids, and vacation on the Kona Coast… Read more

Economic bubbles have been around since the birth of currency. Created by a wide range of factors, from excessive monetary liquidity to plain old human greed, exuberance and stupidity, they can be described as a trade in products or assets valued… Read more

Image: Despair.com In all seriousness, business can be pretty funny. From rickety leadership to entropic working styles, the business world, like real life, is shaded with chuckles. Here are 100 funny business quotes and sayings* that hold a… Read more

Image: 3rd eye photographer/Flickr While most kids stick with lemonade stands, some young entrepreneurs take their business much further. Millions of dollars and multiple countries further, that is, with products in tech, software, business,… Read more

Image: JDanvers/Flickr If you think that athletes are athletes and executives are executives, and never the twain shall meet, think again. There are quite a few CEOs and high-powered corporate types who have gone on to become super successful…. Read more

Oil prices are levitating; as a result, everyone is freaking out about food. Food prices, that is, which threaten to increase more (and cause riots, and shortages, and all those other fun aftereffects) as oil climbs the stairway to heaven…. Read more

Chrysler is recalling about 250,000 2010 minivans and crossovers. While driving, the ignition can move from the “run” position to “accessory,” causing the car to stall, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. The Chrysler Town &… Read more

A university education has grown so expensive that one college is lowering its tuition as a business strategy. From Brainz.org: In a surprising turn of events, at least one university, Sewanee University of the South, is lowering its tuition…. Read more

This is a post from Minyanville.com, written by Susannah Breslin. In man’s modern-day battle against the robots, the winner last week was abundantly clear. Watson, an IBM computer, appeared on “Jeopardy!” and soundly annihilated his two… Read more

Image: Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar/Flickr In case you thought Girl Scout cookies were immune to strategic cost-cutting, they’re not. The Atlantic reports: This year, Girl Scouts is rolling out a pilot program that will try to increase profits… Read more

CC-by-sa Arun Ganesh, National Institute of Design Bangalore Four Americans have been killed by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. Jean and Scott Adam were a retired LA-area couple who had been sailing around the world since 2004. Their… Read more