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The 18 Defining Moments Of New York Tech In 2012
It's been a crazy year for the New York tech scene.We saw the Draw Something craze take over the world, startups get acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars, and entire offices get shut down in...
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Trust Could Be The 'Achilles Heel' Of New Payment Companies
Ford released its first ever report on global consumer trends yesterday, and Ford Futurist Sheryl Connolly discussed these concepts with a panel of experts at the report's release in New York City.One...
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Sandy Showed That Businesses Are Taking A Big Gamble By Relying On Our...
Hurricane Sandy's 80 mph winds swept through the Northeast U.S. in late October, destroying coastal homes, flooding buildings and snuffing out power for millions of residents. In the process, it also...
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Here's The Ridiculous Cheer That Yum! CEO David Novak Made Everyone Do At Its...
Yum! Brands CEO David Novak spoke at the company's investor meeting yesterday, and he had everyone do the Yum! cheer.It's pretty ridiculous."Now I ask you every year to do Yum! cheer," said Novak. "You...
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5 Success Secrets From The Co-Founder Of Twitter
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has a new startup called Medium. It's a blogging platform that helps anyone with a good story get read by more people.Today Williams wrote a post, "Formula for...
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These Social Currency Wheels Show Why Everyone Loves Samsung And Forgot About...
In a new report, strategic consulting firm Vivaldi Partners takes a detailed look at what they call "social currency:" how brands can use social media to drive results, rather than as just another...
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Pharmacies And Nurses Are Going To Disrupt The US Healthcare Industry
Primary care, the sort of routine, first line checkups that most people associate with the doctor's office, is incredibly important. When done well, it can help catch things early, helping avoid more...
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Ford's Plan To Make A Stick Shift-Only Car Is Not As Stupid As It Sounds
Last week, we test drove the 2013 Ford Fiesta 1.0-Liter and had a great time. During the presentation, Ford noted a variety of interesting facts and statistics, but only one really surprised us:An...
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The 5 Most Valuable Leadership Insights From Tim Cook
Tim Cook—unlike his predecessor, Steve Jobs—famously doesn't crave the spotlight.So his most recent interview with Businessweek, which appears as a the magazine's cover story, offered a rare glimpse...
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Why This Investor Only Goes After Over-35 Entrepreneurs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When he started looking around for start-ups in which to invest, Dan Scheinman noticed something: twenty-something entrepreneurs building Internet companies usually had a much...
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Peter Thiel's Extreme Philosophy Of Focus And Prioritization
“What are your top five priorities for this week?” “What are the top three objectives and key results you’re using to measure how you’re doing for the quarter?” These are questions that get thrown...
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The Growing Skills Gap, Explained In Three Charts
There's high youth unemployment around the world, despite a multitude of job vacancies.Blame the skills shortage, which 39 percent of employers say is preventing them from filling entry level jobs,...
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These Simple Business Lessons From 'Casablanca' Could Save The American Economy
One mistake many companies make is emphasizing short-term profit at the expense of long-term value.In squeezing every dollar out of a business today, the companies often reduce much greater value they...
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Legendary Inventor James Dyson Explains Why You Need To Hire Inexperienced...
Industrial designer James Dyson, best known for his bagless vacuum cleaner creation, values inexperience.Fast Company interviewed Dyson for their fantastic "Lessons for 2013" series, and he had some...
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Why GE Is Betting $800 Million On Manufacturing In America
The cover of this month’s Atlantic proclaims Comeback: Why the future of industry is in America. It features two articles (The Insourcing Boom and Mr. China Comes to America) on how companies are...
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'Fund Managers Are Worse Than Investment Bankers'
Welcome back to the banking blog. Today we have someone in a vital yet little-known and understood area in investment banking: risk and compliance. These are the people employed by a bank to stop its...
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RON JOHNSON: Here's How JCPenney Will Return To Growth In 2013 (JCP)
It has been nearly a year since JCPenney CEO Ron Johnsonrevealed his plan to turn around the ailing retailer.And it has been quite a bumpy ride.David Moin at Women's Wear Daily spoke with Johnson about...
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Researcher Blames 'Sexual Display' For Holding Back Female Execs
Male and female executives sitting on the same board are engaged in "sexual display" - like mammals in the wild on the hunt for a mate - which is why most women won't succeed at the top, MPs have been...
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Why British Grocery Giant Tesco Fell Flat In The US
Last week British grocery giant Tesco threw in the towel and announced that it would stop investing in its U.S. business. The company will either close or sell its nearly two hundred store “Fresh &...
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The Worst Countries To Be A CEO
CEO pay in the U.S. is not "excessive" but rather reflects pay-for-performance packages, according to a new paper.Writing in the Review of Financial Studies, the authors of "Are US CEOs Paid More? New...
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