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Companies have been quietly embracing sustainability for years. Organic Valley ditched Wal-Mart as a customer in 2004 to maintain a livable wage for its farmers. Nike welcomes criticism of its offshore factories–and uses it as a catalyst to change factory conditions. IBM uses online crowdsourcing for its innovations. The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation […]
With the April tax deadline having safely passed, most law-abiding citizens will have fought their way through the forms and ever-changing rules once more and somehow made it – yet again – just in time. Phew! But there are some – quite a few celebrities actually – who don’t even bother. Whether claiming to not […]
This is a guest post by Damien Hoffman of Wall St. Cheat Sheet. Preventing illegal immigration is not as simple as throwing up some fences. Evidently, humans can figure out how to circumvent obstacle courses. In order to determine an effective solution to illegal immigration, we must first understand the major reasons why it has […]
This country is full of idiots, socialists, and rednecks. At least that’s what partisans will have you believe. As long as you’re railing against the people you hate, you can’t see the reality behind the rhetoric. These problems go beyond Liberal or Conservative, Republican or Democrat. They’re serious enough to contribute to internal collapse. We […]
This is a guest post by James Hua of The Intelligent Investor. You can save a few hundred a month by buying discount items on Ebay or Amazon and by searching for the hottest deals. Saving a few hundred bucks a month is a ton over a year and its effects are even greater over […]
Google Office Zurich There are few jobs that don’t require at least a minimum amount of creativity. But how can employees think outside the box if they’re trapped inside one? Luckily, more and more companies across the globe realize that a creative mind sits in a creative office. We’ve found eight that have really gone […]
Don’t you hate those wasted days? There’s nothing worse than spending precious time at work, only to get nothing done. Luckily, you can learn to be productive. From the 80/20 rule to GTD (Getting Things Done), tried-and-true skills exist to help you get more done. Here are 50 no-nonsense tips that will help you improve […]
Image: NASA Ever since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up last week, BP, which was leasing the rig, has been trying to control the Gulf oil spill. The 1,000 workers, 5 planes, robotic submarines, and 32 ships the company deployed are costing them more than $6 million/day. BNET’s Kristen Korosec has more: This time, […]
What do technology-averse, horse-carting craftspeople know about business? Quite a bit, it turns out. The Amish, that famous religious community concentrated mostly in Pennsylvania, avoid technology and cars. They have an eighth-grade education. Yet they’ve mastered many of the business concepts it takes the rest of us years to understand. Author Erik Wesner, who writes […]
