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If you are successfully generating leads with content presented in white papers, straightforward blogging, e-mail newsletters, perhaps you don't yet need to find the bandwidth to jump into creating infographics to suppor...

For years I have wondered what the value of Twitter is for sales and business. Everyone knows the indisputable value of LinkedIn for B2B sales, marketing, B2B prospecting, and entrepreneurs in general.

With football season just around the corner, Time Warner Cable football fans are going to have to find a workaround for some games.

Two South Florida lawyers were arrested today and charged with fraud-related charges for allegedly participating in the massive Ponzi scheme run by disgraced Florida attorney Scott Rothstein. The arrests of Chrstina M. K...

The Plastic Bank aims to create "social plastic" by creating a system through which the world's poor collect plastic waste and trade it in as currency at recycling centers around the world.

Wear your favorite Summer dress and sandals this weekend because after Labor Day they'll be off limits.

Just two weeks ago, I discussed potential tax issues a same-sex married couple could face if they live in a state that doesn't recognize their marriage. Yesterday the IRS ruled that, for tax purposes, such couples are ma...

The search for breakthrough drugs in the pharmaceuticals industry hinges largely on a non-scientific variable: whether patients take their meds. Too many don't, which continues to be a major challenge to drug research an...

There are more tears shed over crowdfunding than there are popped champagne corks. Not everyone's big idea can attract capital. But coming up short on the cash front doesn't necessarily mean it's time to toss your dreams...

Knowing you've let your partner down is painful, but it doesn't have to be fatal to your business. To move past it, try reframing the conversation and make the necessary changes.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

As Facebook boasts record value we are reminded that data is worth its weight in gold (or at least $41.98 a share). Sure your business is just a bit smaller and the data you collect will be pretty basic, but used correct...

Most of us see full-time jobs as the best ones. But as more companies shift to offering part-time gigs, some are finding ways to make sure that these positions are well-paying enough to attract great people who need the ...

As online video flourishes as a sector of the startup community in Los Angeles, this has given rise to new vocabulary that is often used, but little understood by a wider audience. "Multi-Channel Networks" (or MCNs) have...

Meet 5 innovative African companies that share a few things in common: They have immense ability to create new businesses and profitable growth and they continually reinvent themselves, setting industry standards and rad...

Spader will play the bad guy in the upcoming 'Avengers' sequel and star in the NBC show 'The Blacklist.'

The co-founder of Code Fellows on his amazing week teaching coding at a women's shelter.

The late, great, country comedian, Jerry Clower, spun some funny yarns in his day. My favorite was his coon huntin story. Long story short, Jerry and his buddy went on a night coon hunt with a neighbor, Mr. Barron, and h...

In June 2013, I wrote that three Louisiana public pensions, the Louisiana Firefighters' Retirement System, the Municipal Employees' Retirement System and the New Orleans Firefighters' Pension and Relief Fund had filed a ...

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A sports lawyer says the NFL settlement ends a potent threat, but not all litigation over concussions.

Organizational culture can be hard to change. Some studies cite a failure rate of change programs as high as 70%, with the main reason for failure being employee resistance. But the need for change is often urgent - part...