Business News
What's Next for Carlos Slim?
Wall Street Journal - 19 Jul 2014 00:48
Mexican billionaire is about to raised about $15 billion from asset sales that he could use to indulge his fancy in the U.S. or Brazilian telecom markets.
Zero-waste supermarket set to open in Germany
USA Today - 19 Jul 2014 21:03
Paper or plastic? Nein!
The real power of positive suggestion (Ozy.com)
USA Today - 19 Jul 2014 14:00
Marketing influences our choices, right down to a neurological level.
Ford Finally Releases Specs For 2015 Ford Mustang
Bidness etc. - 19 Jul 2014 13:44
The Ford Motor Company (F) has released specifications for upcoming 2015 Ford Mustang GT, which is a tribute to a new fighter jet, the F35, which is entering the US Air force. Fans have been waiting for the specification...
Just Cool Cars: Fire truck becomes rusty 'La Bestioni'
USA Today - 19 Jul 2014 03:37
A 1917 American LaFrance gets a new life as a car
Instagram's Kevin Systrom: People Keep Asking If My $1 Billion Was Too Small (FB)
Business Insider - 19 Jul 2014 16:28
Instagram now has over 200 million users. The one thing that people keep asking its founder and CEO Kevin Systrom about that is: Did he sell too soon to Facebook and for too little money? Short answer: If he could have ...
San Francisco looks to alter chain store rules to help small businesses
Reuters - 19 Jul 2014 03:58
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US states with higher minimum wages gain more jobs
Miami Herald - 19 Jul 2014 09:14
Maybe a higher minimum wage isn't so bad for job growth after all.
SEC's insider-trading probe could set record as biggest case ever
New York Post - 19 Jul 2014 04:36
A frustrated Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that an investigation hindered by stonewalling government employees could balloon into the biggest insider trading case in history, implicating as many as 44...
Your chocolate addiction is only going to get more (and more, and more) expensive
Washington Post - 19 Jul 2014 02:08
For nearly two years, cocoa prices have been on the rise. Finally, that's affecting the price you pay for a bar of chocolate -- and there's reason to believe it's only the beginning. American chocolate giant Hershey's an...
From Viral Article To Viable Business: Seth Adam Smith ('Marriage Is Not For You') Shares Steps To Success
Forbes - 19 Jul 2014 23:29
Regardless of the reasons an article goes viral, when the eyes of the world are upon you, how can an entrepreneur convert the attention into a revenue stream and a sustainable business? We pushed Smith to share his secre...
The new D&D and Neverwinter: Putting the dragons back into the world's most iconic role-playing game (interview, Part 1)
Venture Beat - 19 Jul 2014 21:30
Here be dragons. And one pissed-off cult. The new edition of the tabletop role-playing game that spawned them all isn’t just launching as a pen-and-paper product. It’s also coming to Neverwinter, the massively multip...
Some Companies Once Banned Their Employees From Using LinkedIn
Business Insider - 19 Jul 2014 17:05
Like many startups, LinkedIn had its share of problems when it first started out. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Andy Kessler, LinkedIn's founder and CEO Reid Hoffman explains that when LinkedIn was get...
Needing Skilled Workers, a Booming Germany Woos Immigrants
The New York Times - 19 Jul 2014 01:44
The country is competing more aggressively with the United States, Britain and other nations to attract and keep educated people from abroad.
Why #AmazonCart is just a taste of where shopping is headed
Venture Beat - 19 Jul 2014 23:54
Guest Post: Reactions to #AmazonCart have been surprisingly mild, if not downright dismissive. But critics are missing the point.
Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes
The New York Times - 19 Jul 2014 23:45
Tasmania, with its huge poppy crop, is the top producer of a crucial raw material in prescription drugs. But companies fear that they depend too much on that harvest.
Seven Steps to Negotiating Success
Forbes - 19 Jul 2014 23:29
Tried-and-true negotiation tactics from author and negotiation expert Selena Rezvani.
What to do when someone rips off your site design
Venture Beat - 19 Jul 2014 20:13
Guest Post: I recently received the following email: I am in a bit of a dilemma and would really appreciate any insight you all have on what to do. Last month, my team worked with a designer to create a new homepage for ...
The World's Second-Richest Man Thinks You Should Work Only 3 Days a Week
Time - 19 Jul 2014 15:10
But retirement would be delayed until age 70 or 75
Comcast's PR Nightmare Can Befall Midsized Companies: Your Company Could Be Next
Forbes - 19 Jul 2014 22:36
Midsized company CEOs enjoying growth should be warned by Comcast’s PR nightmare over its horrendous customer service. They could be next. Midsized companies are particularly vulnerable to such operational meltdown...
Nerd cribs: Linux creator Linus Torvalds shows off his office
Venture Beat - 19 Jul 2014 20:43
"Zombie shuffling" treadmill desk --- CHECK. Sh*t-strewn second desk --- CHECK. 3D printer --- CHECK. Socks with sandals --- CHECK. Hard-disk graveyard --- CHECK and RIP!
Food 3.0 & the Instacart anomaly
Venture Beat - 19 Jul 2014 20:25
Guest Post: Instacart, currently the most well funded and fastest growing startup in the emerging food space is an anomaly. The evolution in food startups - from the scheduled warehouse deliveries of the past decade to t...