Charity Begins with Due Diligence
No sense giving your money away without doing the same legwork you'd do for any investment. A reliable outfit will welcome the scrutiny
Kill the Private-Equity Tax Break?
The U.S. should raise the 15% tax millionaire and billionaire investors pay on their private equity gains to 35%&emdash;and do likewise with the 0% tax private equity partnerships pay when they go public. Pro or con?
Newspapers' Unlikely Hero
Ruthless head of a print news empire, William Dean Singleton has become a crusader for efficiency and collaboration as a way to save the industry
Nuisance Customers: Fire Them
Businesses are entitled to dump high-maintenance consumers who constantly hector them with capricious customer-service demands. Pro or con?
Banks: All About the Green
Big banks such as Citi and Bank of America are touting new environmental initiatives, but how much are they really doing to combat global warming?
Medtronic's Uncertain Endeavor
The drug-coated stent might have made up for Medtronic's recent product recall, but renewed scrutiny of the device has executives scaling back expectations
MTV Presses Play in the Middle East
MTV's Bhavneet Singh talks about the challenges of launching MTV Arabia on Nov. 16 and the iconic music channel's global strategy
India's Cell-Phone Ride Out of Poverty
Struggling artisans and tradespeople in rural India are finding that mobile phones are their ticket to better sales and better lives
Kill the Private Equity Tax Break?
The U.S. should raise the 15% tax millionaire and billionaire investors pay on their private equity gains to 35%—and do likewise with the 0% tax private equity partnerships pay when they go public. Pro or con?
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