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- Peak by Chip Conley |Book Brief
- In his book "Peak - How great companies get their mojo from Maslow," author and successful hotelier Chip Conley explains how to apply psychologist Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" theory of human motivation to your company to attain top performance.
- Videos 2008-01-10
- Fire Them Up! by Carmine Gallo |Book Brief
- The book "Fire Them Up" reveals the seven simple secrets of motivation as practiced by the world's most inspiring business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators. Author and communications coach Carmine Gallo shows how improving your communication skills will empower your professional – and personal-- life.
- Videos 2007-12-20
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss |Book Brief
- The book "The 4-Hour Workweek" says you can work a lot less and enjoy life more. Author Timothy Ferriss explains how to escape the 9-to-5 grind and work just four hours a week.
- Videos 2007-12-19
- Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur by Stuart Skorman |Book Brief
- In "Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur," Stuart Skorman recounts the ups and downs of his high-stakes career. Skorman launched the online video store Reel.com in 1997 and sold it three years later for $100 million — but his online learning site Hungryminds.com bombed. More recently he made a come back...
- Videos 2007-10-24
- Finding The Next Starbucks by Michael Moe |Book Brief
- Author Michael Moe, who successfully predicted the rise of Starbucks, Google, and other superstars, gives a glance into his book, “Finding The Next Starbucks” and explains how to use the Four P’s (people, product, potential, and predictability) to spot the next big stock market winners.
- Videos 2007-10-16
- Ignited by Vince Thompson |Book Brief
- There are 5.4 million middle managers in the Unites States. Are all of them in dead-end jobs? Author Vince Thompson says no. In his book "Ignited," he argues that middle managers are in fact uniquely positioned to energize their companies. Thompson joins BNET to share an exercise in how to...
- Videos 2007-09-04
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- *Taking the holy waters
- World News IN BRIEF A devotee takes a dip in the most sacred place for Sikhs, the holy pond of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. The city was completed by the fifth Guru of the religion, Arjan Dev Ji, who compiled and installed Adi Granth,...
- Articles 2008-05-03
- Everton manager settles libel action over Rooney's biography
- Home News IN BRIEF *The Everton manager, David Moyes, is reported to have settled his libel action against the footballer Wayne Rooney. Mr Moyes sued the striker along with his ghost writer, Hunter Davies, and publishers, HarperCollins, over claims made in Mr Rooney's book, My Story So...
- Articles 2008-05-03
- Iron Man
- Robert Downey Jr., as weapons magnate Tony Stark, fuses swagger with self-deprecation to turn a comic-book hero into a nuanced character. Jon Favreau Elf directs a strong ensemble that features Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow. Stark builds the suit and vows to do good after he is taken...
- Articles 2008-05-02
- On the screen
- NEW FILMS FRIDAY CARAMEL -- ** 1/2 -- A well-acted but sticky sweet, comedy-drama confection from Lebanon that has a lot in common with 2005's "Beauty Shop." Arabic with subtitles, complete review on Page W6, running time: 94 minutes, PG (profanity, brief sex, violence, brief drugs, slurs)...
- Articles 2008-05-02
- Archimedes To Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ARCHIMEDES TO HAWKING: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them. Clifford Pickover. Oxford University Press, New York, 2008. 524 pp. Softcover, $27.95. The polymathic Clifford Pickover discusses "landmark laws of nature that were discovered over several centuries and whose ramifications have profoundly altered our...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- Eurotunnel launches [currency] 915m rights issue
- Business News IN BRIEF *Eurotunnel launched a deeply discounted 915m (724m) rights issue that it billed as the last major piece of a financial restructuring that has seen it eliminate more than 5bn in debt from its books. The seven-for-four rights issue at 8.75 per share -...
- Articles 2008-04-30
- Rochester Nonprofit Briefs: April 30, 2008
- Citizens Bank teaches children to save Citizens Bank colleagues ventured into the classroom to teach elementary school children about the virtues of saving, budgeting, recognizing needs and wants and how interest makes money grow, according to a release from Citizens Bank. The saving lesson was in honor...
- Articles 2008-04-30
- Literary prize hopefuls named
- Home News IN BRIEF *The shortlists for Britain's oldest literary awards, the 10,000 James Tait Black Memorial Prizes were announced yesterday. The 10,000 awards are given by the University of Edinburgh for the best work of fiction and the best biography published during the previous year....
- Articles 2008-04-28
- Junot Díaz
- The Dominican-born author (“Drown”) nabbed a Pulitzer this month for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” his debut novel about a “ghetto nerd” striving to be the next J.R.R. Tolkien. His list: My Five Most Important Books 1. “ Beloved...
- Articles 2008-04-28
- A novel view of history
- Human Smoke By Nicholson Baker SIMON & SCHUSTER Pounds 20 (566pp) Pounds 18 (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897 In Britain, we have become used to books debunking Winston Churchill and questioning whether it was such a good idea to fight a war with Nazi Germany that...
- Articles 2008-04-25
- NHS trust 'not anti-Wales'
- Home News IN BRIEF *North Bristol NHS Trust has denied claims that it has stopped treating patients from across the Welsh border after being accused of erecting a "Berlin Wall". Staff at the trust have been instructed not to book Welsh patients for appointments unless prior funding...
- Articles 2008-04-24
- Aer Lingus honours Pounds 4 fare
- European News IN BRIEF *dublin Aer Lingus said it would honour fares of 4 to New York after 300 passengers who booked the tickets online threatened legal action. The flights were offered at such a low price due to a "technical glitch" on the company website, the...
- Articles 2008-04-19
- Findel plunges 37 per cent after it warns of rise in bad debts
- Business News IN BRIEF *A profits warning from Findel has wiped more than a third off the value of the home shopping company. Its shares fell 37 per cent, to a four-year low of 280p. The company said concerns about bad debt levels had forced it to...
- Articles 2008-04-18
- Findel shares dive 37% after it warns of rise in bad debts
- Business News IN BRIEF *A profits warning from Findel has wiped more than a third off the value of the home shopping company. Its shares fell 37 per cent, to a four-year low of 280p. The company said concerns about bad debt levels had forced it to...
- Articles 2008-04-18
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