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Congress doesn't know if we're at war
The Constitution empowers Congress to declare war, but last month Congress instead passed an "Authorization for Use of Military Force." The difference between the two, as relates to diplomacy and law enforcement, is anybody's guess. Key members of Congress, as well as congressional lawyers and war powers experts, give vastly...
Tags: al-Qaeda, declaration, FINANCE, Government, Insurance, president, saboteur, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2001-10-22
Survey: Office Life Increasingly Competitive
The Find: In a recent survey nearly half of senior executives interviewed said they believed employees are more competitive now than they were just ten years ago. The Source: A survey of senior executives from OfficeTeam. The Takeaway: Apparently, it's not just in Beijing...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Senior Executive, Survey, OfficeTeam, Gymnast, Saboteur, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2008-08-14

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The Case of the Saboteur Colleague
Harvard Business Review is well know for its home-brewed case studies invoking sticky business situations, which are then "solved" by invited business leaders and consultants. HBR also offers cases for readers to noodle over and comment upon. What do you do when your important presentation has just...
Tags: Colleague, Jesse Nichols 67, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Notebooks, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2008-12-02
Controlling Corporate Risk Through Sabotage
Every executive is in the business of controlling risk, or harms, but doing so is both a skill and an art that few of us practice. Corporate risk comes in many forms: pricing moves by a competitor, a product liability lawsuit, departure of a talented manager, a...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Security, Strategy, Malcolm Sparrow, Knot, Risk
Blog posts 2008-06-23
Can video games spur interest in real history?
RALEIGH, North Carolina - Portraying Leonardo da Vinci or World War II in a video game is challenging game developers to mix fun with facts while academics hope this growing genre will get players more interested in history. Gary Keith Brubaker, a lecturer in game study at The Guildhall at...
Tags: game
News items 2009-11-12
How To Diffuse Cold Calling Pressure Points
Sales pressure is a mighty saboteur. And it comes in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Beginning any conversation with the anticipation of a sale puts the whole conversation under pressure. This doesn't normally create good outcomes. It usually triggers pressure, resistance, and tension. People have received so many calls with...
Tags: Cold Calling, Sales Strategy, Sales Tools, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2008-01-01
San Francisco-based Atari to release its Atari Flashback Classic Game
Harkening back to the nascent days of the video game explosion, Atari will release its Atari Flashback Classic Game Console the week of Nov. 22. A new retro-style, stand-alone console unit configured with 20 classic Atari games, Atari Flashback includes Asteroids, Centipede, Breakout and Atari's previously unreleased thriller, Saboteur. Commemorating...
Tags: game
Research articles 2004-11-19
A Retro Revolution Hits Holidays as Atari Introduces 'Atari Flashback Classic Game Console'; New Plug-and-Play Console Features 20 Arcade Classics
BEVERLY, Mass. -- Harkening back to the nascent days of the video game explosion, Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced that its AtariR FlashbackTM Classic Game Console will hit store shelves the week of November 22nd. A new retro-style, stand-alone console unit configured with 20 classic Atari games, Atari Flashback...
Tags: console, game console
Research articles 2004-11-18
Go 'Old School' for the Holidays with the 'Atari Flashback' Classic Game Console; New Plug-and-Play System Offers 20 Vintage Atari Titles, Including One Never-before-Released Game
BEVERLY, Mass. -- It started a revolution and redefined entertainment for a generation...and today, Atari (Nasdaq: ATAR) proves you can go home again with its AtariR FlashbackTM Classic Game Console. Coming in time for the holiday season, Atari Flashback is a stand-alone, plug-and-play unit filled with 20 classic Atari games,...
Tags: console, game, game console
Research articles 2004-09-07
FBI on Lookout for Apparent West Coast Power Saboteur.
By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Tags: FBI, Sacramento Bee
Research articles 2003-10-23
Electronic Arts F2Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We’ll take our first question from Doug Creutz with Cowen & Company. Douglas Creutz - Cowen & Company Thanks. If I could drill down on the guidance a little bit, you mention currency issues, presumably depress revenue, you’ve got some title push-backs...
Tags: Revenue, Electronic Arts Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-30
i.m. Lorna Sage, 1943-2001
Out of that mess of relatives you came, A breathless blonde, a giggling saboteur, Silly, subversive, resolute and clever. You mocked, and flirted, and you had no shame. I felt uneasy with you, always did: You puffed out put-downs with your nicotine. You made me think of what I might...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board
Research articles 2002-01-19
Reality's new wave.(new reality-based TV programming)(Brief Article)
'Survivor II' to Thursdays, and three other nets slot Jan. debuts Reality marches on. This month, four new weekly reality series will get going, including the follow-up to this summer's CBS phenomenon Survivor. ABC will be the first out the gate, Tuesday,...
Tags: ABC Inc., CBS Corp., programming, TV
Research articles 2001-01-01
ABC's 'The Mole' resurfaces with a new host
The Mole is out of hiding. After a four-year hiatus, ABC's cloak-and-dagger reality series returns tonight (10 ET/PT) with 12 players competing for prize money while trying to identify a saboteur in their ranks. Why the return after such a long absence?...
Tags: ABC Inc., INTERNET
Research articles 2008-06-02
Black employee dies in Amtrak train derailment
Mitchell Bates, 58, an Amtrak sleeping car attendant, was the only person killed recently when an Amtrak train derailed near Phoenix, AZ. About 100 people were injured.Ironically, in February 1994, Bates had survived the big earthquake that shook Los Angeles and virtually destroyed the apartment building where he resided (Jet,...
Tags: Amtrak, Government
Research articles 1995-10-30
Farmers ousted by Mugabe scratch a living in Zambia
GRAHAM RAE was among the most productive white farmers in Zimbabwe and employed hundreds of black workers before he was branded an "economic saboteur" by supporters of Robert Mugabe and thrown off his land. Today, as with other once-prosperous farmers who suffered the same fate, Mr Rae...
Tags: Farmers
Research articles 2002-11-15
Lost In Space Launches April 3 With Long John Silver's Aboard As Promotional Partner
LEXINGTON, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 23--When the Robinson family becomes "Lost In Space" at theaters across the nation on Apr. 3, Long John Silver's restaurants will be on board the futuristic spacecraft Jupiter II as a full promotional partner. Four collectible toys based on characters from the New...
Tags: Long John Silver's Inc.
Research articles 1998-03-23
Sabotage the New Boss, or Just Let Him Flail?
Dear Stanley, My boss moved up and has named as his "acting" replacement a dumb pretty boy who can't handle stress. In fact he's the dumbest project manager among all of us in the department. Do I restrain my natural impulse to...
Tags: Job, Boss, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stanley Bing
Blog posts 2009-07-27
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