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Spiegel reports that world economic woes have taken the wind out of green energy’s sails: Plunging oil prices have made renewable energy sources relatively less cost-effective, while thinner profit margins have prompted big industrial users of power to tighten their budgets for sustainable energy programs — cutting into sales by green energy suppliers. At the […]
Businessweek reports that Digg is no longer up for sale: In an interview with BusinessWeek, Digg Chief Executive Officer Jay Adelson says the popular news aggregation Web site is no longer for sale, and the focus of the company is to build an independent business that reaches profitability as quickly as possible. (Ed.: A Google […]
Cyber Monday one of the few times that the general population uses the word “cyber.” On first glance, Cyber Monday is also looking like a decent price competitor to Black Friday, now forever remembered as the day that poor Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death. After a glance at Amazon.com’s homepage, I found a couple […]
Thanksgiving in America is a combination package. On the one hand, dragging oneself through endless security lines and traffic jams to visit relatives with dubious entertainment value does not count as one of life’s most pleasurable activities. On the other hand, the activities embedded in the holiday–giving thanks, gratitude, reunion, and kingly feasting–are like a […]
Slate has an informative ditty about how turkey suppliers meet huge Thanksgiving demand, which amounts to roughly 46 million turkeys during a single week. Suppliers must plan a year ahead: Market leader Butterball…has already begun the production cycle for next year’s holiday season. Eggs for breeder birds have been purchased from one of the world’s […]
This is a guest post from Office Newb Jacqui Tom. As a career blogger, I often receive emails from businesses asking me to write about their products or services. Usually these companies are small web-based start-ups that are looking to get free exposure on the internet, so I was surprised to receive an email from […]
As a partially reformed foul mouth, I’m always intrigued by cussing in the work place. For some businesses it’s obviously totally off limits. You can’t have the hostess at the Olive Garden telling you to sit your sorry a** down. However, in light of recent economic news, I can’t think of another time people would […]
This is a guest post by Dr. Jim Anderson, who blogs at The Business of IT. Just in case you’ve missed it, there is a major change happening in the workplace and it will end up affecting all of us. It turns out that the next generation of workers, Generation Y, is made up of […]
This is a guest post from Dim Bulb‘s Jonathan Salem Baskin. Along with the crisis in financial markets, there’s another ugly truth we need to admit: brands are dead, and it’s time for marketers to admit it. Nobody carries brands around in their heads. Nobody has a relationship with a brand. Or lives a brand […]
This is a guest post by Robert Barr of BlabrMouth. The scene: a nondescript office campus in the Seattle suburbs. It’s long past midnight but headlights from a late night coffee run enter the parking lot while assistants and interns scramble about inside. In a large conference room that appears to have been the scene […]
Judging from the photograph, what type of franchise would you say Leo Rivera has launched? A tattoo parlor? Auto shop? Art gallery? None of the above. Rivera is the brains behind Bishops Barbershop, the latest in a string of hair cutting companies that offer an alternative to high priced salons and low-end joints without a […]
This is a guest post by Paul Hebert, who blogs at Incentive Intelligence. The market has been a seesaw lately. Wild swings up, wild swings down. No one needs to tell you that though. As an employee you’ve watched your 401K get queasy with the ups and downs and as a Manager, you’ve worried one […]
