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HP Sized Up Sun As A Technology Gold Mine
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Gold can glitz up any ordinary food, but doesn't offer anything in the way of nutrition
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Can Yahoo Become a Modern Media Company?
Incoming Chief Executive Officer Ross Levinsohn hasn't said anything that indicates he grasps that Yahoo is little more than a digital version of America's troubled newspapers
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Assessing the Odds of a Greek Euro Exit
Despite intensifying drama, Greece could still end up sticking with the euro
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'Bully' Director Lee Hirsch on Mitt Romney's "Prank"
The documentarian and founder of the Bully Project reflects on his film, the abuse he endured as a kid, and Romney's high school activities
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How Big Data Will Change Networking
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Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?
A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning -
Can Corporate America Ever Be Cured?
Years after collapse, congressional hearings, and new regulations, the hubris of chief executives has hardly missed a beat -
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Pointless Management Practices to Nuke
If your employees weren’t wasting time on pointless management exercises, what could they do for your customers and shareholders? -
Make vs. Buy Is Not the Question to Ask
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Remember MySpace? A Closer Look at Yahoo CEO Levinsohn's Résumé
Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's new interim chief, has a long history with digital media, including when MySpace dwarfed Facebook -
Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
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The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes
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Too Much Tax Talk
There’s lots of political posturing over taxes but not enough understanding of what changes would benefit the economy -
Apple
Apple, the Other Cult in Hollywood
The iPhone maker has spent decades building relationships in the entertainment industry -
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US Airways Angles for a Merger With American
American sought bankruptcy so it could plot a solo flight path. US Airways has other plans -
Health Care
Are Testosterone Drugs the Next Viagra?
The hormone treatments are often pitched as fountains of lost youth -
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Britain's Surprise Shopaholics: Nigerians
Visitors from the African oil giant outspend Americans in the U.K.
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Google
Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?
A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning -
Can Corporate America Ever Be Cured?
Years after collapse, congressional hearings, and new regulations, the hubris of chief executives has hardly missed a beat -
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Player Billboard: If the NBA Commercializes Jerseys
Here's how four sports marketing pros would pair NBA teams and owners put sponsor names on player jerseys -
Management
Clay Christensen's Life Lessons
The Harvard B-school professor and best-selling author's latest book tackles a new dilemma: the rarity of professional and personal success -
Remember MySpace? A Closer Look at Yahoo CEO Levinsohn's Résumé
Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's new interim chief, has a long history with digital media, including when MySpace dwarfed Facebook -
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Britain's Surprise Shopaholics: Nigerians
Visitors from the African oil giant outspend Americans in the U.K. -
Health Care
Are Testosterone Drugs the Next Viagra?
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The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes
A new generation of activists as likely to be praised for holding management accountable as condemned for draining a company's value -
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Billionaire CEOs by Day, Superheroes by Night
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US Airways Angles for a Merger With American
American sought bankruptcy so it could plot a solo flight path. US Airways has other plans -
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Bubble U.: High Point University
What happens when you run a college like a growth business? North Carolina's High Point is finding out -
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My Week at Private Equity Boot Camp
The author's stint as an efficiency expert at an Alabama factory owned by Monomoy Capital Partners -
Manufacturing
Is Nike's Flyknit the Swoosh of the Future?
Its new running shoe is spun, not sewn, reducing materials, time, and labor -
Energy
Bloomberg View: What Obama Can—and Can't—Do About Oil Prices
Oil's a game. Speculators merely play it -
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There's More to Oreo Than Black and White
Kraft customizes its iconic cookie to satisfy emerging-market tastes -
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Why Dan Loeb Loves Yahoo's Résumé-Gate
Activist investor Loeb hopes an error he spotted in Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson's résumé will let him appoint a successor -
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Hasbro Board Games Go to the Movies
The company's Battleship and Candy Land are coming to the big screen -
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Fracking Is Flopping Overseas
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Aviva Fires Everyone: Great Moments in Employee Motivation
Instead of dismissing just one worker, an errant message was sent to all 1,300 -
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Discovery's Oprah Problem
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Management
The Story Behind the Olympus Scandal
The company's ex-president and CEO dared to ask questions about what looked like fraudulent accounting—and paid dearly for it -
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The Avengers' Supporting Cast: Business
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[Your Company Name Here]: The Latest in Free Stuff
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How to Set Your Employees Free: Reed Hastings
The Netflix CEO looks for self-motivation and self-discipline and rewards them appropriately -
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How to Get Honest Feedback: Alan Mulally
Make sure you actually want it, then create an environment where it's safe to offer constructive criticism -
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Outsourcing: A Passage Out of India
Front-office jobs shift to Latin America and eastern Europe -
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Behind the Worker Revolt at American Airlines
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Can Hertz Outrun Zipcar in Hourly Car Rentals?
Long a leader in daily car rentals, Hertz hopes to overwhelm the hourly rental upstart -
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Top Secret: Durex's Olympic Condoms
London organizers crack down on marketing by non-sponsors -
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McDonald's Pursuit of the Perfect French Fry
By shining a spotlight on the food chain, it risks exposing flaws -
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Social Networking Takes Center Stage at P&G
A pioneer of traditional marketing uses the Web to lure customers -
Media & Marketing
Disney Bets on 'The Avengers' After 'John Carter'
Calling in Earth's Mightiest Heroes to avenge the sci-fi epic's failure -
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The Sliming of Pink Slime's Creator
For beef processor BPI, Web reaction to the harvesting of meat scraps results in customers leaving and plants closing -
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One World Trade Center Rises, Along With Its Rents
The Port Authority is seeking lofty rents at the new World Trade Center -
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KFC's Big Game of Chicken
The Yum! Brands franchise enjoys brisk expansion in such markets as China and Ghana, but its domestic franchisees are crying neglect -
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How to Get a Pay Raise (If You're a CEO)
By cherry-picking pay comparisons, corporate boards justify larger compensation packages -
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His Airness, Michael Jordan, Is Still Flying High
Michael Jordan's lawsuit against a Chinese sportswear maker is yet another sign of his lasting appeal. Not even a Hitler mustache can slow him down -
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China's Soccer Moms Want SUVs, Too
Sales of sport utilities are growing three times faster than cars -
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The Making of TaylorMade's RocketBallz 3-Wood
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Management Lessons From 'The Godfather'
Running the "family" business is a lot like heading any other company -
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Spanish Soccer's Economic Crisis
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How to Manage Creative Talent: Angela Ahrendts
Ways to keep "creatives" creating -
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The Story Behind Germany's Scant E-Book Sales
In Germany, a nation of bibliophiles, e-books account for only 1 percent of books sold -
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Disney's New Channel for Preschoolers
The Disney Junior channel takes aim at Viacom's Nickelodeon networks -
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What Tyra Banks Learned at Harvard
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts' CEO on Global Growth Strategy
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London Taxis' Next Stop: Azerbaijan
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Taking Music in Ads Beyond Jingles
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India's Plague of Knockoffs
Big marketers battle lookalikes as sales in the countryside boom -
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Mountain Dew Wants Some Street Cred
Long a Southern favorite, the PepsiCo soft drink seeks urban and Latino drinkers -
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How to Motivate People: Rahm Emanuel
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Green Mountain Coffee's founder loses his chairmanship; Wynn Resorts drops its Boston casino bid; and more -
Manufacturing
Can Big Pharma's Sheri McCoy Give Avon a Makeover?
McCoy will exit Johnson & Johnson to take over Avon with predecessor Andrea Jung poised over her shoulder -
FTC Says Skechers Shape Ups Don't Shape Up
Skechers settles with the FTC for $45 million. The company said its shoes could help customers lose weight and toned muscles. -
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Will NBA Players Become Billboards?
Jersey sponsorships could be coming to a revenue-hungry league -
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U.S. Airlines Find Out We Really Want to Fly
Corporate America is deploying some of its cash to pay for trips to stimulate new business, and airlines are reaping the benefit -
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Young Consumers Pinch Their Pennies
Millennials were supposed to give retailers a boost. Increasingly, they just don't have the bucks -
Energy
Behind a BP Engineer's Arrest in the Oil Spill Probe
Prosecutors are looking at whether BP tried to cover up the size of the spill to trim billions from its fine -
Management
Law Firms' White-Shoe Blues
After years of huge profits, corporate law firms are falling on hard times. It's long overdue -
China
Hugo Boss Plays Catch-Up in China
The clothing maker seeks buzz to reignite its business in luxe's promised land -
Mini Coupe vs Mini Cooper
John Dawson test drives the Mini Coupe and compares it to the first car he owned -
Management
Kraft, Mondelēz, and the 'Art' of Rebranding
Kraft says its new Mondelēz moniker is a linguistic effort to inspire the idea of global confections. At least it's not Tfark -
Management
How Do You Solve the Fausto Carmona Problem?
By arranging papers—and even family histories—to cut a year or two from his age, a player can gain millions in a signing bonus -
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How to Negotiate: David Boies
Avoid generating false expectations, says the superlawyer -
Health Care
A Drugstore Fertility Test for Him, Too
Walgreen and CVS sell tests of the quantity of men’s sperm -
How to Avoid Burnout
Google's Marissa Mayer gives Businessweek her advice on avoiding fatigue and negative stress in the workplace -
Media & Marketing
Why Wal-Mart Is Worried About Amazon
The big retailer brings in tech help to juice online sales -
Entertainment
The Hunger Games Is Just Lions Gate's Latest Hit
Lions Gate is poised to become a major studio, especially with The Hunger Games franchise -
Management
Not Retired: Will Older Baby Boomers Find Jobs?
Some economists say demographics will give companies little choice but to hire older workers -
Transportation
Air-Freighting Animals: A Most Lucrative Game
Transporting animals is a big moneymaker for air carriers -
Utility Stocks With Growth and Income
Telecom and utilities are the two sectors in the S&P 500 that are up since the markets April 2nd high -
Energy
Firing Up China's Solar Market
As solar panel prices fall, Chinese manufacturers are boosting domestic sales -
Media & Marketing
Has CNN's All-News Strategy Become Old News?
The granddaddy of cable news programming relies on death and disaster to prosper -
Lifestyle
1-800-Flowers Gets No Bouquets From the Disappointed
Delivery no-shows and dead flowers prompt angry—and creative—Tweets -
Media & Marketing
'The Hunger Games' Is the New 'Lord of the Flies'
Teenagers fight to the death in a Lionsgate film that will get relentless publicity in malls, schools, and a special issue of 'People' magazine -
Telecommunications
AT&T's $250 Million Plan to Reduce High School Dropouts
AT&T is committing $250 million to U.S. schools, which comes as tight state budgets whack education spending -
Entertainment
For Sports Networks, You Gotta Pay to Play
Rising team prices and competition up the cost of programming -
$1 Trillion Stakes for Health Insurers
Insurers would keep $22 billion a year for profit and adminstrative costs -
Why Warren Buffett Revealed He Has Prostate Cancer
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Mangement
A Ceasefire in the Lego Gender Wars?
Executives of the Danish toymaker meet with feminist critics -
Consumer Electronics
The DOJ's Publishing Lawsuit May Doom Digital Rights Management
The Justice Department suit against Apple and big publishers could make it easier for smaller booksellers to compete with Amazon -
Autos
Behind the Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Datsun
Nissan plans to reintroduce to emerging markets a name that once was synonymous with fuel economy and affordable sports cars -
Health Care
Pfizer Narrows Its Focus
CEO Ian Read refocuses the drug giant on five research areas -
Management
India's Kingfisher Airlines Sputters
The Indian carrier's cash shortage has hit creditors and employees -
Management
How to Run a Board Meeting: Fred Wilson
Union Square Ventures' managing partner on techniques for getting meaty discussions at board meetings -
Management
Super Commuters Take the Morning Plane
For super commuters, getting to work is the hardest part of the job -
Autos
Ducati's Motorbikes, Racing Through the Years
The storied Italian motorbike maker is preparing a sale to Audi for a cool $1.1 billion. Here's a look back -
Media & Marketing
Kraft's Planters Heads for the Peanut Butter Aisle
The Kraft unit couldn't resist the aroma of a $1.8 billion market -
Management
PepsiCo's Nooyi Is Focused on Retention, Not Succession
The PepsiCo CEO taps a Wal-Mart executive -
Media & Marketing
How the Story of Trayvon Martin Went Viral
Data reveal dramatic spikes in the volume of clicked links relating to the teenager's killing -
Management
Wal-Mart, Avon Execs Should Stop Hiding Behind Boards
Facing shareholders in times of crisis is part of a CEO's job description -
Can Steve Wynn Beat the Odds in Massachusetts?
The mogul’s pitch for a $1 billion casino has the town of Foxborough divided -
Pickens: Where Has Fracking Damaged Anything?
T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital, talks about the outlook for the natural gas industry at the Milken Institute 2012 Global Conference in… -
Energy
Jatropha: A Green Fuel Awash in Red Ink
The oil seed has burned farmers and investors alike -
Africa
SABMiller Tries Selling African Home-Brew
Its milky Chibuku beer targets lower-income consumers -
Media and Marketing
Urban Outfitters' Offensive Merchandise
The clothing retailer has managed to irritate Jews, Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans——and now the Irish -
Caesars Bets Big on Cleveland Casino
Gary Loveman, Caesars Entertainment CEO, says Cleveland is in the the middle of a renaissance -
Companies & Industries
Top Eight Quotes From Rupert Murdoch's Testimony
Gone was the doddering, hangdog Murdoch subjected to parliamentary questioning last summer -
Management
Thorsten Heins: Into RIM's Ring of Fire
The first-time CEO has a plan to save Research In Motion and restore the BlackBerry to the center of work life. And no, he's not delusional
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Google
Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter?
A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning -
Companies & Industries
The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes
A new generation of activists as likely to be praised for holding management accountable as condemned for draining a company's value -
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Clay Christensen's Life Lessons
The Harvard B-school professor and best-selling author's latest book tackles a new dilemma: the rarity of professional and personal success -
Can Corporate America Ever Be Cured?
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Remember MySpace? A Closer Look at Yahoo CEO Levinsohn's Résumé
Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's new interim chief, has a long history with digital media, including when MySpace dwarfed Facebook -
Caesars Bets Big on Cleveland Casino
Gary Loveman, Caesars Entertainment CEO, says Cleveland is in the the middle of a renaissance -
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The hormone treatments are often pitched as fountains of lost youth -
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Britain's Surprise Shopaholics: Nigerians
Visitors from the African oil giant outspend Americans in the U.K. -
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Hasbro Board Games Go to the Movies
The company's Battleship and Candy Land are coming to the big screen -
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How to Set Your Employees Free: Reed Hastings
The Netflix CEO looks for self-motivation and self-discipline and rewards them appropriately -
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US Airways Angles for a Merger With American
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How to Avoid Burnout
Google's Marissa Mayer gives Businessweek her advice on avoiding fatigue and negative stress in the workplace -
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Why Dan Loeb Loves Yahoo's Résumé-Gate
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Bubble U.: High Point University
What happens when you run a college like a growth business? North Carolina's High Point is finding out -
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Japanese auto manufacturers showed signs of recovery when they released their earnings on Monday -
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How the Story of Trayvon Martin Went Viral
Data reveal dramatic spikes in the volume of clicked links relating to the teenager's killing -
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Fracking Is Flopping Overseas
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Mini Coupe vs Mini Cooper
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A new U.S. law takes aim at the "resource curse." Why is Big Oil trying to kill it? -
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Top Secret: Durex's Olympic Condoms
London organizers crack down on marketing by non-sponsors -
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Steve Wynn's Expensive Breakup
Casino magnate Wynn and pachinko king Kazuo Okada were pals. No more -
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My Week at Private Equity Boot Camp
The author's stint as an efficiency expert at an Alabama factory owned by Monomoy Capital Partners -
Lifestyle
1-800-Flowers Gets No Bouquets From the Disappointed
Delivery no-shows and dead flowers prompt angry—and creative—Tweets -
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Player Billboard: If the NBA Commercializes Jerseys
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India's Plague of Knockoffs
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