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Pennsylvania's 'Blame The Rape Victim' Ad Follows A Long History Of Lousy...
A rape prevention ad published by Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board has been pulled because some say it implied women were to blame for being raped if they drink too much. The ad depicted a woman's...
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Ex-Goldman Trader Makes Big Bet On Custom-Fit Condoms [NSFW]
A former Goldman Sachs trader is helping men get more bang for their buck when they purchase condoms. Joe Nelson traded his nine year career at Goldman to launch the first custom-fit condom company...
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Coca-Cola Is Taking Secret Recipe Fetishism To A Ridiculous New Level
Ever since the New Coke fiasco, Coca-Cola has seized on its original recipe as a kind of religious artifact. Now the company is taking this fetishistic branding strategy to a new level. Coca-Cola...
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These Charts Show How Tough It Is For Women To Make It In Silicon Valley
Women make up a very small percentage of all CEOs. But in Silicon Valley, it's even lower. University of California-Davis just released new research showing how acute the discrepancy is. Its Study of...
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This Is The Worst Business Decision An Entrepreneur Will Ever Make
Running a small business is like riding a gigantic roller coaster. Sometimes you just want to close your eyes and scream. When you’re on a steep downhill -- when the cash in your bank account is...
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Dollar Stores Now Outnumber Walgreens, CVS And Rite Aid In The U.S.
The combined store count of four major dollar store chains–Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and 99 Cents Only, which tally in at 21,500–has surpassed that of the nation's three biggest...
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INSTANT MBA: Regularly Walking Away From Your Work Will Keep You Sane
Today's advice comes from Mom 4 Life founder/owner Heather Ledeboer's interview with SUCCESS Magazine: "Taking time away from your business can actually improve the quality of your work time because...
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Why Best Buy Has 3,000 Employees Managing Its @Twelpforce Account
In 2008 Best Buy Chairman Richard Schulze didn't even know what Twitter was. The retailer's CMO, Barry Judge, tweeted: We had an extensive conversation about APIs and Twitter today with our Board. Our...
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5 Great Reasons To Work On Vacation
I'm writing this article on my laptop outside a restaurant, next to a blazing fire pit. At 11:00 pm. In Mexico. Yes, I'm on vacation with my husband (no kids this time). As any business owner knows,...
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Will Ferrell Has Made At least 19—Nineteen!—Insane Old Milwaukee Ads
Comedian Will Ferrell has made at least 19 commercials for Old Milwaukee beer, apparently free of charge, that are rolling out gradually in local TV markets in places like Davenport, Iowa, and Terre...
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Forget Hours Worked, This Is The Statistic That Tells You How Hard Europe Is...
Yesterday we posted a story that showed new statistics about how average work-weeks for different European nations differed. One interesting fact from the data was that the Greeks, on paper at very...
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This Is The Drunken Behavior That Got Two RIM Executives Arrested On An Air...
How exactly did two RIM executives get so drunk that an airplane has to turn around? Here are the sordid alleged details, according to the state prosecutor (via CBC): George Campbell, 45, and Paul...
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High School Kids Today Really Are Working Much Harder Than Earlier Generations
Today's high schools students are taking harder classes and taking more of them than previous generations. The National Center for Education Statistics studied high school transcripts from 2009 and...
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5 Marketing Lessons From The Craziest Holiday Fad Of All Time
This article originally appeared at American Express OpenForum Fifteen years ago, in all his giggly and shaky glory, Tickle Me Elmo took over. The hottest toy of the 1996 holiday season caused...
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9 Tips On How To Survive Your Company's Holiday Party Without Looking Like An...
With the holiday season around the corner, your company may be planning a party to celebrate the end of a hardworking year. "People like to work with people they know so take this opportunity to let...
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9 Reasons Why Your Image Is Everything
Branding matters, and that rings true for both companies and individuals. The way you present yourself has a profound impact on your career. And it's not just your body language or how you dress, the...
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10 Ways To Take Control Of Your Inbox And Become More Productive
Productivity loss due to email has become such a big issue that one of the world's largest IT companies banned its use for its employees. Most people waste tons of time wading through their inbox at...
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This Guy's New Crowdfunding Site Could Be The Next Big Thing In Retail...
Many young kids want to be inventors. When most of them grow up, however, they either grow out of it or resign themselves to the excuse that it is the work of only dreamers and the lucky, while...
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4 Things You Can Learn From Segway's Notorious Product Fail
This article originally appeared at American Express OpenForum About 10 years ago, inventor Dean Kamen, in a much-anticipated introduction, brought his Segway to the public. Revered by the media and...
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INSTANT MBA: High-Growth Companies Should Have Succession Plans Like Infosys'
Today's advice comes from former Infosys HR head Mohandas Pai's interview with The Week: "Succession planning is extremely critical for all companies, especially high-growth companies. High growth...
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