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New Light Bulb Rules Make Citizens Hoard Old Bulbs
An EU-wide ban on incandescent (traditional) light bulbs is causing consumers to hoard the soon-to-be unlawful products. Manufacturers…
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Crossing the Facebook Line – Personal to Business
Do you use Facebook? And if so, are you using it personally or professionally? If the answer is…
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Bank of America Closing 10% of its Branches
The LA Times reports on B of A’s plan to close up to 10% of its branch locations:…
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Senate Considers Plastic Surgery Tax
On Monday, the Senate finance committee discussed instituting a 10% excise tax on all plastic surgery deemed not…
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Bill Gates Gives Up Facebook–Too Many Friends
From the Sydney Morning Herald: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he was forced to abandon Facebook after too…
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Not the Brightest Tool in the Shed
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AIU Holdings Becomes Chartis, Paving Way for a Spin Off
AIG took a big step today towards spinning off AIU Holdings, its property-casualty arm. AIG formed a special-purpose…
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9 Successful Brands Launched During Downturns
This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Economic downturns aren’t only about damage. Throughout recent history, opportunistic…
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How The Recession has Affected Per Capita Income, by State
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently released its quarterly data on per capita income (PCI) change, noting an…
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5 Suprising Recession-Proof Industries
What do you think of when you hear “2009 recession?” If frozen credit, failed automakers, and dying newspapers…
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5 Easy Everyday Office Stretches
Do you find your body stiff and tweaked after a day of computer work? If your workstation is…
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This Week’s Weird Jobs
Image: Geekfitters Before you read this week’s weird jobs, ask yourself what kind of job opening this sentence…
The 12 Qualities of True Business Professionals
Professionalism is a word embraced by many, but in all honesty demonstrated by far fewer individuals. Its Latin’s…
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20 Brands & Products that Died in 2009
2009 is 50% over, but has already left a decade’s worth of brand carnage in its wake. In…