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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...
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
Christopher Krumm, Casper College Shooter, Wrote Suicide Notes, Police Say
The Huffington Post - 16 Dec 2012 23:59
CASPER, Wyo. -- Investigators say they have found two suicide notes written by a man who killed his father in front of a computer science class at a Wyoming community college. Police say Krumm barged into a classroom at ...
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...
Media Decoder Blog: Herding Cats for Hollywood
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 23:11Greta 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 23:02Congess’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 22:24The Media Equation: Buffeted by the Web, but Now Riding It
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 21:53
Digital technology has overwhelmed many of those who sought to master it. Brian Lam was both a prince and casualty of it.
Here's How Smart Investors Made A Killing On IPOs In 2012
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2012 15:00
2012 turned out to be a very good year for investors who bet on new enterprise-tech companies. This year, companies such as Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday had extremely successful opening days in spite of the Fa...