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Network advantage doesn?t come to firms who simply build alliances, it comes to firms who build better (and more) alliances than competition.

10 Tax Commandments? I won?t suggest taxation and religion are similar, at least not to most people. But certain tax rules are nearly inviolate, and ignoring them can bring lightning-bolt-out-of-the-sky consequences. The...

Retail cash inflows to U.S. high-yield funds more than doubled this past week, with a $3.1 billion inflow for the week ended Sept. 25, compared to $1.4 billion for the week ended Sept. 18, according to Lipper, a division...

With the launch of Calico, Google has shown it is not afraid of death. But higher education appears to be another story. The search giant crouches into a quiver and lowers its head before the almighty university system. ...

When my #2 son was running for 5th grade class president, I had a brilliant idea for his campaign slogan, or so I thought. The flyer looked like this: If You Like

Over the last week, the average price for Mariano Rivera's final game has dropped on the secondary market from $238 on September 8th to $103 today. The average price for the game is now only 10% above the Yankee's regula...

CBS's multimillion-dollar deal for "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan's next series, a cop thriller dubbed "Battle Creek," is a great bet to make big bucks before the first scene is shot.

By James McQuivey

I have always been proud of the reputation management work that ours and other established firms perform for clients.  It commonly involves organizations who made a mistake along the way -- or were victims of a negative...

Who has time for Florida sunshine when all of Hoosierdom has been promised an NBA title run?

CLO issuance in the U.S. has taken a bit of a breather lately, though recent activity has put year-to-date volume at $57.5 billion, the most since the pre-Lehman period of 2007 and 2008, according to S&P Capital IQ/LCD. ...

Traveling anywhere in the world today, in my book, means a constant, frustrating search for authenticity. It is easier than ever to fall into the traps of non-local food, or "local "food generated for tourists. The gastr...

Predicting the direction of financial markets is an enticing proposition that has attracted the interest of scores of experts, who claim to have the magic formula.

This is the third post in our "6-Word Story Series," highlighting insights, how-to's and stories from the world of social impact driven specifically by our network of over 3100 Fellows across the globe.  Click here t...

Lois Lerner, who headed the IRS division responsible for tax-exempt organizations, and who calculatedly announced at the May ABA Tax Section meeting that the IRS had used inappropriate means to examine exemption applicat...

The way Jeff Bezos described the feature it is practically like having a genie in the bottle.

The corporate graveyard fills up quickly these days. Blackberry, Newsweek, Kodak, Blockbuster, Dell...once storied brands now routinely sell for a fraction of their heyday value. Steve Blank, four-time entrepreneur and a...

Home automation for years has been the domain of home installers outfitting wealthy consumers with $10,000- $100,000 setups to control lights, home theater, security, air conditioning, and home audio.  After many fits

After announcing a plan in August to take Elon Musk's Hyperloop idea and run with it, Southern California-based JumpStartFund has recruited two respected engineers to lead the effort. Marco Villa, former director of mis...

The Florida Panthers have just scored--off the ice.

By Matthew Siegel

Robert Zagunis, Co-Manager Jensen Quality Growth Fund, Jensen Investment Management