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Although pace of mass layoffs in the U.S. has slowed, there are an average of six unemployed Americans for each job opening. Long-term unemployment is the grim reality for 5.8 million workers who have been idle for more than six months. Here is a graphic look at The Unemployed States of America.
Some surprising facts here… Source: Online Education
NBC announced yesterday that it will cancel The Jay Leno Show on February 12. The network may move Jay Leno back to his old 11:35pm slot, while shuffling Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon to later slots. MTV has more details: Though comparatively low-rated, Leno’s show was performing at the expected levels for the network, (NBCU […]
Dutch beermaker Heineken is buying Femsa, the Mexican brewer of Sol, Dos Equis and Tecate, for $5.5 billion in stock. USA Today has more: The deal increases Heineken’s presence in growth markets and cements its position as the world’s second-largest brewer by sales behind Anheuser-Busch InBev. It also continues a decade-long trend toward concentration among […]
CEOs have taken a lot of flak recently for withdrawing fat paychecks during the worst financial crisis for decades. We decided to take a look at the growing number of executives who have joined the ‘$1 salary club’, and whether they really are as noble as they seem… 10. Steve Jobs (Apple) – $1 Image […]
2009 has come and gone, and the year promised and delivered to a lot of smart business website owners that utilized the best online wisdom to their fullest advantage. While 2009 was favorable and money spinning to business websites that cleverly integrated all the features that the internet offered by way of technology and tricks, […]
H&M and Wal-Mart stores shred or punch holes in unsold clothes before throwing them in the trash, according to a New York Times investigative report. The stores are preventing charities and poor or homeless people from wearing the new clothes, rendering them useless. H&M has since promised to change its practice: The clothing retailer H […]
Tiger Woods wrecked his career with too many hole-in-ones. But he’s hardly the first person to fall from grace that way. Men and women of stature have been soiling their reputations by doing the naughty for time immemorial. Once the indiscretion is done, it’s only a question of when and who will discover it. And […]
The ad above, featuring a white cricketer appeasing a Carribbean crowd with fried chicken, is promoting a cricket match between Australia and the West Indies. It would be a major no-no in the United States. Here, the ad plays into an old stereotype about African-Americans and fried chicken. But if the ad was never intended […]
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Share Now that the dust has settled on yet another holiday season, now is the time that we bask in our takings. Even though the holiday spending spikes that most businesses see during December have come to an end, big profits are still made thanks to the overwhelming popularity of gift cards in recent years. […]
In business, doing what works means establishing markets, products, and practices that have worked for others before you. It seems like Hollywood isn’t immune to that adage, either…
