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Earth to Bush: Fix the SEC

Earth to Bush: Fix the SECDisagree...I think we have enough coziness between government and business. Big business has already changed the rules of the game in their favor...it's time to give Shareholders a chance to influence things the other way. There needs to be a balance.

Tags: Government, Bush, SEC, Big Business

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

Why Startups Can Innovate Better Than Microsoft, Apple and IBM

Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled “Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve” and “What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common”. [Note: If you are interested in technology strategy, you should be reading Don Dodge’s blog. It’s got...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dharmesh Shah, IBM Corp., innovation, Startups Innovate, big business

Blog posts 2007-01-10

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Russert stories belie spirit

To those of us who are not members of the Washington media elite, Tim Russert's recent death offered a glimpse into the culture of the news business, at its highest level. By all accounts, Russert was the quintessential great guy. A friend who once worked for the...

Articles 2008-06-26

Nintendo's Wario, Kirby Bring the Fun; Sleuths Get a New Mystery Case Files Game

New Experiences on the Way for Wii and Nintendo DS REDMOND, Wash. -- While the game world awaits the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles next month, Nintendo isn't waiting to announce new titles for its mushrooming libraries for the Wii([TM]) console and Nintendo DS([TM]). Classic...

Articles 2008-06-25

'Sweet' deal aims to restore Everglades

WELLINGTON, Fla. -- In one of the biggest conservation deals in U.S. history, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to get out of the business and sell its nearly 300 square miles in the Everglades to the state of Florida for $1.75 billion. ...

Articles 2008-06-25

Atvent Solutions Demos Mobilenet in Real Time at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, June 24 - 27, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- Seeing is believing. Visit us at booth 2129 for a full demo of the latest release of MobileNet -- our unique, integrated OSS package. MobileNet helps you stay on top of your game by giving you instant access to both the big picture, and the smallest detail. MobileNet...

Articles 2008-06-25

Pfizer Launches 'Think Science Now'

- Program will celebrate inspiring scientists and their commitment to advance global research - NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Underscoring its commitment to scientific advancement, Pfizer Inc will launch Think Science Now, a science awareness program to promote exceptional researchers who have devoted their lives to...

Articles 2008-06-24

Contract extension for Owls' Bradshaw

Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw has signed a 5-year extension that will run through the 2011-12 academic year. The new contract, retroactive to July 1, 2007, will be officially announced today. Bradshaw was named Temple's athletic director on June 27, 2002. Before that he was the AD at De...

Articles 2008-06-24

950 pilots at United will lose their jobs

United Airlines announced plans Monday to lay off 950 pilots -- about 15% of its total -- becoming the first big U.S. carrier to impose job cuts on cockpit crews. The reductions will likely be followed at other U.S. carriers as they race to cut costs, fleets and...

Articles 2008-06-24

Big Dig contractor files for bankruptcy

BOSTON AP -- The largest construction contractor on Boston's beleaguered Big Dig project filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, the first business day after federal prosecutors charged the company with lying about its work. Modern Continental Co. made a Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Boston,...

Articles 2008-06-24

Picnik.com Announces Record-Breaking Growth and More Than Eight Million Monthly Visits

Picnik.com ( www.picnik.com ), the leading onlinephoto-editing service, today announced that it is attracting more thaneight million visits a month, and is continuing to see double-digitmonth-to-month growth. Picnik is also celebrating recent industry honorsfrom TIME magazine, I.D. Magazine and the American Business Awards, alsoknown as "the Stevies." "Surpassing the...

Articles 2008-06-24

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Tessera, Micron and Infineon

CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Ken Nagy, who discusses Tessera (Nasdaq: TSRA), Micron (NYSE: MU) and Infineon (NYSE: IFX). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678. ...

Articles 2008-06-24

AmeriResource Update: BizAuctions Consignment Services Sells More Industrial Items in May, 2008

AmeriResource Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ARIO), a diversified holding company, announced today that its subsidiary,BizAuctions, Inc., (PINKSHEETS: BZCN), a prime provider of commercial eBayliquidation services, consignment services sells additional industrialunits for the month of May. Delmar Janovec, CEO comments, "BizAuctions, a Titanium Powerseller, on eBaythrough its eBay store name: BusinessAuctions Inc,...

Articles 2008-06-24

Wine, cassocks and pews: priests are big business in Poland

KIELCE, Poland AFP — Tipping back his glass, the elegant, grey-haired man in black nodded approvingly as he swallowed the wine before picking up the bottle to examine its label. "A sweet Dorato from Sicily. This is very good for mass. I can recommend it," said Father Maciej...

Articles 2008-06-23

New Orleans-based online enterprise turns ex'es gifts into gold

It is often said two things in life are inevitable, but one new business is banking on a third: breakups. Allison Wasserman and Elizabeth Rothbeind, former classmates at the business school at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., are turning the gold- and diamond-laced remnants of...

Articles 2008-06-23

Beagle: I'll Tagg the best

STEVE Beaglehole will use every resource at his disposal to shape the future of Northern Ireland football - including an ex- international favourite. The new U21 and U19 boss has revealed Gerry Taggart will play an unofficial role in his new job as both men are...

Articles 2008-06-22

Big Timer pays for McDowall ROYAL ASCOT ROYAL ASCOT Tom Eaves rides

ACROSS the wall the real world may have been worrying about the credit crunch but Royal Ascot looked relatively untouched by such mundane issues if the champagne bars were any barometer. Having made his money in the pharmaceutical business, Gordon McDowall was wise enough not to apply...

Articles 2008-06-22

CAUGHT LIVE!

THREE decades in the music business and still giving children nightmares with the vision of ancient flesh spilling out of black lycra and an inch-thick layer of Polyfilla smeared across the face. No, not the latest Madonna photoshoot. We're talking rock gods Kiss, who've strapped on...

Articles 2008-06-22

Show gets cancelled for Portugal's prancing pony

SPORT ON TV "No time now for his smarty-pants tricks!" In his long and illustrious career, Clive Tyldesley has never been more on the ball (ITV1, Thursday). The Scolari boys were 2-0 down and needed the best player in the world - allegedly -...

Articles 2008-06-21

Arthur Kirkham dies, founded outdoors firm

Outdoors retailer and inventor Arthur Jack Kirkham died this week in Sandy at age 89. Kirkham, who died June 15, was a businessman who in 1944 established AAA Tent & Awning, which later became Kirkham's Outdoor Products. He was a family man in every...

Articles 2008-06-21