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  • August 2008

    • Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 7, 08 1:56 PM CDT

      Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

      (Newser) - An ex-executive with a Chicago-based consulting group has filed an employment bias complaint, alleging that he was fired in part for his refusal to donate to Mitt Romney’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. The complaint offers a rare glimpse into the machinery of corporate donations. In emails seen by the Journal , Huron Group’s CEO asks employees to back the Republican. “This is just business and the way business works,” he writes. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • campaign finance  • campaign contributions  • corporate  • corporate execs  • Huron

  • June 2008

    • Business Woes? Call a Corporate Psychic

      Newsweek  |  Jun 22, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Business Woes? Call a Corporate Psychic

      (Newser) - More businesses are seeking a new breed of consultant to give them guidance in tough economic times, Newsweek reports: psychics . Blue chip operations across the nation, from tech concerns to corporate law firms, are coughing up big bucks to hire “intuitionists,” with executives hoping their otherworldly expertise will give them an edge in an uncertain market. More »

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      Hollywood  • tech companies  • market turmoil  • corporate  • consulting  • corporate law firms

  • May 2008

    • Office Workers Demand Macs

      BusinessWeek  |  May 4, 08 6:15 PM CDT

      Office Workers Demand Macs

      (Newser) - The exclusive club of Mac devotees is quietly expanding from students and artists to the corporate world, BusinessWeek reports. And the change is fueled by workers, not sales calls: In fact, nearly nine in 10 recently surveyed companies admitted that Mac-loving workers are influencing computer buys. And it's contributing to a predicted 33% growth in Apple's second quarter revenue. More »

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      work  • workers  • corporate  • Business trends  • Mac

  • December 2007

    • IBM Launches Social Mapping Biz Tool

      MIT Technology Review  |  Dec 29, 07 7:39 PM CST

      IBM Launches Social Mapping Biz Tool

      (Newser) - IBM has released a software tool named 'Atlas' that aims to track and analyze statistical relationships among individuals in a corporate setting, MIT Technology Review reports. Employees are given the opportunity to partake in business-adapted online practices—blogging, social grouping, bookmarking, organizing projects—and Atlas creates a "social graph" of the relationships formed among participants. More »

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      business  • social networking  • IBM  • blogging  • statistics  • corporate

  • November 2007

    • Sprint Nextel: A House Divided

      Washington Post  |  Nov 25, 07 1:27 PM CST

      Sprint Nextel: A House Divided

      (Newser) - The $35 billion merger of long-distance carrier Sprint and wireless innovator Nextel sought to create a company capable of competing with the nation’s largest wireless carriers, Verizon and AT&T. Instead, distinct cultures have warred over everything from ad strategies to executive teams, leaving the company with poor morale, stalled projects, and a sagging stock price, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      merger  • telecommunications  • Sprint Nextel  • corporate

  • June 2007

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