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 Bartering Turns Into 
 $10B Recession-Buster 

More businesses signing on to trend of exchanging services

Oct 27, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The global recession has made bartering hot, but don’t go thinking it’s all a backrub for a plumbing fix. Big money—though no cash—is changing hands through the world’s largest barter service, Bartercard. The worldwide service’s transactions are valued at $2 billion this year, up... More »

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Iraq • England • business • recession • trading • global economy • barter • bartering

 Disney Grumpy 
 About 'Ho White' Ads 

Aussie ale company rewrites fairy tale

Oct 16, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once upon a time an Aussie ale company ad turned Snow White into "Ho White," and made Disney officials as angry as wicked witches. The not-so-virginal disheveled beauty blows smoke rings in bed with her little naked buddies including Filthy, Smarmy and Randy in the controversial ad for... More »

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Australia • advertising • business • Disney • fairy tales • Ho White • Snow White • ale

 Ditch Your Trashy Avatar 

Businesses who use virtual worlds need 3-D dress codes

Oct 8, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With businesses increasingly making use of virtual worlds like Second Life for long-distance training and conferences, it’s important for employees to show a little discretion with their choice of avatar, warns a report from tech advisory firm Gartner. “Because 3-D environments add the visual dimension, they will need... More »

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business • training • Second Life • conference • avatar

book review

Drug Dealers: Experts in Recessionary Business

CEOs could learn a lot from hustlers

Sep 21, 09 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - 50 Cent is the first rapper to pen a book of management advice. It’s a shame, then, that The 50th Law, co-written by Robert Greene, boils down to the worst kind of “be authentic” self-help boilerplate, writes Lucy Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times. As a former drug... More »

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layoffs • CEO • business • 50 Cent • downsizing • drug dealer • self-help • rightsizing

 How 50 Cent Built His Empire 

Rapper made it to $150 million thanks to business tactics, not musical talent

Sep 17, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, it might do you good to take some business advice from shot-nine-times rapper 50 Cent. After all, it was business savvy more than rap music that helped build his $150 million empire. Business Insider takes a look at how he did it:
  • His endorsement
... More »

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business • 50 Cent • Reebok • Pontiac • rapper • rap music • endorsement • fashion label • Coca-Cola • Jay-ZTV

ANALYSIS

 Post-Lehman, 'Washington 
 Is the New Wall Street' 

Nation's political and financial capitals

Sep 13, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades, more than just 228 miles separated Wall Street from Washington, as financiers cast a casual eye at government regulators. But a year after Lehman Brothers’ dramatic implosion, the nation’s financial and political capitals are forging a new, closer relationship that has some concerned, David Cho, Steven Mufson,... More »

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Wall Street • Citigroup • business • Washington • Lehman Brothers • JPMorgan Chase • bank regulation

(Newser) - We may have Erik Satie to blame for hold music—the composer “developed a very cynical attitude” toward a distracted listening public and decided modern music would be more like a chair than an intellectual pursuit—but the science behind it is state-of-the-art, Newsweek reports. Studies on the... More »

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music • science • business • composer • telephone • scientific study • hold • Erik Satie

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's autopsy has been completed, but authorities won't release the results until after their investigation into his death has been completed, reports CNN. Detectives are investigating what role the anesthetic propofol—administered by Dr. Conrad Murphy—played in the singer's death, according to sources. Meanwhile, Jackson's three children are... More »

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California • business • will • court • custody • Michael Jackson • Jackson Five • child custody • estate • Prince Michael Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson II • Guardian • Paris Jackson • financial guardian

Women of the Future: Powerful, Stressed

Women feel overworked amid gains in economic clout

Aug 6, 09 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women are gaining economic clout, but they’re also feeling overburdened, a survey of 12,000 women in 21 countries finds. Women spend some 70% of consumer dollars globally and are set to produce 70% of household income growth in the next 5 years—meaning entrepreneurs who can help them... More »

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women • study • business • power • stress • market • survey • happiness • economy

 Barcode of Future Is Tiny, Shiny 

MIT researchers design an alternative with 'Bokodes'

Jul 27, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - MIT researchers have designed a possible replacement for the conventional barcode, the BBC reports. Called Bokodes, the tags are made up of a powered light-emitting diode, a mask and a lens, and can store much more information than the black-and-white stripe variety. More, the scientists say, the Bokodes can be... More »

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cell phones • business • LEDs • information technology • bar codes • bar code readers • mobile phones • Google Street View • Bokode

(Newser) - Pet lovers can always keep their hounds close with blankets spun from Fido's shed fur, a quirky new product developed by a North Carolina entrepreneur, reports the Los Angeles Times. One golden retriever owner stashed her pet's sheddings for 11 years and now has a nice afghan to show... More »

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business • fur • spinning • knitting • dog • blankets • pet lover

health care reform

Business-World Divisions May Ease Path to Plan


Jul 23, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign this week opposing health-care reform, but businesses are hardly united against the administration's proposals, the Washington Post reports. Wal-Mart was a high-profile defector, as was temp firm Kelly Services; both back an employer mandate. And many small and medium-sized businesses... More »

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health care • Arkansas • business • Maine • Kelly Services • health care reform • Wal-Mart • L.L. Bean • Maine Chamber of Commerce • Arkansas Chamber of Commerce • US Chamber of Commerce

Employer Bails Out Madoff-Hit Employees

Mass. businessman donates $5M for workers' retirement

Jul 18, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts businessman has ponied up $5 million of his own money to replace his employees’ retirement savings, which were wiped out by the collapse of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, the Boston Globe reports. Robert I. Lappin, who made his money in vacuum cleaners, knows their pain because he,... More »

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business • retirement • Massachusetts • employer • Salem • Ponzi scheme • employees • Bernard Madoff

 Crocs Scramble to Stay Afloat 

Company may go belly up as debt deadline looms

Jul 16, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The company that makes the once-ubiquitous, quirky Croc shoes is about to go belly up, experts fear. The Colorado firm lost $18.5 million last year, has a warehouse full of unwanted shoes and just weeks to pay off its debt. Blame it on the economy and fickle consumers. "... More »

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consumer • business • shoes • Crocs • Colorado • Boulder • Boulder, Colo. • clogs

(Newser) - After countless bear hugs, fist bumps, elbow grips, and pats-on-the-back, Elizabeth Bernstein realized that she is her office’s “touchee”—someone co-workers know will be receptive to physical demonstrations of support, she writes for the Wall Street Journal. That got her thinking: When is such touching OK, and... More »

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business • workers • hugging • office • hug • handshake

(Newser) - As recently as 2007, Michael Jackson had a net worth of $236.6 million, the AP reports. But his finances weren’t that simple. Most of his $567.6 million in assets were tied up in property and rights—he had just $668,215 in cash—and his debt totaled... More »

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entertainment • business • debt • accountants • Beatles • Michael Jackson • Neverland Ranch • assets • net worth • Sony/ATV • music publishing

(Newser) - “Anti-business may be too crude a label” for President Obama, Fred Barnes writes in the Weekly Standard, but America's leader certainly "has a dark view of profits." Surveying Obama's appointments, policies, and remarks about business, Barnes concludes that "Obama loathes the profit motive or at... More »

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business • recession • economy • Obama administration • President Obama • economic downturn • Fred Barnes • anti-business

GM Close to Hummer Sale That Would Save 3K US Jobs

Has picked a buyer; deal would be finalized by Sept.

May 31, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM has selected an unnamed investor to buy its hulking Hummer brand, in a move aimed at saving more than 3000 US jobs, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. They say the company hopes to seal the deal, rumored to be in the $200 million range, by September. An... More »

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General Motors • Detroit • business • employment • Hummer • job • investor • cars • brand

Business Grads Promise a More Ethical Future

MBA Class of '09 pledges to remember that greed isn't good

May 30, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next generation of business school grads may change the face of finance for the better, the New York Times reports. MBA programs across the country are seeing an explosion of interest in ethics courses, and at Harvard Business School a full 20% of this year's grads have signed a... More »

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ethics • business • business school • MBA • universities

ANALYSIS

Why Corporate Boards
Seldom Do Their Jobs Well

Directors largely responsible for missteps, but keep their jobs

May 28, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recent shareholder meetings at Citigroup and the Bank of America devolved into morality plays—wronged shareholders berated executives, executives apologetically vowed to improve—with a rather curious epilogue: every member of the board of directors was reelected. The reason is that corporate boards are often filled with under-informed, over-paid yes-men... More »

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Citigroup • Bank of America • CEO • shareholders • business • corporate governance • board of directors

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