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American Car Buyers Will Pay the Price for a Mexico Tariff
NBC News - 29 Jan 2017 15:52
The increasingly contentious battle between the Trump administration and Mexico could lead to significant damage for car makers and car buyers.
Game developers rally against Trump's Muslim ban
Venture Beat - 29 Jan 2017 06:37
Game developers around the world are protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's order banning refugees and barring citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 da...
Dow 20,000 is nice, but here's what to watch
USA Today - 29 Jan 2017 14:03Democratic National Committee Asks a Question on Twitter, Immediately Regrets It
inc - 29 Jan 2017 16:21
If you don't have a good idea what the answer you'll get might be, think twice about asking a question on social media.
Tax season is here - with headaches for small businesses
USA Today - 29 Jan 2017 16:02
NEW YORK -- With the start of tax season, stress levels are rising at many small businesses.
The Story Behind The New Global Luxury Car Brand Genesis
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 14:35
Does the world need another luxury car brand? Peter Schreyer seems to think so as the creative director of Hyundai-Kia explains the thinking behind the new Genesis car marque
Meet the Business Plan Challenge judges
Miami Herald - 29 Jan 2017 05:35
Our 2017 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge judges are serial entrepreneurs, investors, executives, professors and leaders of entrepreneurial organizations. COMMUNITY TRACK Susan Amat is the founder of Venture Hive, wh...
These guys have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
Business Insider - 29 Jan 2017 04:58
The Professional Bull Ridersorganization, also known as PBR, recently visited Madison Square Garden in New York. Part of PBR's Built Ford Tough Series, the event saw 35 of the best bull riders in the world competing for ...
Len Blavatnik seeks Warner Bros. bid amid AT&T, Time Warner merger
New York Post - 29 Jan 2017 04:23
Is billionaire Len Blavatnik ready to buy a movie studio? The Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, who sprung $3.3 billion for Warner Music in 2011, is musing to friends that he'd like to grab a Hollywood studio. Our On the Mone...
The student debt crisis is worsening at the hands of loan servicers
New York Post - 29 Jan 2017 04:18
Every 28 seconds, another American borrower defaults on a federal student loan. Today, nearly 20 percent of the 44 million people burdened by $1.4 trillion in student debt are in default. One problem is that loan service...
More And More Tech Leaders Are Denouncing Trump's Muslim Ban
Fast Company - 29 Jan 2017 04:00
Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai are just some of those expressing concerns about the order banning refugees from 7 countries. Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai are just some of those expressing conc...
These teens are Moonshot Makers, Geeks-with-a-Cause and emerging entrepreneurs
Miami Herald - 29 Jan 2017 03:41
The teen entrepreneurs behind 2016's winning plans Digifeet, Smart-BagPack and RentAll have been developing prototypes, filing for patents and launching ventures -- and yes, there's school, too. DIGIFEET Marco Fernandez ...
It's easy to point the finger at Dodd-Frank -- but there's a bigger picture
New York Post - 29 Jan 2017 03:23
Dear John: It's called the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Now there's an oxymoron! This regulation has cost the US billions in lost gross domestic product, killed millions of high-paying jobs ...
10 Conversational Habits You Need to Get Rid of
inc - 29 Jan 2017 17:00
When you take a prospective or new client out to lunch, there are definite do's and don'ts that could make or break a deal. Here's what we suggest.
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Founders Of The Pussyhat Project
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 16:00
Although Jayna Zweiman and Krista Suh didn't set up The Pussyhat Project as a business, they leveraged startup skills that could help any for-profit or nonprofit company gain visibility.
Apple's hidden multi-billion dollar business could be the star of Monday's earnings (AAPL)
Business Insider - 29 Jan 2017 16:00
Getty/Justin Sullivan Apple will announce its fiscal first quarter earnings on Monday afternoon. Here's what you need to know, starting with Wall Street expectations, compiled from analyst estimates by Bloomberg: Revenue...
Nike turned into a luxury brand when no one was looking
Business Insider - 29 Jan 2017 15:33
Getty/Pablo Cuadra For anyone who has recently bought Nike shoes or apparel, or walked into one of its latest stores, this won't be news: Nike has slid upscale recently. In 2016, it overtook Louis Vuitton as the most val...
The Top Entrepreneur Conferences to Check Out in 2017
inc - 29 Jan 2017 15:00
Conferences attract plenty of people who are doing the same thing, and once you accept that, you'll probably discover that going to events for entrepreneurs is one of the most helpful things you can do for your business.
Carbon tax chances slim under Trump, though even Tillerson supports the idea
USA Today - 29 Jan 2017 14:32Lessons From The Bug Factory: How Tiny Farms Is Redefining The Cricket Business
Forbes - 29 Jan 2017 05:29
Cricket farming may be a quirky enterprise, but for the cofounders of Tiny Farms, it's a startup like any other. "Everything about our business is pretty standard, except that out core product is insects," says cofounder...
Federal judge blocks deportations in emergency ruling on Trump's immigration order
Business Insider - 29 Jan 2017 04:22
Reuters/Carlos Barria A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency ruling Saturday evening to prevent the deportation of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries who have already entered the country, f...
It's time to put an end to massive university endowments
New York Post - 29 Jan 2017 03:21
Harvard University announced last week that it will dramatically change the way it oversees its massive $35.7 billion college endowment. It isn't often that an elite money manager -- or an elite university -- fires half ...