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Read The Distraught Note VeriFone's Ousted CEO Sent Employees (PAY)
VeriFone, the big payments company that has more than half of the U.S. market for credit-card terminals, just ousted its CEO, Doug Bergeron.It seemed sudden: The company announced that he was "stepping...
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Made $16 Million Last Year—Is She Underpaid? (IBM)
The first woman to serve as CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty, was paid $16.1 million in 2012, including salary and stock awards, according to documents the company filed with the SEC yesterday.That includes...
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Budweiser Has Begun To Question The 'Very Nature' Of Its Beer (BUD)
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev used to be able to peg its success in the U.S. to its two big brands: Budweiser and Bud Light, but that's not good enough anymore."Lately, [ABI's] tests have begun to...
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Your Next Job Interview Will Probably Include A Homework Assignment
Hiring people is perhaps the most difficult job a manager has. A bad fit can be incredibly expensive in terms of salary, lost productivity, and the eventual cost of searching for a new candidate. Even...
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Facebook And Yahoo Are Starting To Look Eerily Similar (FB, YHOO)
I’ve seen the future of Facebook, and it is... Yahoo!Between 1994–2000, Yahoo! dominated the consumer Internet industry and much of the world’s attention. The company’s exclamation mark cast a long,...
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LinkedIn Tells All: How Businesses Engage Users And Build A Following
Businesses have started burnishing their identities by creating their own content on LinkedIn. The professional network hit its 200 million member milestone recently, and companies naturally want a...
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Rent The Runway Poses A Threat To Department Stores
Rent The Runway, a website that lets women lease gowns for major events, announced that it raised $24.4 million in financing. Co-founder Jenn Hyman also said that it's likely the company will go...
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How Elon Musk Is Revolutionizing Two Major Industries At The Same Time
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, he has turned a pipe dream — an all-electric car company — into a viable business, in a high-risk, high-cost industry.Musk is also CEO of SpaceX, whose unmanned Dragon...
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The Most Successful NEW College Dropouts
Every generation has its college dropout heroes.The Baby Boom had Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Michael Dell.Generation X had people like Digg founder Kevin Rose, Napster's Shawn Fanning, and...
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How To Talk About Technical Skills You Don't Have During An Interview
Question: I have an interview coming up for a software development position that I’m really excited about. However, there is a preferred qualification I simply have no experience with (optimization...
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Harvard Cognitive Scientist Explains Why Your Brain Is Incredibly Impressive
The more we learn about the human mind, the more fascinating it becomes, according to Harvard cognitive scientist Steve Pinker. He's known for his research in evolutionary psychology, or the idea that...
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The Co-Founder Of Fisker Just Quit The Struggling Electric Car Company
Henrik Fisker, co-founder and executive chairman of electric car company Fisker Automotive, quit the company today.In a statement sent to Autocar and other outlets, Fisker confirmed his resignation...
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Redfin CEO Says His Best Advice Came From 'A Sex-Crazed Short-Order Cook'
For most CEOs, the best piece of advice they ever received came from a parent, boss, or mentor of some kind. Not for Redfin CEO Glen Kelman. The real estate brokerage head revealed in a post at...
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Chinese Execs Will Feel Richer Than American Execs By 2017
Chinese executives have something to look forward to.They saw their salaries inflate at a rate of 8 percent annually last year, compared to a 3 percent rate for execs in the US. If this current trend...
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BabyCakes Owner With No Business Experience Dominates The Gluten-Free Market
Erin McKenna had three vegan cupcake recipes, no business background and hardly any money when she signed a lease for her bakery BabyCakes in the up-and-coming Lower East Side neighborhood in...
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Scientific Tips For Thinking More Creatively
Have you ever wished you were more creative?If you do creative work, have you ever suffered from a creative block and been stuck wondering what exactly is wrong, and how you can get yourself out of...
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How To Avoid The 'Air Sandwich' Strategies That Get You Nowhere
Encountering an Air SandwichI was teaching exec ed this week and I saw a textbook example of an air sandwich.Here’s how Nilofer Merchant describes it:An Air Sandwich is a strategy that has clear vision...
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5 Tips On How To 'Move Others' To Achieve Your Goals
For his new book, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others,bestselling author Daniel Pink asked people to describe the adjectives that came to mind when people were prompted to think...
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Anna Wintour Got A Big Promotion At Condé Nast
Condé Nast announced today that Vogue editor Anna Wintour will take on the role of Artistic Director for the company.The job — which was specifically created for the famous editor — could put Wintour...
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New Lawsuit Alleges That Premium Job Board TheLadders Is A 'Scam'
Premium job site TheLadders is being sued in a New York federal court on allegations that the company promises users access to exclusive high-paying jobs that don't actually exist.Law firm Bursor &...
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