Why Mondelēz is looking to Singapore for gum and candy innovation

In Mondelēz’s third quarter earnings, Asia Pacific was the only territory to clock positive growth for net revenues year-on-year.
China is set to open an R&D center in Suzhou with a focus on biscuits in because China is Mondelēz’s largest biscuit (cookie) business, while the c...

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Trump's trade rep: Lawyer Robert Lighthizer is top pick

Trump’s trade rep: Lawyer Robert Lighthizer is top pick – Dec. 23, 2016














President-elect Donald Trump might be settling on another member of his trade policy team.
Lawyer Robert Lighthizer is a leading contender for the post of U.S. Trade Representative, according to...

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A domestic flight in Libya turns into a European hijacking crisis

NEWS that a domestic flight operated by Afriqiyah Airways, a state-owned Libyan airline, has been hijacked and flown to Europe should shock and appal an industry that has, since 9/11, spared no expense to end the scourge of such horrors. Events are still unfolding, but it is clear that two men...

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Obama’s Labor Team Took Aim At Wage Theft. But They’re Gone In January.

Like a lot of other hotel housekeepers, Iris Castro wasn’t being paid for all the overtime she worked at the Baymont Inn in Galveston, Texas. After the Labor Department investigated, the company recently agreed to pay her $13,000 in back wages and damages to cover years of overtime v...

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Happy Holidays: Canada's Economy Takes A Big Dive

After four straight months of growth, Canada’s economy unexpectedly contracted in October, shrinking a steep 0.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada data.
The consensus view among economists had been for zero growth in October.
Activity declined in 13 of the 20 economic sectors...

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For Online Dating Sites, a Bumpy Road to Love

In August, Spark sold 16 percent of its stock to the investment firm Peak6, laid off workers and closed its Israel office.

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These hotel workers just took on Trump — and won

Donald Trump, on the campaign trail in March, has criticized union leaders. This week, though, his hotel company has agreed to deals with two major unions. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Donald Trump’s hotel company and two of the country’s leading labor unions reached agr...

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Piers J. Sellers, Climate Scientist and Astronaut, Dies at 61

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Piers J. Sellers, a climate scientist who flew to the International Space Station three times in NASA’s shuttle program, became a leading figure in the agency’s scientific research initiatives an...

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Reading Fake News, Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel

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A fake news article led to gunfire at a Washington pizzeria three weeks ago. Now it seems that another fake news story has prompted the defense minister of...

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Last-minute digital gifts that won’t land you on the naughty list

Not a fan of gift wrap? Forget someone? Never fear. (iStock)
Friday was the last cutoff for the U.S. Postal Service’s holiday shipping. But if you’re still stumped about someone’s gift (or if their name slipped your mind and your list), all is not lost. One of the best ...

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10 books on leadership to read in 2017

(Lillian Cunningham, The Washington Post)
After an utterly dark and divisive year of political leadership, people will surely be looking for fresh professional inspiration in 2017: books that help us stick to our resolutions at work, that offer surprising and uplifting stories from other...

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Where the heaviest-drinking Americans live

Mission Accomplished. Got everything done. Now I get to binge drink through New Year’s.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 22, 2016
Twitter user “Comfortably Smug” tidily sums up the holiday sentiments of many of us as we wrap up 2016’s loose ends before checking out until t...

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Bed sensor keeps unobtrusive eye on vital signs

May 25 – A bed sensor developed by an Israeli team is proving to be an effective and more reliable alternative to conventional patient monitoring technology. The sensor is designed to unobtrusively monitor a patient’s vital signs from beneath their mattress and is less prone to...

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Trump’s Small Business Pick Defended Wrestling Empire Against Teen Sex Abuse Allegations

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump has touted Linda McMahon’s former company, World Wrestling Entertainment, as evidence that she is prepared to lead the Small Business Administration. But decades ago, the organization was mired in a sexual harassment scandal that included multiple all...

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Gene Marks: A New Scanner from Panasonic Is About to Change Retail Forever

Going shopping sucks, doesn’t it? Think of all the time and energy that’s wasted. You walk down the aisle. You pick out a box of Mallomars because they’re unbelievably delicious and only available during certain times of the year. You put the box of those delicious Mallomars...

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Breaching-point: Incentives need to change for firms to take cyber-security more seriously

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Italian banks: The state steps in to rescue Monte dei Paschi di Siena

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The Economist explains 2016: The most popular explainers of 2016

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Digital payments: Govt to announce awards from today

Asserting that promoting digital payment is an integral part of the government’s overall strategy to weed out black money and corruption, the NITI Aayog today said the government will launch awards under the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana in 100 cities from tomorrow...

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How Tech and Data are Transforming Small Businesses (Infographic)

Jen Cohen Crompton, entrepreneur-in-residence at The Neat Company, has extensive experience with small businesses, including founding her own business, Something Creative, in 2008. Since joining The Neat Company, Crompton has…
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The Biochemical Reason Helping Others Is Good for You

David Meltzer, CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, studies the art and energy of giving. In this moving video, he passes along the health benefits—both physical and mental—that helping others can bring you. Watch, learn and get inspired.
Related: Which Tech Billionaires Donate the Most to Charity? (Info...

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8 Steps to Finding the Right Franchise

The following excerpt is from Rick Grossman’s book Franchise Bible. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble
In order to find the franchise that will be a good fit for you, you should pursue a more established course of action often called the discovery process. Outlined below is the eigh...

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Promotional Tips for New Business Owners Who Need More Customers

All new business owners will need to attract lots of customers and clients to achieve their ambitions. There are a million and one ways to promote a new brand, but sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start. With that in mind, we’ve created a simple guide on this page that should help to po...

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2nd Fastest-Growing Canadian Software Company Launches Productivity Application for Gmail

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Redbrick Releases New Desktop Application to Make Navigating Multiple Gmail Accounts Easier and More Efficient
Leading Canadian software provider Redbrick recently announced the release of Shift: a new native application for desktop that helps ...

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Sketch Guy: Let 2017 Be the Year of Working Hard and Resting Hard

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I’m tired — really tired — and I’m tired of being tired. In fact, it feels like I’ve been tired ever since I read Andrew Grove’s book “Only the Paranoid Survive” a decade and a half ago.
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9 Ways to Make Your Customers Happy (Infographic)

Customer satisfaction is vital to keeping your company afloat. Without customers, how would you make any money? Bad customer service can cost a business a lot. Just this year, poor customer service cost businesses in the U.S. $83 billion. And not only does it affect companies’ profits,...

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Denying Conflict, Trump Family Tries to Resolve Potential Problems

The potential roles that his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, may play in the administration are particularly vexatious. Both have business operations that could benefit from their government roles — even if they are not involved in the businesses on a day-to-day basis. M...

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Ashley Madison Owner to Pay $1.66 Million to Settle FTC Case

TORONTO — The owner of hacked infidelity website Ashley Madison will pay a sharply discounted $1.66 million penalty to settle an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and several U.S. states into lax data security and deceptive practices, the company and authorities said on W...

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Donald Trump Picks Dow Chemical's Andrew Liveris To Head American Manufacturing Council

President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he would name Andrew Liveris, chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical Co, to head the Manufacturing Council, a private sector group that advises the U.S. secretary of commerce.
Trump made the announcement during a rally in Grand Rapids,...

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JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's and Sears sued over misleading prices

JCPenney, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Sears sued over misleading prices – Dec. 9, 2016









Ever wonder just how good that sale price is?
Turns out, some deals might not be as good as they look.





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Lessons from a fight between economists and historians

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Lolita Taub: Cognitive Business: SAS and Enterprise Artificial Intelligence

In this Cognitive Business interview, we draw on SAS’s enterprise artificial intelligence position and outlook with Oliver Schabenberger, SAS Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.





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U.S. to send most oil to China since lifted ban

Two major Chinese state-owned oil companies have chartered ships to load more than 2 million barrels of U.S. crude oil in December, three sources told Reuters on Friday, the biggest sale to China since the U.S. lifted a ban on oil exports one year ago.





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Accusations of Fraud at Wells Fargo Spread to Sham Insurance Policies

Ms. Broderick and two of her colleagues, Darron Smith and Thomas Schreck, filed a wrongful termination suit against Prudential on Tuesday. They say they were fired in November for trying to escalate attention internally to their discoveries about conduct at Wells Fargo. Prudential said on...

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The CEO who nearly lost his shirt in Vegas tries his luck in Washington

Jim Murren, chief executive of MGM Resorts International, in the lobby of his new $1.4 billion resort-casino in National Harbor, two days before opening night. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
Outside the window of James J. Murren’s office in the Bellagio casino on t...

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Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings

The Trump transition team has issued a list of 74 questions for the Energy Department, asking officials there to identify which department employees and contractors have worked on forging an international climate pact as well as domestic efforts to cut the nation’s carbon output....

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In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

The articles were soon exposed as false by publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the fact-checking website Snopes. But the debunking did not squash the conspiracy theories about Comet Ping Pong — instead, it led to the opposite.
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One of Disney’s most popular brands has investors really worried

ESPN college basketball analyst Andy Katz, right, broadcasts courtside. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press)
For the second year in a row, Disney is poised to have another “Star Wars” megahit on its hands with the company on track to sell $130 million in U.S. pre-release...

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Trump to name Goldman Sachs veteran, Gary Cohn, to head National Economic Council

Gary Cohn, a Goldman Sachs veteran, is reported to be Trump’s pick to head the National Economic Council. Here’s what you need to know about him. (Deirdra O’Regan/The Washington Post)

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name a top Goldman Sachs ...

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Women cash in on the marijuana boom

Giadha DeCarcer, a former investment banker, is founder and CEO of New Frontier, a data analysis provider for the cannabis industry.


The cannabis industry is quickly becoming a magnet for female entrepreneurs.
Medical or recreational marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of...

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Daniel DiPiazza: What Getting Rejected at Auditions Taught Me About Becoming an Entrepreneur

I didn’t always know I was going to be an entrepreneur. Some people seem to just know who they are and what they want to do.


I went through the motions, just expecting whatever I was looking for to appear out of thin air.


After I graduated from college, like many millennials I had...

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So far, Obamacare isn't hurting the economy or killing jobs

Donald Trump and Republican leaders are fond of blaming Obamacare for many of America’s economic woes.
“The first thing we have to do is pry the enormous weight of Obamacare off the national economy,” Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on ABC News on...

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Red, white, blue or grey?: Britain softens its Brexit stance—just as the EU hardens its own

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Govt decides to print plastic currency notes

Government on Friday informed Parliament that a decision has been taken to print plastic currency notes and procurement of material has started.


“It has been decided to print banknotes based on plastic or polymer substrate. The process of procurement has been initiated,” Minister of Sta...

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Why You Should Buy a Franchise Instead of Starting Your Own

The following excerpt is from Rick Grossman’s book Franchise Bible. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble 
Very few people have the natural ability or expertise to be efficient at all aspects of running a successful business. That is where the franchisor’s experience comes into play.
F...

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To Meet Employees' Expectations, Improve Engagement, Don't Just Cater to Their Whims

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5 Strategies for Selling to Nonprofit Organizations

Salespeople often overlook nonprofit organizations when building a list of prospects or planning their inbound marketing strategies. That’s a huge mistake for you and your competitors alike, because nonprofits are a largely ignored market with enormous economic potential. The following s...

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7 Ways To Save Time, Energy and Money on Content Marketing

You take pride in creating content for valuable resources such as blogs, e-books and training videos. You make sure you’re dedicated to producing quality work that will “wow” your audience. You set aside specific blocks on your calendar to write and revise. You prepare yourself for deep...

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Your Money Adviser: Reverse Mortgage Lenders Fined for Ads That ‘Tricked’ Older Borrowers

REVERSE mortgages, a type of home loan available to older Americans, are sometimes marketed in advertisements featuring reassuring celebrity spokesmen. But federal regulators this week reminded lenders that their pitches must also clearly disclose the loans’ risks.
The Consumer Financial P...

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What 70 Airbnb Stays Can Teach Anyone About Running Any Business

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When a four-foot snake slithered through our window, we screamed and hopped around, then chased it out with a broomstick. Next we emailed our host. We were at an Airbnb in Koh Lanta, Thailand. It took 24 ...

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Coca-Cola CEO stepping down

Muhtar Kent will step down as CEO of Coca-Cola – Dec. 9, 2016









Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent is stepping down.
James Quincey, the company’s president and chief operating officer, will become CEO on May 1, the company announced Friday.





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5 Pro Tips from Ashlynn Avenue to Help You Drive Traffic to Your Online Store

There is nothing more nerve-wracking than the day your online store launches; and for Ashlynn Avenue, which started its online boutique two years back, it was no different. Arguably the most important criteria for the success or failure of your online store is one word: traffic. How to get...

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Trump's Labor secretary pick uses girls in bikinis to sell burgers

Trump’s Labor secretary pick uses girls in bikinis to sell burgers – Dec. 8, 2016









Nothing is more patriotic than a scantily-clad woman digging into a burger.
That’s according to Andrew Puzder, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Labor...

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A new motorcycle brand springs from a computer

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Quora: How to Decide if Your Startup Should Be a Non-Profit

What are some of the main differences when founding a nonprofit vs for-profit startup? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Jessica Jackley, Co-Founder of Kiva and...

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City Slaps Tax On Outrageous CEO Pay, But Trump May Kill It

Donald Trump may be headed for the White House and stacking his cabinet with billionaires, but Portland, Ore., isn’t about to stop fighting against wealth inequality.
In what is believed to be a first, the city is going to start charging a surtax on companies whose CEOs earn more t...

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Common Sense: Much Ado in Cooperstown, N.Y., Over Vote to Dump Fossil Fuel Stocks

Cooperstown “is abuzz,” said Jim Kevlin, the editor and publisher of the local newspaper, The Freeman’s Journal (founded in 1808 by James Fenimore Cooper’s father) and its companion website, allotsego.com.

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Conservative groups, foreign leaders flock to Trump’s D.C. hotel

Vice President-elect Mike Pence addresses the Heritage Foundation’s 2016 President’s Club meeting at the Trump hotel Tuesday night. (Cliff Owen/Associated Press)
On Tuesday night, there was a conference honoring top donors of the Heritage Foundation, filling the main ballroom. On Wed...

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North Dakota Could Be Biggest Loser in Ruling Against Oil Pipeline

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Congress Moves to Curb Ticket Scalping, Banning Bots Used Online

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How media law could drive a wedge between Donald Trump and the Republican Congress

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A pair of congressmen on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee want to repeal a long-standing ban on media consolidation, calling it a “disco era” rule that prevents struggling local media outlets from surviving in an increasingly competitive market for inf...

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Brick by brick: The man who rebuilt the house of Lego shares his leadership secrets

Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp has guided the toymaker’s turnaround since 2004, when the family-controlled company was losing $1 million a day. Now the world’s most profitable toymaker, Lego announced this week that Knudstorp would be nominated to become chairman of the board ...

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Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows

Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC data released Thursday.
That marks an increase of nearly 5,000 deaths from 2014. Deaths involving powerful synthetic opiates, like fentanyl, rose by nearly 75 percent from ...

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Cookie bans? Businesses fight back against weird regulations

Regulation and government red tape have long plagued Main Street. Regulations historically have ranked as among the top three issues for small businesses, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, the D.C.-based lobbying group.
But in recent years, red tape faced by...

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Gene Marks: Yes, Your Internet Is Very, Very Slow

Would you like to play a game of baseball…inside of an elevator? Or drive from LA to Vegas in a BMW 7 Series…on a dirt road? If this is what you like, then come to America where your online experience is mostly the same.


A new Federal Communications Commission report confirms...

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Solar cells: How clean is solar power?

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The European Central Bank’s quantitative-easing options

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A monte to climb: Italian banks after the referendum

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Letters to the editor: On Hong Kong, Peru, savers, Indian-Americans, nationalism

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Cash crunch puts brakes on auto sector growth

Hit by the demonetisation hurdle, the fast-growing automobile sector in the country has posted a decline — the first this year — of about 5% in November.

Commercial vehicles, two- and three-wheelers all posted a decline. This was the steepest in the past 44 months. The sector had dec...

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Searching for the Perfect Website Builder? Here's What Matters.

Thanks to an influx of website builder tools on the internet, anyone can build a website without any prior web development or design experience. However, choosing from the tools in front of you may not be that easy. Which features matter most — and is there a right way to ...

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How Inefficient Processes Are Hurting Your Company

Companies today are burdened by siloed, difficult-to-use business systems that complicate processes and hamper operations. According to market research firm IDC, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue every year due to inefficiencies.
Related: 5 Ways CEOs Can Empower Teams to Develop ...

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The Problem With Founder Paranoia

I started my organic skincare line, S.W. Basics, in my kitchen. I worked as the sole employee (while maintaining other jobs at the same time) for two years. Up until a little over a year ago, there were never more than four of us on the team at one time. This month, we hired our eighth,...

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In the Ad-Blocking Arms Race, Relationships are the Most Valuable Currency

Recently, Facebook announced that it had found a way to circumvent ad blockers. About 48 hours later, Adblock Plus announced it had circumvented the circumvention.
That back and forth was only the latest in the ad-blocking arms race, an ever-escalating conflict involving billions of dollars ...

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Here’s How You Can Improve Your Business Sales

Getting leads and making those all important sales can prove to be tricky when running any business. Whether you’re using promotional products UK–based or even globally, or you’re simply looking to generate some publicity, there’s always possibilities for you to improve your revenue. So what a...

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The Haggler: FlipKey Fiasco: All the Comforts of Home, Minus the Comforts

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The Haggler has heard about vacations, but obviously he never takes one. There are too many consumers in need, too much justice to mete out. A day off every year or two? Maybe. But the Haggler doesn’t h...

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4 Products Every Dog-Friendly Office Should Consider

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

Hip startups often have dogs roaming the office — and although it’s become a cliché, these businesses could be onto something. “A dog’s presence in the workplace reduces stress for owners and may inc...

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S.E.C.’s Top Enforcer to Depart at Year-End

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Deal Professor: In Abbott’s Bid to Halt Purchase of Alere, the MAC Makes a Comeback

Abbott Laboratories declared full-scale war on Alere on Wednesday, filing in Delaware Chancery Court to end its $5.8 billion acquisition of the medical test maker.
In doing so, Abbott is pulling an old rabbit out of the hat. In suing in Delaware court, it is claiming that the material...

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Trump unleashes tweet on Carrier union boss who blasted him

by Chris Isidore and Danielle Wiener-Bronner   @CNNMoney December 7, 2016: 8:55 PM ET









President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a union leader who has criticized Trump’s Carrier job deal as a promise “half-way delivered.”
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Breitbart News is taking the business of outrage to Europe

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Craig Newmark: Lessons Learned in Sunday School: the 64-Year-Old Choir Boy

I’ve been watching Halt and Catch Fire, a really good show, showing the evolution of the computer industry, from the birth of PC clones in the early 1980s into the Internet era. I lived that life, and watching it is painfully nostalgic.”Painfully” because the show reminds...

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Wall Street surges to new highs, transports set record

Wall Street surged on Wednesday, with the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 hitting fresh records, as equities continued their march upward after the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, and a new high for transportation stocks added to the bullish tone. Bobbi Rebell reports.
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Portland Adopts Surcharge on C.E.O. Pay in Move vs. Income Inequality

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House panel approves FBI headquarters with focus on costs, Metro access

A proposed design for a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, one of three locations under consideration for the project. (Courtesy Renard Development/Gensler)
The FBI’s effort to build a new 2.1 million-square-foot headquarters advanced Wednesday when members of the House approved the p...

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Trump to name Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s what you need to know about him. (Sarah Parnass,Osman Malik,Danielle Kunitz,Deirdra O’Regan,Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)...

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Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79

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This major smartwatch company is no more. Here’s what to do if you ordered one of their watches.

 
(Courtesy of Pebble)
Fitbit, the maker of fitness trackers and smartwatches, announced Wednesday that it was snapping up one of the first smartwatch companies to make it big: Pebble.
For the average consumer — even one intrigued by smartwatches — this is probably not huge news. But if y...

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Donald Trump’s deal to create 50,000 jobs in America looks a lot different on Day Two

President-elect Donald Trump announced that a Japanese bank, Softbank, “has agreed to invest $50 billion in the United States, and 50,000 jobs.” Trump met with Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, at Trump Tower Tuesday. (Video: The Washington Post/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The...

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Scientists hail 3D table top as "mist" opportunity

June 12 – Researchers in the UK have developed a prototype three dimensional screen made of mist, that will allow multiple participants to interact with shared images. The MisTable’s inventors say their water-based technology could prove transformative in the business and...

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Trump Taps Wrestling Exec Linda McMahon To Head Small Business Administration

WASHINGTON – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate professional wrestling magnate and former Senate candidate Linda McMahon as his choice to head the Small Business Administration, transition officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
The announcement was expected later on...

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Nicole H. Sodoma: Make Your Family Business Transition Great Again

This post is by my colleague, Sodoma Law attorney John C. Woodman.


Following the Presidential election, there has been much discussion of what President-Elect Trump will do regarding his considerable business interests. He has stated that he will place three of his adult children in...

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Trump's win pushed this manufacturer to return to the U.S.

Donald Trump’s win in November was the final nudge for one manufacturer to move its production back home from China.
For over a year, New York-based Trans-Lux — which makes LCD and LED displays — has contemplated relocating its Chinese facilities to the U.S.
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Silence on next army chief raises speculation about tri-service commander

If the government had followed tradition, Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi, currently commanding the eastern army from Fort William in Kolkata, would have been named two months ago to succeed the present army chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag, who is scheduled to retire on December 31....

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Tony Robbins's Social Media Director Shares His Marketing Tips

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Mark Fidelman of Fanatics Media meets with Tony Robbins’s social media director Tyler Culbertson. 
To start off, Culbertson explains how to measure a marketing strategy in terms of dollars and ROI. To do so, it’s important to understand ...

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Trump Chooses Pro Wrestling Magnate Linda McMahon to Head SBA

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate professional wrestling magnate and former Senate candidate Linda McMahon as his choice to head the Small Business Administration, transition officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
The announcement was expected later on Wednesday.
McMahon, 68,...

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The 7 Disadvantages Local Businesses Face Online (and How to Beat Them)

Small and local businesses have flourished for centuries, and remain competitive even in today’s complex and multifaceted market. Now that businesses have the capacity to sell and promote themselves online, it’s even harder for small business owners to compete with major, established, nat...

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5 Winning Digital Ad Strategies Every Small Business Can Afford

Small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) often find themselves in an eternal pursuit to compete with bigger names that have bigger budgets, more employees and larger physical presences.
However, technology continues to level the playing field. SMBs have learned that establishing a digital ...

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Customer Satisfaction Surveys – 4 Tips to Get Them Right

Customer feedback is the lifeblood of any business. Tapping into what your clients are thinking and feeling is without a doubt the best way to find out whether your product or service is meeting their wants and needs. Especially in today’s fast-moving economy, consumer wants and needs evolve ...

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What’s the Best Inkjet Printer for Me?

With a vast amount of inkjet printers on the market it’s hard to know which is the best one to buy. Are you planning to use the printer at home, for the office or for photo printing? Some inkjets are designed purely for home use, while others are created for office work, with the machines a...

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Cashing In on Climate Change

But it’s worth noting that business interests — and Mr. Trump sells himself as a consummate businessman — were integral to making the Paris deal happen in the first place. They realize that “environmental stability is absolutely at the base of financial stability,” Christiana Figueres, the di...

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Here Are the Top 10 Places to Work in 2017

The results are in: Glassdoor recently announced its ninth annual list of best places to work. The ranking, which is entirely based on employee feedback, includes companies with 1,000-plus employees across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France and Germany.
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Pope: The media is too obsessed with scandal

Pope Francis has compared the media’s interest in scandal to an unhealthy obsession with feces.
“The media should be very clear, very transparent, and not fall prey … to the sickness of coprophilia, which is always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly...

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Trump's Air Force One slam could force changes to Boeing's 747 replacement program

President-elect Donald Trump’s comments slamming Boeing’s new Air Force One 747 airplane’s $4 billion cost as being too high is being challenged by some analysts who also maintain the aircraft is absolutely necessary and worth it.
Still, pressure from Trump could lead...

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SeaWorld Entertainment cuts jobs in wake of attendance drop

SeaWorld Entertainment, which saw a sharp dip in attendance this year, will eliminate about 320 jobs, the company announced Tuesday.
The job cuts will take place in all 12 theme parks, which include SeaWorlds in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio, as well as Sesame Place in...

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How the weakest bank in Europe just got weaker

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Quora: Quitting Your Job to Launch a Startup? Here's What You Need to Know About Your Finances

How do people survive financially after quitting their job and pursuing the entrepreneur route of a startup? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Daniel L Jacobs, CEO and...

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4 Ways Your Telecom Bill Could Change Next Year

TORONTO — Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world for their cellphone, Internet and TV services, but those bills could change depending on how Canada’s broadcast regulator handles some major issues it’s expected to decide on next year.
The CRTC has several ...

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Alaska Air Group Wins Approval to Buy Virgin America

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Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in U.S., Study Says

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Cattle were herded through floodwaters near Chenango, Tex., in June. Rainstorms in parts of the United States may become more frequent and intense if greenhouse gas emissions remain at current levels, researchers say.

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Books of The Times: Review: ‘Against Empathy,’ or the Right Way to Feel Someone’s Pain

To those who say empathy is essential to morality, he’d reply that morality has many sources. “Many wrongs” — like littering or cheating on your taxes — “have no distinct victims to empathize with.” Nor does it appear that the most empathetic people behave the most ethically. “There have been...

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BMW uses remote locking to trap car thief suspect inside stolen vehicle

A BMW logo is seen on the wheel of a car in this 2014 photo. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
A suspect in a Seattle car theft had a rude awakening last week when the car he allegedly stole seemed to take on a life of its own.
The man accused of stealing a BMW 550i on Nov. 30 found himself trapped ...

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Ikea pushes retail into the race to expand paid leave

Ikea employees cheer the grand opening of New York City’s first Ikea store, in Brooklyn, in 2008. Its new paid leave policy is among the most expansive in the retail industry. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Sweden is well known for its generosity when it comes to paid family l...

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Larry Summers: Donald Trump is practicing presidential extortion of companies for symbolic political gain

By Lawrence H. Summers December 6 at 4:23 PM

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis on Dec. 1. (Darron Cummings/AP)
Last week, I was sharply critical of President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to pressure Carrier into keeping jobs in Indiana, on the grounds t...

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Between The Parades

On public holidays, Americans salute their military. This Fourth of July will be no exception. In big cities and small towns across America, families will line the streets to watch Fourth of July parades, and sports stadiums around the country will bring veterans of all ages to center...

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Rachel Wolfson: Is Your Mobile App Idea Useful or Useless?

There are over 2 million apps listed across app stores, yet less than 1 percent of consumer mobile apps are successful.


So, what’s the secret sauce for creating a mobile app that is useful versus one that is useless?


According to Bobby Mukherjee, CEO of the app development...

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Sell-side share analysis is wrong

“SELL-SIDE” analysts, whose firms make money from trading and investment banking, are notoriously bullish. As one joke goes, stock analysts rated Enron as a “can’t miss” until it got into trouble, at which point it was lowered to a “sure thing”. Only when the company filed for bankruptcy did a...

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Minting Money: Printing notes on a war-footing to fill up cash-starved banks

Business Standard reporters have attempted to piece together stories of how new currencies are being printed after demonetisation




Avishek Rakshit  | 
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Is Your Product Idea Right for Licensing? How to Tell

How can you tell if your idea for a new product is right for licensing? It’s a reasonable question . . . on the surface, anyway. If you’re new to licensing, know that this is a great alternative to starting a business, for product developers who want to focus on being creative.
The freedom th...

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5 Tips to Ensure Your Marketing Actually Gets Done

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partners Chris Haddon and Jason Balin provide five tips to ensure not only that you come up with a marketing plan, but also that you carry it out.
For starters, mental preparation is key. Preparing your content, making it a priority and putting together a...

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The 6 Deadly Sins Of Networking

I wish I didn’t, but I see lots of mistakes that people make when they are networking. How they network is based on flawed information that they somehow learned from other people, misinformation or beliefs about networking, or lack of training on how to be a great networker. I can tell...

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6 Ways to Redesign Your Business System to Transform Your Industry

The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes
Product redesign is crucial when price-simplifying. But the price-simplifier has an even more fascinating and far-reaching mission than that: Once the product’s ...

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A Guide for Beginners for Investing in the Stock Market

The first thing that anyone needs to know before they invest in the stock market is that it isn’t a venture that is risk-free. It has plenty of ups and plenty of downs. But after a little bit of practice, it can be seen as a good way to invest your money. If you make the right investments, y...

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How To Make Money In Trendy Businesses-And Survive When The Trend Ends

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

Nate Martin’s timing was perfect. “Escape rooms” were having an international moment — starting with one business in Kyoto, Japan, in 2007, and then rapidly expanding across Asia and Europe. They’re ...

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Wall St. Edges Higher, Supported by Banks, Telecoms

(Reuters) – Wall Street edged higher on Tuesday as telecom stalwarts AT&T and Verizon gained and bank shares added to their torrid post-election rally.
The S&P financial sector rose 0.7 percent, lifted by a 1.3 percent gain for Wells Fargo. The bank’s chief executive...

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Trump should not spend like economy in crisis: Fed officials

By Howard Schneider
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PHOENIX Federal Reserve officials cautioned on Monday that the incoming Trump administration’s economic plans should not be cast as if the economy is in crisis, but instead be designed to help the economy’s long-run...

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Expedia IT guy made $300,000 by hacking own execs

A former Expedia IT professional admitted on Monday to illegally trading on secrets he discovered by hacking his own company’s senior executives.
Jonathan Ly stole passwords and infiltrated devices of Expedia’s (EXPE) chief financial officer and head of investor...

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Transport employees in America were secretly paid by the government to search travellers’ bags

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Quora: How Will Voice First Devices Disrupt the Pay Per Click Model?

Is Google aware that Voice First devices will break the pay-per-click business model? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Brian Roemmele, Alchemist & Metaphysician, on...

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You Already Know When It's Time To Fire That Problem Employee: CEO

Firing an employee is one of the most difficult decisions a manager has to make, and it can be even trickier to know when it’s time to let them go.
Amy Chang, the CEO and founder of virtual assistant app Accompany, says there’s one sign that it’s time to sever the...

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Breakingviews: 4 Bank Challenges for Italy’s Next Prime Minister

Cleaning up Italy’s banks is an opportunity ripe for the wasting. The failed referendum on Sunday need not cause a crisis if UniCredit completes its rights issue and fellow lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena can be quickly stabilized. Political turmoil and weak growth, though, could push ...

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Extreme rainfall risks could triple in the U.S. under climate change, scientists warn

Cars drive on the flooded NC Hwy 12 in Rodanthe, N.C. after Tropical Storm Hermine passed the Outer Banks in September. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
U.S. residents may want to start preparing for a stormier future, scientists say. According to a new study, future climate change could cause an...

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Books of The Times: ‘The Revenge of Analog’: See It. Feel It. Touch It. (Don’t Click)

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“Sooner or later, everything old is new again,” Stephen King once wrote — an observation that’s never been truer than today. Far from being dead, vinyl records sales rose to $416 million...

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Players waited nearly a decade for this game. Can it live up to the hype?

Trico, from “The Last Guardian” is, by turns, adorable, frustrating and terrifying. Like any good friend. (Courtesy of Sony Interactive Entertainment)
It’s been a rough year for some video-game lovers. There have been some notable titles this year that didn’t live up to their ...

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Bill Gates says the author of this book 'could not have predicted how resonant' it would be in 2016

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during a discussion on innovation. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
The books on Bill Gates’ annual end-of-year book list this year are the usual mix of science, business, personal passions — and, as Gates calls t...

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CEO: United Tech. considered federal contracts in decision to keep Indiana jobs in deal with Trump

EXCLUSIVE: $UTX CEO on Carrier deal w/ Trump:”I was born at night, but not last night”, also know that 10% of our revenue comes from US govt pic.twitter.com/GiPcyVQ7oO
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United Technologies chief executive Greg Hayes suggested on Monday t...

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Vending and Venting at Trump Tower

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John Rampton: 3 Business Expenses You Probably Forgot to Forecast

Running your own business is no easy task. When entrepreneurs begin talks of their great new venture, they often times rejoice in the potential revenue and profits. While it’s important to forecast your potential earnings, it’s arguably more important to have a very firm...

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Jason Olsen: The Single Most Important Question You Can Ask Your Employees

As leaders, we are always looking for the right questions to ask our people. When our employees are faced with a challenge it’s tempting to give them advice or to tell them what they need to do, but by doing so you impede their growth and cheat yourself from getting some potentially...

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Gold was supposed to soar if Trump won. It didn't

Gold was supposed to soar if Trump won. It didn’t – Dec. 5, 2016









Remember how everyone thought gold prices would shoot to the moon if Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election?
Gold is supposed to thrive in times of political uncertainty and Trump was...

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To a Green, no less: Populism hits a snag in Austria’s presidential election

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Apply for your passport at a post office soon

Also, TCS will manage the Passport Seva Kendras till 2020







The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is planning to utilise the infrastructure of India Post to expand its passport application and delivery services. It has also...

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6 Super Simple Tricks for Closing Way More Sales

Few sentences are more frustrating for a salesperson to hear than, “I want to think it over.” Every salesperson knows the pain of this open-ended response. It can cause the sales process to drag on indefinitely with no clear resolution — even after what seemed to be a perfectly smooth p...

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How to Compete with Big Corporations and Win

Waiting around to come up with the perfect idea or opportunity to compete with the big corporations? Turns out that the public would rather work with you than the big guys.
Related: 5 Ways Startups Can Beat Big Companies
According to 2015 data from the Public Affairs Pulse survey, on What ...

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Communication Determines the Success of Your Business

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The story you are about to read is true except for some exaggerations which were made up. The names have been changed to protect those involved or because no one ...

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8 Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing Performance

Throughout the years, email marketing has remained one of the most effective ways to convert prospects, as well as existing customers, into sales and revenue. 
When you take the time to build an email list, it gives you the ability to reach your audience at any time — your prospects ...

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Sketch Guy: How Entrepreneurs Can Make Peace with Undiversified Investments

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If you’re an entrepreneur, traditional financial advice, starting with the drumbeat of diversification, does not apply to you.
I know because you told me in hundreds of interviews I conducted over the l...

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The Difference Between Customer Service and Customer Experience

There’s a big difference between customer experience and customer service. In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Patrick Bet-David goes through the major differences between the two. Bet-David also recommends some exercises you can do to understand customer service at your bu...

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Trump wants to unshackle Main Street banks

Main Street banks believe they’ve been unfairly swept up by the tsunami of regulation triggered by the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.
But President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have signaled a desire to reverse rules that are seen as burdensome for community banks,...

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Is this the final burn for Florida’s ‘Cigar City’?

David Burnett smokes a cigar outside Tabanero Cigars in Ybor City, while William Ochoa rolls a cigar inside the store. At one time, this stretch of town was home to 232 factories that churned out nearly 600 million cigars a year. (Eve Edelheit/For The Washington Post)
TAMPA — The last s...

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Trump's ultra-rich Cabinet could save big with tax law

President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his administration with members of the rich business elite, many of whom will likely be required to sell off some of their assets to avoid conflicts of interest.
But a provision in the tax code could give Trump’s Cabinet nominees a hefty...

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France’s nuclear-energy champion is in turmoil

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Merry Carole Powers: Protecting Our World: Bringing the Battle To The Boardroom

My uncle served on the front lines of Germany in World War II. And, like most heroes of his generation, he didn’t talk much about it. But as the years passed, I was lucky enough to hear a few first hand experiences of that time in history. Usually over early morning scrambled eggs...

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Businesses boom at South Korea protest venue

After a long day of chanting for President Park Geun-hye to step down during weekend protests in Seoul, many demonstrators have been flocking to restaurants close to the protest square.
Business has been booming since demonstrations started six weeks ago.
This...

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How Big Banks Are Putting Rain Forests in Peril

Rajawali’s plantations have been accused by environmental and labor groups of deforestation and illegal burning. Indonesia is one of the world’s biggest palm oil producers, and forestry loss there and elsewhere ranks as one of the biggest single contributors to global warming.
Sebastian Sha...

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Dot Earth Blog: Will California Ever Let Sierra Nevada Forests Burn?

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Legal scholars and philosophers focused on the environment discussed the evolving notion of wilderness...

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Milt Moss, Actor in Classic Alka-Seltzer Ad, Is Dead at 93

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Milt Moss, a comic actor who delivered the rueful catchphrase “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing” in a memorable commercial for Alka-Seltzer in 1972, died on Sep...

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There’s a powerful new way to dig up dead websites

A search for “geocities” in the beta version of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine gets results. (Andrea Peterson/Washington Post)
It can be hard to find sites that have disappeared from the Internet. But the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is on the verge...

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Trump warns of ‘retribution’ for companies that offshore jobs, threatening 35 percent tariff

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier on Dec. 1 in Indianapolis. (Darron Cummings/Associated Press)
President-elect Donald Trump fired another warning shot Sunday at U.S. companies considering moving their operations out of the country, threatening “retributions or consequences” ...

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Lehman Brothers is back... in a whiskey bottle

Lehman Brothers is synonymous with financial catastrophe, but one entrepreneur hopes the brand will make him a fortune — as a range of Scotch whiskey.
James Green, 34, is launching three whiskies with Lehman Brothers on the label. The most popular of the range, “Ashes of...

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Eva Lesko Natiello: How Indie Bookstores Are Like Cheers Minus The Beer

Small Business Saturday, the day after Black Friday, and two days before Cyber Monday, is a relatively new national campaign to drive business to stores once known as Mom & Pop Shops. While we think of Black Friday as the day to shop department store deals and Cyber Monday as a day to...

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Carla Deter: Does your LinkedIn profile need some holiday TLC? [Bonus Checklist Included]

The end of the year is near and you’ve been thinking about your LinkedIn profile for some time now. You know it’s a money-maker for you, your business, your products & services – but where do you start? Well, you wouldn’t start the building of a house before...

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Africa’s stock exchanges meet but size holds them back

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GST delay to impact Budget

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A delay in enforcing the proposed national goods and services tax (GST) from the target date of April 1, 2017, also the start of the next financial...

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10 Ways to Celebrate the Holidays and Minimize Legal Risk

The rapidly-approaching holiday season can be the most wonderful time of the year, but it also poses legal and employee relations challenges to entrepreneurs of all sizes. But most of these challenges can be mitigated with some thoughtful planning. So here’s a checklist of issues to minimize ...

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10 Instagram Strategies for Creative Marketers

Instagram has seen incredible growth since it was acquired by Facebook in 2012 — in fact it’s grown by 400 percent! That’s why for marketers, it can be an extremely helpful tool. 
Why Instagram?
First, Instagram is easy to use, which is a big plus. Also, it’s not (yet) as ad-dr...

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Customers on Vacation? Here Are 4 Strategies Top-Performing Salespeople Follow.

When customers go on vacation, as many will do this holiday season, many sales reps clock out, too. And at first glance, if you’re a sales rep, clocking out probably seems fine — just one less person you need to reach out to or worry about until he or she is back in the...

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How to Increase Your Sales Through Incentive Marketing

Incentive marketing is a specific strategy to persuade people to do what you want them to do by giving them something, an incentive, in exchange of achieving an objective. Often, these people are your costumers and clients. Incentive marketing is your way to maintain costumers’ and clients’ l...

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Wealth Matters: It’s the Giving Season. Would You Like a Radio Station?

“It was so weird,” said Jennifer Ferro, president of KCRW. “I didn’t understand what he meant.”

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Radio stations are generally owned by conglomerates that are not in the business of giving them to public radio stations. But in this particular case, the offer se...

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The Gifts Four Sets of Co-Founders Are Giving Each Other This Holiday

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

Although after co-founding a business together, it’s safe to say you know your partner well. Find out what these co-founders are giving each other this holiday season.
Who: Raaja Nemani and Aaron F...

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Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China

China in recent years has given rise to a vibrant and innovative tech industry that in some ways surpasses what Americans can do online. But it has done so despite a culture dictated by Confucian conformity and, more recently, the strict rules of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Donald Trump's Company Denies Reports Of Taiwan Hotel Development

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump on Friday broke with decades of U.S. foreign policy by speaking with the leader of Taiwan, a move that angered China, which claims sovereignty over the island. But the phone call has also raised additional questions about Trump’s potential business in...

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Hacks at Russian central bank have cost 2 billion rubles

Hackers in 2016 stole 2 billion rubles — equivalent to $31 million — from accounts that banks keep at Russia’s central bank.
The Bank of Russia confirmed the cyberattacks and the extent of the losses to CNNMoney on Friday.
Hackers had tried to steal 5 billion...

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If Matteo Renzi’s proposals lose, insufficient economic reform could be to blame

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Lisa Larter: The Best Twitter Strategies for Your Busines

Twitter is a really valuable tool, even before the technology the site ran on was working very well. Early adopters are faced with that – just like with Periscope now. Periscope is new; there are all kinds of little glitches that you just have to deal with. Twitter used to be the...

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Toronto's Middle Class Is About To Be Priced Out Of The Condo Market

The federal Liberal government’s tighter new mortgage rules seemed to do little to slow Greater Toronto’s housing market in November, with the city’s average home resale price soaring 22.7 per cent compared to a year earlier.
Single-detached home prices in the city of Toronto jumped ...

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Strategies: Trump’s Win Gives Stocks in Private Prison Companies a Reprieve

These two companies, both real estate investment trusts, are not household names. In fact, on Nov. 10, Corrections Corporation of America changed its trading name to CoreCivic. According to Jonathan Burns, a company spokesman, the move was part of a long-planned rebranding that emphasizes...

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President-elect Trump continues to press lawsuit against José Andrés

Pro- and anti-Trump protesters rally in front of the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington on Sept. 12. (Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency)
When Donald Trump agreed to settle his Trump University lawsuit 10 days after he was elected, speculation mounted that the...

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Fearful of Trump, environmentalists call on his children to help save the planet

President-elect Donald Trump. (Ty Wright/Bloomberg News)
The League of Conservation Voters called on Donald Trump’s three oldest children on Thursday to ensure that their father protects the environment, citing an open letter they and the president-elect signed in 2009 urging President Ob...

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From Michael Lewis, a Portrait of the Men Who Shaped ‘Moneyball’

It helped explain why a simple algorithm is often better than the most experienced doctors at diagnosing stomach cancer, why so many financial experts failed to foresee the implosion of the housing market, and why professional basketball teams make costly errors when picking players — in s...

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