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David Siteman Garland is a multimedia maven. He educates and inspires fellow entrepreneurs through RISE, his biweekly, entrepreneur-focused television show. Three times a week, David publishes articles and videos geared at helping you build your business. He hosts regular events and workshops. Most recently, he has published a book called Smarter Faster Cheaper: Non-Boring, Fluff-free […]
Shell Nigeria isn’t just participating in the usual bribes, according to one Wikileaks document. Instead, Shell is playing CIA, inserting employees into every recess of Nigeria’s corrupt government. From the UK Guardian: The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government, giving it access to politicians’ […]
Howard Stern has had an exclusive contract with Sirius XM Radio since 2006, when he landed a $100 million annual budget, dedicated staff and studio, $218 million in stock, and perhaps even more moola that we’re not aware of. Stern’s five-year contract is up in 2011, so to save both Sirius and his free speech, […]
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What are the highest paying jobs you can get today? The answer mostly depends on your industry. The health care, business, engineering, law and science industries all offer jobs that guarantee a comfortable life. If you can land a management position, even outside of these industries, all the better. We’ve compiled the 50 highest paying […]
This is clearly one of the lesser known dangers of running a franchise. Not that we condone this kind of thing, but how sweet would a genuine Taco Bell menu look on a dorm room wall anyway? Everyone always says, the best things are the things you can’t find in a store.
Image: The Truth About Credit Cards/Flickr This is a guest post by Fee Fighters’ Stella Fayman. The holiday season is the best time of the year for opportunistic retailers. Unfortunately, it is also the most wonderful time of the year for people specializing in fraud. Luckily, there are some easy ways to protect your business, […]
Chinese online book retailer Dangdang has investors saying “dang!” after its shares jumped 58% post-IPO. Dangdang isn’t alone in its success–four of this year’s top ten US IPOs have come from China, according to BusinessWeek. No wonder there’s a gold rush towards Chinese tech companies’ US IPOs. BusinessWeek has more: E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. and […]
This is a guest post by Mark Thompson & Brian Tracy, co-authors of Now, Build a Great Business!: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market. Peter Drucker wrote, “There may be natural born leaders, but there are so few of them that they make no difference in the greater scheme of things.” Leaders […]
Activist investor Bill Ackman, who owns 37% of Borders through his Pershing Square Capital Management, has indicated willingness to finance a merger between Borders and Barnes & Noble. The New York Times reports: Mr. Ackman, the largest investor in Borders, has not outlined his strategy and he did not return calls for comment. What is […]
This is a guest post by Alvina Lopez. When we think of sustainable business, we often think of small- to mid-sized businesses drawing up modest plans to decrease their carbon footprint. Large, multinational corporations are often considered the “bad guys”, whose efforts at sustainability are more than likely buzzword-filled PR campaigns that promise much but […]
As part of a push to modernize its network, Sprint will phase out its Nextel network starting in 2013. The Nextel network doesn’t support the fast data plans required by smartphones, and Sprint’s plan to use the Nextel network for cheap prepaid services didn’t pan out, according to USAToday, which has the story: Sprint had […]
