Used Electric Cars Are Keeping Their Value
Potential resale value has been a question raised about electric cars, and the answer, according to two recent used car pricing estimates, is that two best-selling electrics may lag behind similar...
View ArticleNewtown May Be One Of The Deadliest School Shootings The World Has Ever Seen
Early fatality figures coming out of Newtown dwarf those from Columbine and almost all other school shootings.Based on the horrifying number of deaths currently being reported — possibly between 27 and...
View ArticleNOVOSHIP WINS DAMNING UK HIGH COURT VERDICT AGAINST YURY NIKITIN, JUDGEMENT...
By John Helmer, Moscow The UK High Court ruled today that Yury Nikitin, a London-based Russian shipping entrepreneur, had engaged in corruption and “dishonest assistance” in order to secure profitable...
View ArticleKmart Is Getting Slammed For A Tweet About The Newtown Shooting
Just hours after the horrifying massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT this morning, Kmart released this tweet:Not exactly the most appropriate time to stick in a promo plug, and...
View Article5 Efficient Ways to Market a Small Business
Successful small business entrepreneurs—from the infamous independent bookstore owner, to the family farmer, to the PC repairman—all have at least one thing in common: they market online. Resist as the...
View Article20 Entrepreneurs Share The Best Business Advice They've Ever Received
Every year or so, I’ll informally poll veteran entrepreneurs I know. The questions I ask have evolved over time, but a few remain pretty consistent. One that I find elicits some of the more...
View ArticleHow Tim Cook's Attention To Culture Could Grow Apple Even More
How Tim Cook treats employees may leave him a legacy bigger than Steve Jobs'.Much has been written about the brilliance of Steve Jobs and the iconic company that he built. Many say that it was Steve...
View ArticleWhy Are Networks Interviewing Kids About The Newtown School Shooting?
Why are news networks interviewing terrified children?It's a question many are asking after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that killed at least 20 children and perhaps seven adults. The...
View ArticleWhy We Often Mix Up Great Business Strategies With Dumb Luck
There is much to enjoy in Michael Mauboussin's latest book, The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports and Investing, but here are a few highlights.How do you distinguish skill...
View ArticleWhat XI Jinping's Wardrobe Tells Us About His Leadership Style
HONG KONG — Chinese politicians are going through a bit of a dress-code revolution.In his first major public visit to the southern city of Shenzhen, incoming president Xi Jinping set a casual example...
View ArticleThe Markets Are No Longer Sending Useful Price Signals
Okay, the Fed's recent decision to boost its monetary stimulus (a.k.a. "money printing,""quantitative easing," or simply "QE") by another $45 billion a month to a combined $85 billion per month...
View ArticleThe 99 Most Desirable Women Of The Year
What does it really mean to be a desirable woman?Is it solely about a pretty face or a career accomplishment? Is it about having perfect proportions or about being "wife material"?Start with #99...
View Article11 Days Ago, The NRA President Criticized How National Tragedies Are Used To...
“WE were in the gym and heard loud bangs”, said a nine-year old boy after the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, where at least 26 were killed, including 20...
View ArticleThe Latest Economic Data Have Been Good, But They Don't Tell Us Much About...
Just after Hurricane Sandy made landfall I wrote:"While the recent impact of Hurricane Sandy is yet to be assessed this could boost economic output in the very short term by roughly 0.5% which could...
View ArticleAmericans Will Find The New Les Misérables Film Hard To Stomach
I saw the new Les Misérables film this week. It was rather like being hit by a truck, which then kept reversing and ploughing resolutely forward again.Generally, I prefer my musical politics a tad more...
View ArticleThe Best Places Around The World To Spend Christmas
A girl on a donkey leads a candle-carrying procession past San Miguel de Allende’s shops festooned with piñatas and poinsettias.When they stop before a Spanish-colonial building and break into song,...
View ArticlePeople Are Leaving California In Record Numbers
More people moved out of California in 2011 than moved in, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau, signaling that the Democrat-run state’s economic woes continue to drive residents...
View ArticleMBA Or CFA — Here's How You Decide
As we've covered the MBA subject briefly in a recent post and many readers wrote in for more, a natural follow up would be the classic question: CFA or MBA?A very, very popular question among potential...
View ArticleShell Reignites Rumors Of A BP Takeover
Shell has reignited speculation about a potential takeover of BP after its chief executive spoke publicly about the Anglo-Dutch group's recent interest in buying its fiercest rival, whose share price...
View ArticleSan Francisco Office Costs Soar The Most In The World
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of occupying office space in San Francisco soared the most of any market in the world as technology companies such as Salesforce.com and Mozilla Corp. fueled leasing in...
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