Business Pundit

The invention of paper did wonders for mankind’s organizational skills. With the invention of papyrus, a thousand things became possible for the Egyptians: hieroglyphic shopping lists (goats, bread, and charcoal eyeliner), ‘Things-to-Avoid’… Read more

Image: Reibart/Flickr You may not look at your local airline ticket agent, hospital employee, or scammer who pretends Alka Seltzer is acid again. Alright, ixnay on the latter, but the point is that everyday people can be sneaky criminals. Here… Read more

It’s very interesting to note that a recent study revealed that approximately 85 percent of companies globally are using open source software. Not surprisingly, the main motivator for using open source software is cost. Other indicators point to… Read more

This is a guest post by Karen Hough. By this time, most people realize that PowerPoint is a scourge — on our ability to communicate effectively, be remotely impressive or keep an audience awake. If you haven’t received that memo, your… Read more

Honda announced a recall of almost 700,000 cars, most of them in Asia, after finding a faulty spring in the engine valve train that could cause engine stalling. In the US, the 2009-10 Fit is affected. From the BBC: Some of the carmaker’s… Read more

Image: joanneQescober/Flickr After six months of negotiations, French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis has picked up Genzyme, which specializes in the treatment of rare diseases, for roughly $20 billion. FiercePharma’s Tracy Staton sums up the deal:… Read more

Visa plans to buy PlaySpan, which makes software that lets users make purchases inside of apps and games, for $190 million. This is Visa’s second e-payments buy–it bought ecommerce payment company CyberSource last year–and increases its… Read more

Match.com just found its own match by buying dating site OKCupid for $50 million. Mashable has more: OkCupid, an increasingly popular site, generates most of its revenues through advertising (it’s mostly free to use — making it popular… Read more

You shouldn’t be reading this book review right now. Don’t you have some filing to catch up on? Have you made that phone call to that one place yet? What about those W-9s? One last question. Are you missing your life? That’s what Joe… Read more

Cloud computing is a whole new computing technology and philosophy that has changed the way small businesses are conducted online. What was once seen as a dream has been integrated into mainstream IT resource. A research conducted by Portio… Read more

Another year, another massive Toyota recall. This time, Toyota is recalling 1.7 million cars. 1.3 million of those are in Japan and mostly pertain to the NOAH/Moxy minivans made between 2001-2007. But a smaller chunk of the recall affects Lexus… Read more

Image: Channel R/Wikimedia Debit rewards will soon become a thing of the past–unless you use a small bank. A law that takes effect in July will cap debit swipe fees for banks that have more than $10 billion in assets. From Bloomberg: Visa… Read more

As if a venti weren’t enough, Starbucks will roll out its trenta cup today, 31 ounces (that’s about a quart, folks) of latte, frapppuccino, or whatever else customers want to Big Gulp down. From the Chicago Sun Times: Starbucks will begin a… Read more

Steve Jobs announced today that he will be taking a leave of absence from Apple to deal with health issues. COO Tim Cook will be running the Apple ship until Jobs returns, but Jobs stated he will still be involved in “major strategic decisions.”… Read more