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Having A High-Profile Career Might Not Be Worth The Price
Certain careers such as those in the medical and legal professions are generally considered to be prestigious and lucrative. But there are costs – both tangible and intangible – involved in pursuing...
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American Eagle's 'Laser Focus' Is The Key To Competing With Europe's Fast...
Ever since European "fast-fashion" brands Zara and H&M moved to the U.S., retailers like American Eagle have had a tough time. But the company is taking some bold steps toward reclaiming its market...
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Walmart's Real PR Crisis Has Nothing To Do With Bribery
Walmart has spent the last decade trying to get people to stop hating it. Its reputation as a small business killer always preceded it. There would always be anger and outrage when it brought a...
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The Surprising Reason Gen-X And -Y Say They'd Rather Skip Retirement Altogether
Nearly 70 percent of workers aged 21-50 say they plan to work at least part-time in retirement but, unlike boomers, they're not blaming job insecurity or their depleted savings accounts. Turns out most...
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CITI: Ignore Walmart Headlines And Buy On Weakness (KSS, SKS, WMT, M, TGT, JWN)
Walmart is getting crushed today by bad press related to an alleged Mexican bribery scandal. However, Citi analyst Deborah Weinswig isn't too worried just yet. "While it remains too early to know the...
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The Number One Piece Of Bad Advice Early Stage Startups Are Getting Right Now
Want to hear from top startups like Fab.com and Lot18? And NY's top investors? Join 800 innovation junkies at the Startup conference on May 3, 2012. Register now.There's been one big change for the...
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10 Business Hotels That Even Your Kids Will Like
Taking the family on a business trip can be nothing short of a pain. Thankfully, some hotels are making the combination of work and family as pleasant as possible. Our friends at Oyster.com helped us...
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The More Responsibility A Man Has, The More Likely He Will Turn To Prostitutes
The recent U.S. Secret Service scandal is just the latest example of men freely destroying their careers by getting involved in prostitution scandals. Why is that? According to Michael Bader — a...
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How This Little Kid Became The Hottest Entrepreneur In America
Want to hear from top startups like Fab.com and Lot18? And NY's top investors? Join 800 innovation junkies at the Startup conference on May 3, 2012. Register now.A year ago, Caine Monroy was just a...
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Here's How You Get People To Tweet About Something They Just Bought Online
Social commerce, like all forms of online social interactions, is driven by sharing – getting users to share something (e.g., status update, tweet, pinned picture) or have them react to something...
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How To Turn Office Supplies Into Deadly Weapons
This tutorial is for everyone sitting in an office, most likely reading this post during their lunch hour or afternoon cup of coffee. Take a look around you. What you see are an endless stream of...
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The Chamber Of Commerce Has Been Transformed Into One Of The Most Powerful...
AMERICA’S first chamber of commerce was founded in Charleston in 1773, but it was not until April 22nd 1912 that business found a national voice. At the urging of President William Howard Taft, the...
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Could PETA Ads Be Coming To Fire Trucks Near You?
When Baltimore City Congressman William "Pete" Welch made a speech Friday suggesting the city sell ads on fire trucks to increase revenue, he got a quick response from PETA, the animal rights group....
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The Man With The Highest IQ In The World Doesn't Think He's Very Smart At All
Scoring in the upper 190s, Rick Rosner may have the highest IQ in the world. But he attributes his score in part to his obsessive personality and says it isn't particularly meaningful intelligence....
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These SAT Scores Show That We Really Are Getting Smarter
There's been a lot of debate lately over whether IQ or hard work determines success. Then there's the "Flynn Effect," which is the theory that worldwide intelligence has increased at the rate of 10 IQ...
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I Worked At Walmart For Two Years And I Actually Really Liked It
I'm a former Walmart associate. Not only did I work there once, but I liked the job so much that I actually returned for three more tours of duty during college. About six months before I started, a...
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Enter To Win A Kindle Touch From Business Insider!
Become a Business Insider newsletter subscriber and you'll be entered to win a Kindle Touch! The deadline to enter is May 31st, so click here to sign up now. As a newsletter subscriber, you'll get...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Damage All-Nighters Do To Your Body
Anyone who has pulled an all-nighter knows just how painful it can be. Once you've stared at a computer screen at 4 a.m. with a Mountain Dew, you swear you'll never do it again. But sometimes life...
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Inside The Kickstarter Project That Smashed All Fundraising Records
For most companies, early stage backing from incubator Y Combinator and high-profile investor Tim Draper would seem to clear a path toward venture funding. But when "smartwatch" maker Pebble went...
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Can You Spot These Disastrous Photoshop FAILS?
It seems like every other week a new Photoshop ad disaster hits the blogosphere. Sometimes the controversy lies in big-picture issues, like, is it ethical to remove all signs of life from an aging...
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