Teams are in place in 35 Brazilian cities, ready to launch as soon as any of 50 global positioning devices …
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Night Of The Grizzlies
Exactly 43 years ago, on a hot August day much like this one, two young women with summer jobs at …
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Outflanking Mastercard And Visa
In business, as in war, it seldom pays to attack a powerful and well-entrenched adversary head-on. A successful assault is …
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Seeking Grown-Ups At Hewlett-Packard
The abrupt resignation of Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has left many questions unanswered, not least of which is this one: …
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Putting Principle Before Profit
Here is a headline you don’t often hear: Investment Bank Turns Down Profit In Favor Of Ethics. In the past …
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Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing?
There’s still a lot of anger in this country about the BP oil spill, and rightfully so. Words like “outrage,” …
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A VAT Made In America
The United Kingdom has one. Canada has one. So do Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and Spain. But the United …
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Insurers Cling To Beneficiaries’ Money
Imagine that a man walks up to you with a proposal. He’d like you to lend him a large sum …
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Bank of Mom and Dad Offers Great Rates
Banks are being criticized both for insufficient lending and for making too much profit. While some of these claims are …
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