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Texans clinch AFC South title
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 23:59
(Reuters) - The Houston Texans won the AFC South title for a second successive year on Sunday with a 29-17 home win over divisional rivals the Indianapolis Colts.
Three Reasons Performance Management will Change in 2013
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 23:23
Is there any organizational practice more broken than performance management? Not if you concur with Marc Effron & Miriam Ort who state “perhaps no talent management process is more important or more reviled than p...
President Obama Will Visit Sandy Hook Families
ABC News - 16 Dec 2012 02:51
President Obama will travel to Newtown, Conn., on Sunday to meet with the families of the the 26 people who were slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the White House confirmed today.
After a Landslide Election Victory, Japan's Conservatives to Pursue Keynesian Stimulus to Boost the Economy and Strengthening of the U.S.-Japan Alliance vis-a-vis China.
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 22:33
Speaking on the evening of his landslide December 16 election victory, in which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)/New Komeito (NK) conservative coalition captured a 2/3 majority
RIM and Netflix dropped from NASDAQ-100 financial index as Facebook gains a seat
The Verge - 16 Dec 2012 20:47
The NASDAQ-100 (NDX) is a weighted stock market index of the largest non-financial companies in the world, and as the new year approaches, tech companies are playing musical chairs; NASDAQ has announced that Facebook wil...
Secret film shows how buyers of luxury London homes can avoid millions in tax
The Guardian - 16 Dec 2012 19:34
Oakmayne Properties filmed explaining to undercover 'agent' how house sale would escape stamp duty via offshore companies Deals to sell ultra-luxury houses on a street dubbed "the world's most expensive terrace" have bee...
Farmers Take On The Colonel
The Huffington Post - 16 Dec 2012 19:30Serious Entrepreneurs Master Media Training Early
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 18:52Power 20: Wade D. Pfau
Investment News - 16 Dec 2012 13:01
Reassessing retirement and other client puzzles
No. 6 Georgia dominates Lipscomb
Fox News - 16 Dec 2012 23:58
Jasmine James and Tiaria Griffin each had 18 points, as the sixth-ranked Georgia Lady Bulldogs stayed perfect with a 93-42 rout of the Lipscomb Bisons.Anne Marie Armstrong and Shacobla Barbee added 15 and 13 points, resp...
Foreign firms seek retail therapy in Australia
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 23:44
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Americans are coming. And the Japanese and Europeans.
China Plans on Continuity in Economic Policy in 2013
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 23:31
An annual conference that helps set economic policy ended with the government warning about difficulties in the global economy, but suggesting few policy changes.
Analysis: Boehner opens door to tax hikes, shifts U.S. fiscal cliff talks
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 23:17
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's offer to accept a tax rate increase for the wealthiest Americans knocks down a key Republican road block to a deal resolving the year-end "fisca...
How To Talk To Children About What Happened In Newtown
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 23:03
While grown-ups sort through Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., those of us with children are grappling with the delicate question of how to talk to them about this tragedy. Sadly, this is the s...
Greta Garbo's Belongings Sell For $1.6 Million
The Huffington Post - 16 Dec 2012 23:02Media Decoder Blog: Group Aims to Be a Conduit for WikiLeaks Donations
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 23:02Will Republicans in the US pitch off the fiscal cliff? | Heidi Moore
The Guardian - 16 Dec 2012 23:00
Republican scrooges hear the rattling chains of economic disaster but still refuse to compromise This week, if all goes well, Barack Obama will leave Washington to start on his customary vacation – 20 days in Hawa...
Congess’s Money Vault
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 22:46
The Heritage Foundation (quoting Menzie Chinn who is himself quoting Heritage): Spending-stimulus advocates claim that Congress can “inject†new money into the economy, increasing demand and therefore product...
‘Fiscal cliff’ talks take back seat to shooting
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2012 22:35
Continuing talks to end a U.S. budget standoff took a back seat on Sunday to a debate over gun control after the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
Mexico's Gruma buys back 23-pct stake from ADM in $450 million deal
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 22:28
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican corn flour processor Gruma has purchased a 23.2 percent stake of its own stock that was previously held by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland , part of a $450 million deal Grum...
President Obama: 'Our Hearts Are Broken' (And Other Quotes Of The Week)
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 22:24Fifteen-minute meals and breakdancing mice: the gifts of Christmas future | Charlie Brooker
The Guardian - 16 Dec 2012 22:00
The most popular gifts this festive season speak volumes about us as a species Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a perfunctory series of interpersonal product exchanges, and 2012 is no exception. Money itself may b...