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- And the World's Worst Product Is...
- And the World's Worst Product Is...Kudos to Coca-ColaArticle gave award to:Coca-Cola – for continuing the international marketing of its bottled water, Dasani, despite admitting it comes from the same sources as local tap water.After reading articles that tap-water had more controls than bottled water. And Coca-Cola marketing and getting us...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
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- And the World's Worst Product Is...
- ...sleeping pills advertised to children (although they may look appealing when the kids are all pumped-up on sugar later tonight.) Consumers International, a global consumer group, accepted submissions from consumer organizations around the world, and formulated an abridged list of bad products based on the following criteria: the size of the company,...
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Wall Street's Worst Invention Ever: Credit Default Swaps
- Martin Hutchinson submits: When it comes to naming a winner in the competition for “the worst product ever invented by Wall Street,” there is quite a list of worthy candidates. With just the current financial crisis alone there are such “inventions” as subprime mortgages, auction rate preferred stock...
- External links 2009-03-05
- The Pfizer-Shire Deal Worst-Case Scenario
- Earlier this week shares of Shire rose on rumors that Pfizer may be interested in acquiring the company, which is best-known for its ADHD drug Adderall XR. The notion that Pfizer is in acquisition mode has been driving people crazy for days. (See BNET's coverage of Pfizer Pfever here.) ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- The GlaxoSmithKline-Allergan Deal Worst-Case Scenario
- Allergan's stock has risen on an item from DealReporter.com outlining acquisition discussions with GlaxoSmithKline. Allergan surged $5.41, or 13 percent, to $48.58, per Bloomberg, on the news. As usual, at BNET we ask: before the money gets spent, what's the worst-case scenario? The first...
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Worst Sales Manager Contest
- Worst Sales Manager ContestA suggestion...I should think that the pedagogical value of these horror stories is rather obvious: "Don't do these things if you want to be an effective sales manager."-- GeoffreyYou win!This was the worst. Please email me with your snail-mail address so that I can send you...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Behind the scenes with the worst tech product of all time
- Remember Microsoft Bob, the moronic Windows add-in that was supposed to present a user-friendly interface to computer users --- probably the worst tech product of all time? A former Microsoft exec involved in working on Bob just published a blog post about her experiences -- and surprisingly, she's still a...
- News items 2009-08-19
- The Pfizer-Allergan Deal Worst-Case Scenario
- CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer suggested recently that Pfizer ought to acquire Allergan, maker of Botox and Juvederm. Cramer is usually not worth listening to but this idea has some merit: A tie-up of the two companies has advantages for both. However, mergers don't always go as planned, so...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- UK government to approve TV product placements
- TV advertisements are set to break out from the confines of the ad break as the government reversed its opposition to product placement in the UK.Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, is expected to propose this week that commercial broadcasters and TV producers will be able to receive payment to...
- External links 2009-09-13
- About That Fine ... FTC Tries To Calm Blogger Concerns About Product Mentions
- The Federal Trade Commission is trying to calm some fears in the wake of its revisions to the FTC Act of 1980, amended to include bloggers in its guidelines for endorsements and testimonials. Fast Company does a good job of rounding up concerns like the fear of being fined...
- External links 2009-10-08
- The top 5 best (and worst) game pre-order trends
- The preorder has long been a staple of the video game retail industry, and with good reason. You get a customer to purchase a game ahead of its release in return for a small trinket. The hope is, that buyer will keep coming back to the store, and in turn,...
- News items 2009-10-09
- Would You Sell a Product that Secretly Kills?
- Imagine you could make big commissions selling a product that might kill your customers. Not a product like cigarettes or extreme sports, where customers know what they're getting into. In this case, the customers would be so ignorant that, even as they're dying, they'll thank you for doing a good...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- S&P tool an aid in sector investing. (Product Watch).
- Standard & Poor's of New York offers Sector Investor, a tool to help advisers select and evaluate market sectors as investment targets. Sector Investor allows users to review the best- and worst-performing sectors and subindustries within Standard &...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Progress Software Webinar to Discuss SOA Worst Practices; Webinar to Navigate the Pitfalls in the SOA Lifecycle and Discuss the Importance of SOA Governance
- BEDFORD, Mass. -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) a supplier of leading technology to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Mike Gero, director of product management at Progress Software Corporation, and Alex Rosen, SOA practice manager at MomentumSI, will present a webinar, "SOA Worst Practices -...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- X-Box Shakes Up Game Business.(new Microsoft videogame product)
- Confirming one of the worst kept secrets in recent memory (even worse than Deluxe acquiring Pioneer Video Manufacturing's DVD assets), Microsoft officially announced last month that it will be entering the videogame business next year with a machine Confirming one of the worst kept secrets...
- Research articles 2000-04-01
- DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R].(Product Spotlight)(Advertisement)
- Wrapping a home in a "protective envelope" is a good building practice that helps combat a home's worst enemies: water, moisture and air infiltration. Now, the DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R] portfolio of products includes Tyvek[R] HomeWrap[R], Tyvek[R Wrapping a home in a "protective envelope" is a good ...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Participating sponsor: DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R].(Product Spotlight)
- There's no doubt about it. DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R] is simply basic to better building. Wrapping a home in a "protective envelope" is a good building practice that helps combat a home's worst enemies: water, moisture and air infiltration. DuPont There's no doubt about it. DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R] is...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R].(Product Spotlight)
- There's no doubt about it. DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R] is simply basic to better building. Wrapping a home in a "protective envelope" is a good building practice that helps combat a home's worst enemies: water, moisture and air infiltration. DuPont There's no doubt about it. DuPont[TM] Tyvek[R] is...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- German economy clocks up worst performance in a decade in 2003
- FRANKFURT AFP ? The German economy, the biggest in the 12-country eurozone, shrank by 0.1 percent in 2003, its worst performance in a decade, as a recession in the first half of the year outweighed a modest recovery in the second half, official data showed. The federal statistics office...
- Research articles 2004-01-15
- French deficit hits 4.1 percent in 2003, worst performance in the EU
- PARIS AFP ? The French public deficit widened to 4.1 percent of output last year, the worst performance in the European Union, with the government projecting that the shortfall would not conform to eurozone rules until 2005. Budget Minister Francis Mer, in an interview with the newspaper Le Monde,...
- Research articles 2004-03-09
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