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How to Motivate Your Team Without Carrots or Sticks
Forbes - 26 Oct 2014 18:00
When a person walks into your company or your department, the slate is clean. It doesn't matter what they did or didn't do before. It doesn't matter whether your team hit their goals last quarter or missed them by a mile...
The 10 Most Livable Countries Right Now
The Huffington Post - 26 Oct 2014 00:00Everyone Wants To Know Who The Mystery Woman Is In 'The Avengers' Sequel Trailer
Business Insider - 26 Oct 2014 03:32
After the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" trailer hit the web late Wednesday evening, fans have been obsessively rewatching the teaser for clues and hints about the upcoming movie. Almost immediately, eagle-eyed viewers honed ...
How to pay off $20,000 in credit card debt
USA Today - 26 Oct 2014 13:18
Michigan single mom finds a way out of a mountain of debt.
How to fix Facebook's News Feed
Venture Beat - 26 Oct 2014 22:06
Facebook’s News Feed is broken! Facebook is only showing me stupid stuff! My News Feed is boring! Facebook is lame! The News Feed is useless! If any of those exclamations sound familiar, this quick guide is for you and...
It's (Apple) Pay Day for marketers
Venture Beat - 26 Oct 2014 05:00
Guest Post: Ordering a Big Mac will never be the same.
There Is One Huge Thing Missing From The ECB's Stress Tests (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM)
Business Insider - 26 Oct 2014 22:56
On Sunday, the European Central Bank released the results of "stress tests" performed on 130 eurozone banks. Twenty-five banks failed. There's a bit of a split on whether or not these results were good. But there is no d...
12 Intriguing Laws Of Business Power
Forbes - 26 Oct 2014 03:04
A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students have asked my opinion of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws Of Power, prompting me to check it out. Given the book's commercial success, I had high hopes. Sadly, I was di...
Paul Gilster: Better voice technology ushers in era of enhanced digital assistant
News Observer - 26 Oct 2014 02:00
Smartphone voice options such as Google Now and Siri are slowly getting better, and at moments can be almost charming. The technology is going to improve dramatically in the near…
America stems the flow of funds just as China stalls and the eurozone risks going backwards
The Guardian - 26 Oct 2014 01:05
Janet Yellen of the Fed is winding down its quantitative easing programme, but might she soon have to wind it up again?
Tesco boss surveys a world of trouble from Dublin to Bangkok
The Guardian - 26 Oct 2014 01:05
Dave Lewis has launched an accounting probe in the UK. Now he will tour his global empire, where the news is little better
Profit warnings surge as UK companies feel the squeeze
Telegraph - 26 Oct 2014 01:01
Profit warnings have risen by 24pc in the last year, as UK firms battle to win favour in 'tough' economy
This 3-In-1 'Ultimate Laptop Workstation' Works As Advertised, And Also Improves Your Posture
Business Insider - 26 Oct 2014 22:06
If there's one ironic drawback to most laptops, it's that you can't use them directly on your lap for an extended amount of time. Without proper ventilation, they get too hot, which is bad for the computer, and bad for y...
Deutsche Bank Facing $1.3 Billion Fine
Bidness etc. - 26 Oct 2014 17:19
Deutsche Bank AG (DB) is warming up to face a penalty of almost 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in regards to its participation in the LIBOR rigging scandal in an investigation by the Federal Reserve as well as the Financ...
Can Twitter Inc Match Last Quarter's Performance?
Bidness etc. - 26 Oct 2014 17:11
Twitter Inc (TWTR) is set to report results for the third quarter of its 2014 fiscal year (3QFY14) on Monday. Here is what most investors need to look out for:
Housing market is waking up to a new hangover
USA Today - 26 Oct 2014 12:15Slumping oil prices not slowing Texas boom
USA Today - 26 Oct 2014 03:42
Experts say oil prices would have to drop far lower before U.S. producers hit the brakes.
No wonder superstores are dying were sick and tired of their culture
The Guardian - 26 Oct 2014 01:07
Britains longstanding exclusive relationship with the supermarkets is in terminal decline
Big Macs go cold as young Americans drop McDonalds for tastier rivals
The Guardian - 26 Oct 2014 01:05
The burger chain is facing problems abroad, but nothing as serious as the year-long decline in its huge home market
How giving the lowest-paid a big rise could just solve our productivity puzzle
The Guardian - 26 Oct 2014 01:05
Some claim that low wage growth in the UK will sort itself out once productivity is boosted. But there is another, fairer, way
For The Hartford Courant, 250 Years in Print
The New York Times - 26 Oct 2014 23:50
The paper published its first issue on Oct. 27, 1764, a one-page edition of what then was called The Connecticut Courant.
Pro-Western Parties Seen Leading Ukraine Parliamentary Election
The Street - 26 Oct 2014 23:49
KIEV, Ukraine -- Two exit polls indicate that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's party will secure a narrow win in Sunday's parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority. The Rating Grou...