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Life Closed books: An Opportunity to Increase Profits
This article briefs about the Closed Books policies and its current position in the Life insurance market. Closed Books are policies that are no longer sold but are still on the books of a life insurance carrier as premium-paying policies. The hardware and application maintenance costs for the systems that...
Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, life insurance, hardware
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TNS Will Not Open books to WPP
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS has no intention of opening its books to suitor WPP WPP, a source familiar with the matter said. Taylor Nelson is currently in talks over a nil-premium merger with Germany's GfK GFKG and has rejected...
Tags: Market Research, Taylor Nelson Sofres Plc., Books, WPP, Marketing Research, Taylor Nelson, TNS Inc., Wausau Paper Corp.
News items 2008-05-07
Circuit City to Open Its books to Blockbuster
By Karen Jacobs ATLANTA (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc CC on Friday reversed course and said it would open its books to suitor Blockbuster Inc BBI and the movie-rental company's largest shareholder, billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The electronics chain also said Goldman...
Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Carl Icahn, diligence, suitor, Atlanta, electronics, shareholder, movie, financing, analyst, hedge fund, quarterly profit, Thomson Reuters Corp., stock, finance, merger, worker, agreement, board, sal
News items 2008-05-09
Woolworths books 10% Rise in Q3 Sales
Woolworths Ltd has maintained its full year sales outlook after booking a 10.2 per cent increase in its third quarter sales.The big retailer recorded $11.639 billion in sales compared to $10.559 billion in the previous corresponding period.Woolworths is maintaining its forecast of full year sales growth of between eight...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Woolworths, Books, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AAP
News items 2008-04-16
Image Gallery: "Who's Your City"
Richard Florida maps out the biggest megaregions, multi-city economic centers, and concentrations of workers based on personality type in these maps from his latest book, "Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making the Place Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life." by BNET Editorial
Tags: Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Richard Florida, Books, Creative Class, City, Knowledge Worker
Image galleries 2008-03-24
Who's Your City: How Creative Class Cities Will Beat the Recession
In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book “Who’s Your City?” matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
Tags: Florida, NorCal, Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Paul Kaihla, Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Richard Florida, Books, Creative Class, City, Knowledge Worker, Urban Communities, Economic Conditions, Recession, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics
Articles 2008-03-20
Who's Your City: Top 10 Megaregions
These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...
Tags: Richard Florida, Chicago, Boston, biotechnology, talent, America, commercial real estate, finance, job, New York, transportation, supply chain, logistics, banking, venture capital, manufacturing, brand, performance, computer, network
Articles 2008-03-19
Who's Your City?: What Is a Megaregion?
Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
Tags: City, Population, Globalization, Workforce Management, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Richard Florida, Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Books, Creative Class, Knowledge Worker, Urban Communities, Economic Conditions
Articles 2008-03-19
Business books = Wasted Wood Pulp
When I go to Barnes & Noble and look at the shelves and shelves of business books, the thought that comes to my head is: what a freakin' waste of wood pulp. A few months ago, BNET asked me to compile a list of best and...
Tags: Professional development, Geoffrey James, Books, business book
Blog posts 2008-03-14
The Best and Worst Business books
Steer clear of silly fads and bad advice. Read the books that provide the useful insights you need to advance your professional development.Your time is limited — but the number of business books isn’t — and many of the bestsellers aren’t even worth their weight in your carry-on. We’ve sorted...
Tags: Insight, Advice, Books, Andrew Mager
Articles 2008-02-19
Steve Ballmer: Read These books Before Microsoft Buys Yahoo!
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco By Bryan Burrough and John Helyar Widely considered one of the best business books ever written. Potentially sobering for Mr. Ballmer, given how poorly this worked out. It's especially appropriate because it was an example...
Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Michael Fitzgerald, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., merger, Steve Ballmer, Books
Blog posts 2008-02-07
Stack Of books Design Template
This is a template for stack of books design.
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Best Business books of 2007, Part II
David Leonhardt in the New York Times wrote about his favorite economics book of the year in No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions. In what he calls "a very good year" for books on economics, he named Shannon Brownlee's Overtreated tops, and his column tells why. It...
Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Turbulence, business book
Blog posts 2007-12-19
Best Business books of 2007
The lists of the best business books of 2007 are coming thick and fast now.  Here are some of the highlights: Stanford Engineering professor Tom Kosnik has an updated, annotated list of business books, with his favorites highlighted in green. Kosnik's list. Amazon's best...
Tags: Investment, Michael Fitzgerald, business book
Blog posts 2007-12-15
Eric Connaughton: Getting Your books in Order
It's not sexy, and it's not cool, but every business needs to have a handle on its financial facts. Eric Connaughton is an account executive at Robert Half Management Resources, the world's premiere provider of senior level finance and account executives on a project or interim basis. Here, he talks...
Tags: Financial accounting, finance, financial
Videos 2007-11-12
10 Overrated Business books (and What to Read Instead)
Don't believe the hype. These “classic” books attract all the attention, but for real business wisdom, read our preferred suggestions instead. Management Consulting...
Tags: Geoffrey James, blurb, self-esteem, toilet, re-engineering, America, worker, downsizing, leadership, decision-making, performance
Articles 2007-08-22
10 Underrated Business books
They are hardly traditional, but by challenging conventional wisdom, these books explain the big ideas that are essential to business success. Economics ...
Tags: Geoffrey James, Books, organizational behavior, incentive, statistical analysis, long tail, public relations, worker, job, marketing, Internet
Articles 2007-08-24
The Best Haiku With "Start-Up"
I've always loved haiku. And with my new interest in all things Japan, my interest in haiku has risen correspondingly. (Female sources also whisper from the shadows that poetry helps a man get in touch with his soft side?)The best haiku experiment I've done was for my birthday last year,...
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Ben Casnocha, Haiku
Blog posts 2007-05-27
Should billg Stop Bullying?
In a comment on my post on Bill Gates’ management style, reader Kempton asked:“..do you think has billg got mellow out a little as he aged, got a great wife and partner, and also kids? He still seem quite geeky but I sure hope with age, he got mellow out...
Tags: E-mail providers, INTERNET, Tom Evslin, management style
Blog posts 2007-05-06
Book Review: One Person / Multiple Careers
Marci Alboher has written a great new book that came out yesterday called One Person / Multiple Careers. She sent me an early copy and after reading it I spoke with her on the phone.The premise is this: From lawyer/chefs to police officer/personal trainers to mom/CEOs, more and more people...
Tags: Professional development, Entrepreneurship, Ben Casnocha, career, Marci Alboher
Blog posts 2007-03-05
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