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Tally Of Advertisers In Rush Limbaugh Exodus Climbs To 20

According to a series of advertisers' Twitter and Facebook statements, at least 20 different sponsors have now pulled their spots from Rush Limbaugh's radio show. In case you're new to the...

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Check Out Starbucks' Beautiful New Concept Store In Amsterdam (SBUX)

Howard Schultz famously got his idea for Starbucks during a trip to Europe. While traveling through Milan in the 1980s, he was taken by the concept of coffee bars. There wasn't anything like it in the...

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In Economic Powerhouse Germany, Women's Salaries Are 21.6 Percent Lower Than...

Inequality in pay between men and women remains high in Europe, and nowhere on the continent is the gender pay gap bigger than in Germany. The disparity has reinvigorated a debate in Germany and...

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Why It's Wrong To Tweak Your Product To Satisfy One Big Customer

Venture capitalists like to use the word “traction.” It sounds all glamorous, like an ad showing a Range Rover toughing it out up some impossible incline. But when I hear a company talk about ‘early...

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These Ad Guys Held Employers' Websites To Ransom In Exchange For Job Interviews

Usually, young creative directors in the ad agency business try to get jobs by presenting portfolios of their best work. In Australia's tough job market, however, some are going to extremes. Such as...

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Walter Isaacson: This Is Why Steve Jobs Was A Great Entrepreneur (AAPL)

Here's Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs biography, talking about the entrepreneurial spirit of the Apple cofounder. If you haven't read it yet, Simon & Schuster is giving away an...

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Why The Next Crop Of CEOs Will Be People Who Have Lived In Different Countries

As the world becomes increasingly global, the need for true global citizens to lead organizations in business, nonprofits, and government is far greater than in decades past. Global citizens who...

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P&G's Tide Pods Are About To Completely Bust This Myth About Innovation

P&G is taking a big gamble on its Tide Pods—a product it says is supposed to revolutionize laundry.  The basic idea for one-shot laundry packs has been around for a while now—everyone has just...

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Mark Cuban's Advice For People Who Want To Work In Sports: 'Don't'

All the time, people who want to work in sports ask Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban about how they can get into the industry.  His answer?  "Don't." He said the sports industry is the "worst...

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Why The IBM Brand Made A Comeback But Kodak Never Will

The imminent arrival of Kodak at the bankruptcy court underlines a curious paradox about technology brands. They come about by, in some way, incarnating a bold invention. They end because they have...

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A Recruiter Tells Us Exactly The Type Of Financial Professional Who Will Get...

A job market with an over-saturation of qualified individuals with financial experience—thanks to the recent bout of mass layoffs on Wall Street—doesn't make it any easier for finance firms that are...

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Meet 7 Outstanding Female Investors Who Fought Their Way To The Top

Finance is a male-dominated profession, especially at the top. While women in the United States make up 55.4% of the total labor force in finance, they comprise only 16.6% of executive officers, 18%...

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A German Neo-Nazi Clothing Chain Named A Store After Right Wing Mass-Murderer...

A German retailer popular with neo-Nazis has opened a new store apparently named after right-wing Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. Thor Steinar last week opened a clothing shop in...

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Facebook Timeline For Brands Now Lets You Go Back To 1000 A.D.

As brands have begun to embrace Facebook Timeline, Mashable reported that some were facing difficulties when creating their pages: Some older companies have been around longer than Facebook's 1800...

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These Common Assumptions Are Stunting Your Business' Growth

Are your business assumptions stunting your startup's growth? Vanessa Nornberg shares what she learned from standing in her own way.It's Not Too Expensive if It's RightI am now a firm believer in...

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WATCH: Magnolia Bakery Divulges Its Plans To Take Over The Cupcake Craze

When Steve Abrams bought Magnolia in 2006, it was a small bakery in New York's West Village and now it's one of the major players in the city's cupcake craze.  The company has expanded to eight...

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8 Old-School Career Rules For Millennials

This is part of a 2-part series. Read the companion post: 6 Gen Y Rules for Older Workers. I work in a multi-generational office, with a 70-year-old, 40somethings and early 20somethings. This makes...

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INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Watch How Target Has Completely Destroyed Its...

While many budget retailers have seen sales drop in the past decade, Target's 2011 year-end sales of $68.5 billion is more than double its 2001 revenues. We reviewed a decades worth of sales data from...

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Ben & Jerry's Unveils A 'Mad Men'-Themed Ice Cream

BREAKING NEWS: Vulture has reported that Ben & Jerry's is releasing a new "Mad Men"-themed ice cream flavor, and it's called Sterling Scooper (a riff on the show's agency Sterling Cooper). Hey, if...

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US Workers Are Turning Their Backs On Traditional IRAs

The IRA's reputation as a "must-have safe haven" for the middle class continues its downward spiral, as the number of Americans contributing to IRAs has dropped to a record low 15 percent, according...

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