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There is nano in your future. Between nanotechnology and 3D, robots and mobile, cars and green technology, 2011 will be an exciting year for new products and technologies. Here are the 25 most promising products for 2011: 25. The Mint The Roomba robotic housecleaner seems like a cool concept, until you see it miss spots […]
This photo was taken and leaked by a Baidu employee. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg paid a visit to Beijing to talk to Robin Li, who runs Baidu, China’s biggest search engine. As much as Zuckerberg would love for Facebook to penetrate China, he, like many others before him, first needs to build the kinds of relationships […]
Image: dktrpepr/Flickr In order to be heard, you need to interrupt. In order to share an idea in a corporate setting, you need to be fast. If someone misunderstands you and does a project wrong, it’s your fault for not communicating right. This is American Business Listening 101. We rush through ideas because time is […]
Here’s a funny anecdote I received in my inbox. Source unknown: It is a slow day in a damp little Irish town. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through […]
Danone truly is globalized dairy: every country with one or more Danone factories is in blue on this map. Image: Cervaugenie/Wikimedia The Dannon Group, a subsidiary of French dairy giant Danone Group, has to pay the US government $21 million for making unsubstantiated health claims about its DanActive and Activia brand yogurts. Dannon’s claims that […]
An armed man stole $1.5 million worth of casino chips from a craps table at Las Vegas’ Bellagio Hotel yesterday, then made his escape on a motorcycle. Unfortunately for the robber, a good amount of that money is useless because casino chips contain RFID chips. FindLaw has more: According to the (police) report, the Vegas […]
During the past two years, Yahoo has reserved one annual date for laying off hundreds to thousands of people. It’s about time for the struggling Internet company to cut back again, just in time for the holidays. The Wall St. Journal reports that Yahoo is planning on cutting 5% of its workforce, or 650 jobs: […]
General Electric is purchasing oilfield equipment maker Wellstream for $1.3 billion, making a move into deepwater drilling. From Bloomberg: The Wellstream purchase expands GE operations in Brazil, where Exxon Mobil Corp., BG Group Plc and state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA may need to spend more on Wellstream’s flexible pipes and risers to ramp up energy production. […]
This is a guest post by a writer a Money Supermarket To bring success to your business in 2011, you better be motivated and prepared. But with enough elbow grease, you can get a step ahead of your competition. Perseverance and a clear plan of action are crucial for your success in the new year. […]
