You've got a brainstorm. It's bold, it's brilliant — and it might even make you rich. Learn how the pros transform great insights into big career breakthroughs.Every great product or service started out as just a sparkle in someone's eye. Whether you want to invent the next must-have technology or...
Got an idea that could kick your career into overdrive? Confirm That You and Your Idea Are a Credible Match GOAL: Make sure an appropriate messenger will deliver your message. Selling ideas is not like selling products. With a product, customers...
Bestselling business author Barry Farber explains how his CORE principles — confidence, optimism, responsiveness, and energy — can create a solid foundation for sales success.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A BRAND is the expectations, image, and perceptions it creates in the minds of others, when they see or hear a name, product or logo. Microsoft, Nike, Toyota, Volvo, and Coke tell us how they want us to perceive their products. These brands don't communicate about...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NESTLING next to the gushing waterfalls and foliage of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre is a shop specialising in nature books and merchandise. The shop is owned and managed by a husband and wife team, Morten Strange and Ng Bee Choo. As a...
THE CONVENIENCE stalls that were found along five-foot ways and under staircases of shop houses are a dying breed. Fondly called Mama stalls, they are run by Indian "uncles" who managed to make a living selling everything from condoms to toy xylophones. They are sure to have the daily newspapers...
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program. That seems to be just the first step in what could be a huge drop in support by GM,...
Merrill Lynch to sell its Bloomberg stake *Merrill Lynch has agreed a deal to sell its 20 per cent stake in the financial information company Bloomberg as part of its efforts to rebuild its battered balance sheet. The sale - expected to be announced this morning -...
WORLD MARKETS The Hang Seng edged higher, helped by lower oil prices and cheaper shares after a sell-off the day before. The index rose 48.7, or 0.2 per cent, to 21,223.5, having dived 3.8 per cent the previous day as confidence faded in the US financial sector....
A new BBC2 thriller wants to charm us into taking notice of climate change. James Rampton reports from the set The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of...
The true English rose - large, fragrant and reared on fresh air - has become a rare sight. But one farmer is leading a revival. Sophie Morris meets her The phrase "English rose" is often used to describe a girl with a pale complexion and a bloom...
AZCAR Digital Products ADP, a division of AZCAR (TSX: AZZ), announces its partnership today with Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a leading manufacturer of manual and robotically controlled camera support products. The agreement establishes Shotoku as a significant manufacturer in ADP's catalog of quality equipment suppliers. AZCAR will sell and service these...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox said an emergency order targeting abusive short sales is aimed at avoiding bank runs amid a "high risk" of investor panics. The order, barring so-called naked short sales, is a "prophylactic" step to keep stock manipulators from spreading lies...
The real-estate market might be slumping, but not for Donald Trump, who sold his Palm Beach mansion for $100 million, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. "In an age of so many people getting hurt in real estate, it shows that you can still do well in real estate,"...
A family feud of sorts is developing over a southern Utah dairy farm with ties to the Fundamentalist LDS Church. A lawsuit was filed in 5th District Court in Cedar City last week against Harker & Sons LC, by 16 men seeking to assert their rights to...
NEW YORK -- Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, a leading firm in trademark, copyright, design patent and unfair competition law, announced today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision following a bench trial in March awarding its client Crown Awards, Inc.,...
Pegasus Pharmaceuticals (PINKSHEETS: PGUZ) today announced that it has appointed and signed an agreement withTenax Corporation of California to distribute and sell its new,laboratory-proven, biological anti-mold and mildew product in Mexico. Tenax Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico, willmarket the product under the name "Doctor MongoTM." The Company...
If all goes as planned, two well-known Baltimore businessmen will close a deal this fall in which they sell a pricey 560-acre waterfront estate in Cecil County with room for more than 100 homes. Two other Baltimore developers, Edward St. John and Walter J. Skayhan III, won't...
