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Dead Celebrity Rich List
Our enduring obsession with cash and who’s got it, our love of celebrity, and macabre fascination with their death, combine splendidly in Forbes’ annual list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. Satisfying a sort of pecuniary prurience, each year the publishers synonymous with wealth rate the least poor of the poor dead. Forbes reports that the […]
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SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud
The SEC has charged Goldman Sachs with fraud. The charges are for selling a rigged CDO package to investors, but failing to disclose that the package was designed by a hedge fund operator as a bet against the housing market. The hedge fund, Paulson & Co., would short the bonds in the package if the […]
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Brand Loyalty Starts from the Inside: An Interview with Diane Durkin
In today’s commoditized world, loyalty is more important than ever. If you can’t compete on price, you have to focus on things that keep customers coming back. That means a good product, good service, and an experience that customers will remember. You’re only as good as the following you build. Experts have been arguing about […]
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The Cost of Living: Healthy vs. Unhealthy
We all know that we should eat right, exercise and live an overall healthy lifestyle. However, not everyone does. Eating healthy foods generally costs more; however , a habit of eating cheaper junk foods can lead to obesity — which is quite expensive in terms of health care costs.
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Businesses You Can Start With $5,000 or Less
Thinking about starting a business? If so, it’s important to consider your startup costs. Owning your own business is a great way to make money, but the costs of building a business from the ground up can quickly become prohibitive. Expenses like marketing materials, formal business plan development, and even legal fees can add up […]
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Twitter’s Great Great Grandfather
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The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons from the Movies (Book Review)
What do you think about when you watch a movie? Unless it’s a complete dud, you’re probably not thinking about anything but the movie. OK, turn that around. What do you think about when you’re not watching a movie? If you compare real-life events to movies, think of the right movie quotes for every situation, […]
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The 10 Best Office Fights Ever
Do you ever feel like hitting your annoying coworker? Screaming at your boss? Smashing a printer or two, perhaps? Chances are, you haven’t done it. But some people have. We’ve compiled a list of the ten best office fights ever. This list includes virals, movie scenes, and ads that reflect the pinnacle of office rage. […]
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Nuclear Weapons Around the World
Here we have an in-depth look at which countries have the most active warheads, where nuclear weapon tests have been conducted and on the flip side, which countries in the world do without any type of armed forces at all.
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What Health Care Reform Means for Small Business
How will health care reform affect small businesses? In quite a few ways, it turns out. We sifted through the bill to provide you with the most important small business-related facts. How does the government define a small business? According to the federal government, a small business is company with fewer than 100 employees. Your […]
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Tiger Apologizes, Announces Return, and Now…Devon James?
Any ‘fessing up Tiger did on last weekend’s ESPN interview has been wiped dirty again, thanks to porn queen Devon James. James announced on this morning’s Bubba the Love Sponge radio show that Tiger hired her for his other favorite past time. Tiger’s 15th alleged mistress said that she and Tiger met while engaging in […]
