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  1. Steps to Make Your Business Green

    A business that makes the decision to be environmentally-conscious will often promote goodwill among potential customers, while making the world a better place for future generations. Many businesses hesitate to adopt green practices because they fear it will hurt their bottom line and negatively impact profits. But many eco-conscious businesses discover that they can actually save money and bring in new customers who specifically patronize companies that actively make an effort to be environmentally friendly

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  2. Chat Transcript: Kellogg Admissions (BusinessWeek)

    BusinessWeek – Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management (Kellogg Full-Time MBA Profile), which BusinessWeek ranked No.3 in its 2008 ranking of best business schools, remains popular with MBA applicants. In 2009, Kellogg admissions accepted 19% of the 5,268 applicants.

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    (BusinessWeek)

  3. Federal mortgage modification plan disappointing so far (The Christian Science Monitor)

    The Christian Science Monitor – The Obama administration announced Friday that its much-lauded mortgage modification plan has had a disappointing start, helping far fewer Americans stay in their homes than originally hoped.

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  4. The Internet in 2020

    As they imagine the Internet of 2020, computer scientists across the country are starting from scratch and re-thinking everything: from IP addresses to DNS to routing tables to Internet security in general. They are envisioning how the Internet might work without some of the most fundamental features of todays ISP and enterprise networks. Their goal is audacious: To create an Internet without so many security breaches, with better trust and built-in identity management

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  5. Credit Suisse sued over resorts, $24 billion sought (Reuters)

    Reuters – Credit Suisse Group AG has been sued by property owners in four luxury ski and golf resorts, saying the Swiss bank concocted a loan scheme to defraud them and ultimately take over the properties.

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  6. Wall Street kicks off 2010 on bullish note (AFP)

    AFP – US stocks raced higher in the first trades of 2010, with sentiment boosted by a global market rally that was helped by corporate dealmaking and upbeat economic news from China.

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  7. Japan sets long-term economic goals, meets skepticism (Reuters)

    Reuters – Japan’s government said it aimed for economic growth of more than 2 percent over the next decade, but its long-term plan unveiled on Wednesday lacked detail needed to convince investors the goal is realistic.

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  8. Hacker pleads guilty in Mass. to fraud case (AP)

    AP – A computer hacker who helped orchestrate the theft of tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers in one of the largest such thefts in U.S. history pleaded guilty Tuesday in the last of three cases brought by federal prosecutors.

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  9. Consumer confidence up, house prices stall (Reuters)

    Reuters – U.S. consumer confidence rose to a three-month high in December, while prices in the hard-hit housing sector stalled in October, breaking a five-month string of gains.

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  10. Morgan Stanley sued over failed $1.2 billion CDO (Reuters)

    Reuters – Morgan Stanley has been sued by a Virgin Islands pension fund that accused the Wall Street bank of defrauding investors by marketing $1.2 billion of risky mortgage-related notes that it expected to fail.

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  11. Investors seen jumping the gun on airport security (Reuters)

    Reuters – Investors’ optimism surrounding the shares of airport security systems makers could be premature as interest in the companies’ products after the Christmas Day plane scare is not expected to translate into immediate orders.

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  12. NAB trumps AMP in $12 bln offer for AXA Asia-Pac (Reuters)

    Reuters – National Australia Bank made a surprise trump bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings’ Australian and New Zealand units on Thursday, in a cash deal that would value all of the target firm at around $12 billion.

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    NAB trumps AMP in $12 bln offer for AXA Asia-Pac
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  13. Bank of America names Moynihan next CEO (Reuters)

    Reuters – Bank of America Corp on Wednesday tapped insider Brian Moynihan as its next chief executive, ending months of speculation about who would succeed Kenneth Lewis to lead the largest U.S. bank.

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    (Reuters)

  14. Wall St ends flat to up a bit after Fed’s statement (Reuters)

    Reuters – Stocks finished flat to slightly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reiterated its intention to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future to ensure a sustainable economic recovery.

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  15. Stimulus for Small Business

    Separate proposals introduced late last week would increase the maximum loan amounts for Small Business Administration-backed loans and extend fee eliminations and government loan guarantees. Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine and Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced one proposal that would extend some of the provisions of the stimulus package.

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  16. U.S. bailout fund left many problems unsolved: watchdog (Reuters)

    Reuters – The U.S. government’s $700 billion bailout program helped stabilize the financial system, but has done little to boost lending or stave off millions of home foreclosures, a government watchdog group said on Wednesday.

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  17. Caution on risk hurts Asia stocks, helps bonds (Reuters)

    Reuters – Asian stocks slid and government bonds mostly rose on Wednesday after U.S. corporate news increased worries on export demand and debt rating downgrades sent investors seeking safety ahead of the year end.

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    Caution on risk hurts Asia stocks, helps bonds
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  18. SEC sues head of defunct Brookstreet Securities (AP)

    AP – Federal regulators have sued a defunct California investment brokerage and its former CEO, accusing them of fraud in selling more than $300 million worth of risky mortgage-backed securities to unsophisticated investors.

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  19. GM board moving fast on CEO, CFO hires (Reuters)

    Reuters – The board of General Motors Co will get an update on the search for a new chief executive by next month as a recruiting firm compiles a short list of candidates, a person familiar with the process said.

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  20. JPMorgan sees consumer losses rising (Reuters)

    Reuters – JPMorgan Chase & Co sees additional losses on credit cards and home loans next year although there are some signs the rate of losses is settling and it may not need to build credit reserves much further, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Tuesday.

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  21. Add Christmas Elements to Your Website

    Add Christmas Elements to your website! The Christmas Web Design Elements CD ROM contains high quality web HTML web layouts, graphics, and high quality stock photographs all available for use royalty free. Purchase the CD and use the images for building your corporate identity or brand. Perfect web and graphic collection for Christmas celebrations or Christmas related businesses.

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  22. Cyber Monday Shopping Tips

    This year, there are more online bargains than ever on Cyber Monday– with nearly nine out of ten retailers offering special online promotions for Monday, November 30th, according to the National Retail Federation. The day marks the traditional kick off to the online holiday shopping season. And to give you an idea of sales figures, keep this in mind: last year, more than eight hundred million dollars worth of merchandise was sold on Cyber Monday alone

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  23. Galleon paid Wall Street banks millions for "edge": report (Reuters)

    Reuters – Hedge fund firm Galleon Group, whose founder has been charged with insider trading, paid $250 million to its Wall Street banks last year and in return received market information that other investors did not get, the Financial Times reported.

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  24. Nearly Half of Small Businesses Surveyed Have Profiles on Facebook and Twitter

    Survey reveals a new class of small business owners, 45 percent of whom use social media to promote their businesses online. A new online survey of more than 2,000 US small business by Internet2Go, an Opus Research advisory service, and MerchantCircle, the largest social network for small businesses has uncovered a new, growing segment of small business owners who aggressively use social media to promote their businesses

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  25. Small Business Credit Still A Problem

    The majority of small business financing comes from personal credit cards, home equity lines and business credit lines. As most small business owners know, all three of these have dried up, and there is very little sign that this is going to change any time soon. There are so many variables involved with this issue that it’s impossible to target the problem, specifically because it depends on what type of a business is owned and the region of the country a small business operates in to identify the severity of the problem on a local or regional basis, within the specific sector being served by the business.

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  26. How Long Should a Team Leader Remain a Team Leader?

    I was wondering if you had any information, or know of any sources that would have information on how long a team leader should remain in that position on high performance teams. I’ve found answers from 1 month to forever, but would really like to nail down a best practice for a Team leader handbook I’m taking part in. The Team Doc Says… As long as that person is being effective

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  27. How CEOs Should Think About Information Security

    CEOs must fundamentally change their thinking about the strategic and bottom line importance of information security in the 21st century. Information security and the challenges for the protection of data entrusted to organizations is outpacing government and industry enforcement capabilities….

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  28. AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report (Reuters)

    Reuters – Wall Street banks and lawyers could collect nearly $1 billion in fees from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Group Inc to help manage and break apart the insurer, The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday, citing its own analysis.

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    AIG breakup nets Wall Street $1 billion bonanza: report
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  29. Germany, GM to meet Opel bidders Tuesday: government sources (Reuters)

    Reuters – German government officials and General Motors representatives will meet the remaining bidders for Opel on Tuesday to work on forging a deal on who takes over the GM unit, government sources said on Monday. Two rounds of talks are planned, one with Canadian auto parts supplier Magna (MGa.TO) and one with RHJ International , a Belgium-based financial investor that traces its origins back to U.S. private equity firm Ripplewood.

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  30. Porsche told by Deutsche Bank to pump in cash quickly: report (Reuters)

    Reuters – Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) CEO Josef Ackermann has told Porsche’s (PSHG_p.DE) owner families of the urgency to stump up cash in order to pay down the company’s debts, which have risen to 14 billion euros ($19.88 billion), a German magazine said on Saturday.

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    Porsche told by Deutsche Bank to pump in cash quickly: report
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  31. Geithner, Bernanke at odds on consumer protection (AP)

    AP – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke staked out opposing sides Friday in a turf war over who should protect Americans from shady mortgage lending, abusive credit card fees, payday loans and other high-cost or risky financial products.

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  32. CIT bond advisers to push for bankruptcy: report (Reuters)

    Reuters – The advisers to the bondholders that provided lender CIT Group Inc with a $3 billion loan facility this week are recommending it be restructured through a bankruptcy following a debt tender in August, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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  33. Ford and Nissan to tap factory retool loans: report (Reuters)

    Reuters – The U.S. government plans to disclose that Ford Motor Co , Tesla Motors Inc and Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) will be among the beneficiaries of a $25 billion loan program created by Congress to help auto makers retool factories for advanced-technology vehicles, the Wall Street Journal said.

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    Ford and Nissan to tap factory retool loans: report
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  34. The Chartered Management Institute in partnership with the DTI provide new evidence of the links between organisational performance and investment in…

    The Chartered Management Institute in partnership with the DTI have published ‘Management Development Works: the evidence’, providing new evidence of the links between organisational performance and investment in Management and Leadership Development….

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  35. C&E urges businesses to join VAT flat rate scheme that allows businesses with a turnover of up to £150,000 to calculate their VAT as a percentage…

    C&E urges businesses to join VAT flat rate scheme Only a quarter of eligible businesses in the surveying and architectural sectors have joined the VAT flat rate scheme, according to Customs & Excise. Over 25,000 businesses in…

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  36. When expletives get expensive – St Helens Rugby League coach Ian Millward, for a string of allegations including the use of abusive language

    Russell Brown, a Solicitor specialising in employment law at Manchester law firm Glaisyers highlights some of the issues employers should consider when managing and disciplining their workforce. Whilst aggressive leadership is a widely accepted route …

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  37. Peregrine Systems(R) and Protiviti to Participate in InformationWeek TechWebCast on Sarbanes-Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management

    Peregrine Systems(R) and Protiviti to Participate in InformationWeek TechWebCast on Sarbanes-Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management Peregrine Systems®, Inc. (OTC: PRGN – News), a leading provider of IT asset and service management software, and Pro…

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  38. Time Wasted?

    Spending more time on social networks and blogs? You are not alone, with the latest figures showing the number of minutes spent on social networking sites in the United States has almost doubled over the past year. Nielsen Online, which measures web traffic, said the number of minutes on social networks in the United States rose 83 percent in April from the same month a year ago, but found users were quick to move on and sites could quickly fall from favor.

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  39. UC Berkeley: Data Breach 160,000 Students, Alumni, and Staff at Risk

    Image via Wikipedia The University of California, Berkeley, has setup a website http://datatheft.berkeley.edu/ informing the general public about a data security breach carried out by hackers who may have accessed a database at the university’s campus health services center. My…

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  40. 8 Million Patients’ Personal Data Stolen By Hackers In Virginia

    The Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) was hit by hackers according to media reports. (See Washington Post: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/hackers_break_into_virginia_he.html) The suspected hackers deleted the pharmacy records of 8 million patients in the state’s databases and hijacked the PMP website with a…

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  41. The Future of Traditional Newspapers Uncertain

    The Christian Science Monitor prints its final edition on Friday, bringing a 100-year run as a daily newspaper to an end but beginning a new era as an online publication. The Boston-based Monitor announced plans in October to eliminate its daily print edition and become the first national US newspaper to adopt a Web-based strategy. Like other US dailies, the Monitor had been losing readership and print advertising revenue to online media for years and circulation was hovering around 50,000 by the time the decision was made to shut down the presses.

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  42. Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) for Office of CTO for District of Columbia Arrested by FBI in Ongoing Investigation

    Several media outlets are reporting of an investigation being led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting officials in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) for the government of the District of Columbia. According to news reports, Yusuf Acar, the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) for the OCTO has been arrested by the FBI

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  43. Google Indexing Scanned PDFs

    Google has rarely included scanned documents in its search results because it had no way to determine the nature of the content, but that’s about to change. The search engine giant says it will use optical character recognition software to make it possible for Web surfers to search any Web-hosted document stored in the PDF file format developed by Adobe Systems. Google is using the technology to convert scanned documents into equivalent text files that can be searched, indexed and returned as responses to Google search queries

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  44. Financial Web Sites Traffic Booming

    The financial crisis has people flocking to the Internet for the latest money news along with tips on how to salvage investments and save on the routine costs of living. Visits to websites such as the business-centric Wall Street Journal and economy-focused Yahoo Finance set new records as the US Congress grappled with its 700 billion dollar plan to stop credit markets from imploding. Internet tracker comScore says visits to www.gasbuddy.com, which steers drivers to stations featuring low fuel prices, are up nearly 30 percent and it expects to report spikes in traffic to finance and bargain-hunter websites when September statistics are calculated later this week

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  45. Business CD Collections

    Web Design Elements CD ROMs include themed collections of HTML web templates, stock photographs and logos. Themes available currently include: Animals – Dogs, Horses, Pets, and Wildlife Dating – Dating and Valentines Education – Education Flowers – Florists and Gardening Financial – Financial Health – Medical and Healthcare Holiday – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentines Nature – Nature, Sunrise and Sunsets Nautical – Marine Real Estate – Homes and Realty Religious – Religion Sports – Water Themed Sports Toss together promotional marketing material or a website easily!

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  46. Online Sales Tax Problems for eBay

    The outcome of the case could have far reaching implications for taxes on online sales: The city of Chicago is suing eBay and its subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect city amusement taxes on concert and sporting event tickets sold through the Web sites. Chicagos amusement tax ordinance includes Internet sites that resell tickets, but eBay, which bought StubHub last year, says the 8 percent tax does not apply to it. It is not clear how much money is at stake, but when the city first floated the idea of going after taxes for online sales in 2006, Alderman Edward Burke estimated the city could be losing $16 million a year in taxes on Internet-based sales by ticket resellers

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  47. Yahoo Patent Application

    Axandra posted this in their weekly search engine news. Very interesting to consider all the factors that can effect ranking! Yahoos patent applications provides a list of 51 web page elements that can be analyzed to determine the clutter of a web page: Total number of links Total number of words Total number of images (non-ad images) Image area above the fold (non-ad images) Dimensions of page Page area (total) Page length Total number of tables Maximum table columns (per table) Maximum table rows (per table) Total rows Total columns Total cells Average cell padding (per table) Average cell spacing (per table) Dimensions of fold Fold area Location of center of fold relative to center of page Total number of font sizes used for links Total number of font sizes used for headings Total number of font sizes used for body text Total number of font sizes Presence of “tiny” text Total number of colors (excluding ads) Alignment of page elements Average page luminosity Fixed vs

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  48. Reputation Management

    The Internet is a bit like the old wild west, and sadly, people often post material about an individual, product, company, or service that is inaccurate or simply nasty. Businesses and individuals alike are struggling with how to best deal with online inaccuracy and defamation. The normal steps for dealing with defamation typically involve litigation, but this is not always realistic for Internet-based situations since the Internet is global, and not managed or governed by any single set of laws.

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  49. Software Industry Conference

    The Software Industry Conference is a three day event, July 12-14, 2007, that culminates with the Shareware Industry Awards ceremony. There are also dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics. And if that is not enough there’s three nights jam packed with plenty of time to mingle with other attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors including an Exhibit Night featuring the best software development products and services.

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  50. Auction Taxes a Future Possibility

    Changes are contained in the President’s 2008 budget proposal. Instead of targeting only Internet auction sites, the current proposal actually expands the definition of a “broker” to include middlemen that don’t actually function as the customer’s agent in a transaction—like eBay, for instance. Brokers currently need to file a form with the IRS that gives the name, address, and gross proceeds of each customer they work for; under the new proposal, many more companies would need to do the reporting

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