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Obama nor McCain Can Save You

Grant Cardone | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Business, Grant Cardone, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, McCain Economy, Economy, Obama Economy, Recession, Business News
Grant Cardone

If you think the outcome of the 2008 election is going to resolve your situation you will be sadly disappointed regardless of which party wins.

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A Rwandan Democrat in the Republican's Court

Josh Ruxin | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Economy, Pepfar, Africa, 2008 Presidential Race, Business, Republicans, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

Today, I'm asking for your help. I'm traveling from Rwanda tomorrow and headed to the Republican National Convention. To those who know me as a life...

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Shares Rise

AP | MARCY GORDON and ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 08.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Business, Business News

WASHINGTON — Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac soared Monday in a respite from their battering in recent days, while some regional banks saw ...

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Wal Mart's War on America

Robert Mackey | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Virginia, Civil War, Business, Wal Mart Development, Economy, Business News
Robert Mackey

I received the following yesterday in my inbox, from Jim Campi, communications director of the Civil War Preservation Trust: "Stop the Wilderness Wal...

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A Kick in the Career: What Do You Want, a Gold Medal?

Thomas Stern | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Achievement, Competition in Workplace, Business, Olympics, Sports Metaphors, Business News
Thomas Stern

Here's the problem: as of yet, there is no system in place in the business world that can duplicate the rush of an Olympiad.

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Warning: Faking It May Cause Embarrassing Personal Leakage

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 08.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Forget Perfect, Business, Finding Grace, Personality, Relationships, Negative Attacks, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

Don't you just hate it when the real you leaks out? Like that time when, after one too many sloe gin fizzes, you finally told your sister-in-law wh...

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Save Time and Money: Learn to Live out of a Carry-On

Perry Yeatman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Air Travel, Vacation Travel, Kraft Foods, Luggage, Working Women, Travel, Business, Perry Yeatman, Packing, Living News
Perry Yeatman

Combining an impatient nature with chronic back aches and frequent travel made me a "carry-on only" girl nearly two decades ago.

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Business Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact

Simon Sinek | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Stress Management, Small Business, Career Advice, Business, Long Term Planning, Recession, Management, Stress Reduction, Business News
Simon Sinek

I'm using the verb "to proact" on a regular basis now, especially at work and in a strategic context. No matter the situation, I want proaction to be the primary strategy.

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Ladies Who Launch: What's Your Dream? 5 Tips for Uncovering Your Hidden Talents

Amy Swift | Posted 08.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Dream, Business, Martha Stewart, Creative Community, Ladies Who Launch, Living News
Amy Swift

The first step of turning a dream into reality is getting clear on what you want to accomplish. Even if you're not sure what you want to do it all starts with the creative process.

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Scrap the 401k?

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns, Business, Economic Recession, 401k, Economy, Retirement, Bernanke, 401(K), Real Estate, 401k Advice, Business News
Grant Cardone

Scrap the 401k, not because the it's flawed, but because the opportunity that exists with multi-family real estate, which will produce incredible returns while protecting retirement dollars.

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The Newspaper Is Dead, Long Live The Newspaper

Mike Doyle | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Print Media, Failed Business Model, Business, American Newspaper Industry, Information Economy, Chicago, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Note to cowering media mavens: next time you come down for your towers and take a walk past a newsstand, please take heed. See it for what it is: a sidewalk museum of failed economics.

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Why Small Business Dreams Die

Simon Sinek | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Success, Vision, Small Business, Women Entrepreneurs, Sex and the City, Failure, New Business, Business, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Recession, Business News
Simon Sinek

For passion to survive it needs structure. But for structure to grow, it needs passion. 90% of all new businesses fail. And most of the companies t...

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Door Number 1 or Door Number 2?

Matthew Stein | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Sustainability, Future, Business, Ecology, Collapse, Climate Change, Green News
Matthew Stein

In the 1800's, millions of people decided that slavery was an evil whose time had passed, and they put Lincoln in power to end it. If we proactively manage the transition away from fossil fuels, they will meet the same end.

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SBA Blackwater Problem Just a Piece of a Bigger Issue

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Small Business, Blackwater, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Lloyd Chapman, Business, American Small Business, Business News
Chris Gunn

Today, the Washington Post's, "Government Inc." blog by Robert O'Harrow Jr. stated: "Like companies across the land, Blackwater sought to be designa...

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How To Use Clarity To Get Things Done

Roger Fransecky | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Leaders, Conversation, Bookending, Outcome, Business, Team, Inner Life, Living News
Roger Fransecky

Leaders are in the outcome business. Most of us live with the "hope" that we'll "get 'er done," but too often we are delayed or lost getting there. Or we never leave.

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The Case for Premium (Yes, That's Paid) Content Online

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Revenues, Media, Business, Online Advertising, Advertising, Media News
Patricia Handschiegel

I believe that people will eventually pay for premium content online. Not as some evil corporate money-making scheme, but by our own organic choice to do it.

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Customer Disservice Spotlight On: FedEx

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Business, Customer Service, Economy, Fedex Customer Service, FedEx Corp, Fedex Bureaucracy, Customer Satisfaction, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

We had four different prices for the same package, and there were seventy packages of various sizes and weights totaling thousands of dollars in fees in question. I couldn't handle any more.

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Oil Prices Were Manipulated, U.S. Government Commission Charges

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, New York Mercantile Exchange, Crude Oil Prices, The Environmentalist, Commodity Prices, Heating Oil Prices, Green, Commodities Speculation, Green Business, Gasoline Futures, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business, Investigation, Cftc, Oil Price Manipulation Investigation, Corporate Crime, Politics, Gasoline Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Optiver Holding, Green News
Janet Ritz

The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.

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Ladies Who Launch: The Ironman Approach to Life

Amy Swift | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Ironman Triathalon World Championship, Business, Entrepreneur, Goals, The Full Life, Living News
Amy Swift

Here's what I learned about goal-getting from my uber-focused husband: if you're serious about a goal, go get it, and stop playing around.

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Toyota/Pew Collaboration Teaches Businesses How To Be More Sustainable

Julie A. Varughese | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Pew Center, Sustainability, Toyota, Global Climate Change, Business, Green Business, Green News
Julie A. Varughese

The Japanese automaker has touted its philosophy of reducing emissions in every aspect of its operations, from building more efficient manufacturing plants to aiming for completely recyclable vehicles.

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American Idyll: Childhood of a Liar

Dan Agin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Business, The Full Life, Happiness, Living News
Dan Agin

You can't do anything in life without money, Father says. There's no such thing as too much money. Having money just means God is smiling at you. Having money means you're free. Everyone clear?

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The Arabs Are Coming, the Arabs Are Coming

Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, General Electric, Abu Dhabi, Obama, Business, Middle East, Environment, Green News
Zachary Karabell

General Electric and the government of Abu Dhabi announced an $8 billion joint venture for commercial finance in the Middle East, which will grow to $40 billion in the coming years to support a carbon-neutral city in the desert.

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The Future of Email: Evolve or Die?

Megan Berry | Posted 07.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Email, Google, Work, Microsoft, 4-Hour-Workweek, Business, Technology, Future of Email, Productivity, Gmail, Business News
Megan Berry

Once upon a time email was novel. People were happy to get email, it was easy to deal with, and it was convenient. It was the wave of the future and it was going to make us more productive.

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"'Show' and 'Business'"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Media, Entertainment, Business, Home News
Earl Pomerantz

Pixar makes a ton of money for Disney. So when the Pixar guys want to do a movie about a rodent with a talent for gourmet cooking, or an affable trash compacting machine in a movie with almost no decipherable words uttered during the first half of the picture, Disney says,"Sounds cool!"

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All is Not Well in Silicon Valley

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Investing, U.S. Economy, Facebook, Business, Technology, Myspace, Economy, Silicon Valley, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

MySpace and Facebook have utterly failed to improve any significant aspect of the American economy -- and have "succeeded" at wasting millions of manhours that could have gone toward boosting our national productivity.

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