Procter & Gamble plays it safe with CEO return
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:14:55 -0700 | business-news
The abrupt switch at the Procter & Gamble helm got Wall Street excited Friday morning, lifting the stock and earning the consumer-products giant an upgrade to buy from UBS analysts. UBS in a note titled Spin cycle on! explained the...
This Abercrombie & Fitch Blowup Could Be Different
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:20:09 -0700 | business-news
But, unless you've been living in a cave, you know that Abercrombie & Fitch has seen major social media blowback from some old comments made by its CEO, Mike Jeffries. He was quoted as saying, more or less, that he...
What The Lives Of Smokers Can Tell Us About Economic Tradeoffs
Source: BusinessInsider
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-24 08:31:43 -0700 | business-news
Smoking takes 10 years off your life - but is this a sufficient reason to give up smoking?...The elimination of polio, for example, not only increased life expectancy, but also improved life quality, by preventing people from experiencing years of...
Mr. Money Mustache answers early-retirement doubters
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 08:10:26 -0700 | business-news
EDT The Washington Post You might remember Mr. Money Mustache , the man who retired at 30. No, he hadn't won Powerball or lucked into a big inheritance. He and his wife simply socked away more than half the money...
Outside the Box: Lessons from the '90s for reigniting growth today
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:16:43 -0700 | business-news
People quit looking for work faster than new jobs can be created. Around the world, voters turn to policy makers to solve these economic challenges and reignite growth. But how? /conga/story/misc/alerts_sixwide.html 239164 Solutions vary radically. Some see government bureaucracy and...
MICHELLE MEYER: The Labor Force Participation Rate's Freefall Is About To Stop
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:11:31 -0700 | business-news
Gretchen Ertl We recently gave you UBS economist Drew Matus' opinion of why the labor force participation rate the size of the labor force as a percentage of the overall population is falling. Basically, Matus said it's due less...
Gold Survey: Survey Participants Split On Gold Direction Next Week
Source: Forbes
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-24 09:30:13 -0700 | business-news
In the Kitco News Gold Survey, out of 36 participants, 28 responded this week. Of those 28 participants, 14 see prices up, while nine see prices down and five see prices moving sideways or are neutral. Market participants include bullion...
Jon Stewart Hammers Obama And The Justice Department For Leak Investigations On Journalists
Source: BusinessInsider
Justice :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 08:31:04 -0700 | business-news
Comedy Central Jon Stewart tore into the Obama administration and the Department of Justice on " The Daily Show" Thursday, ripping the administration's aggressive handling of leak investigations . Stewart took issue with the administration's approach to leak investigations and...
Air Force One Percent Has Landed - America's Top Private Jet Hotspots
Source: Forbes
Miami :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:42:39 -0700 | business-news
Flightaware , an online tool for tracking flights shows a list of arrivals at the airport and a map of planes as they make their approach. Julia Roche on Business Intelligence (hat tip!) speculates that the hedgies are leaving early....
BeauCoo: Building An App With Lasting Power
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:42:38 -0700 | business-news
I write about hot topics like mobile and IPOs 5/24/2013 @ 10:34AM 1 views BeauCoo: Building An App With Lasting Power While mobile can be a tough business, the rewards are substantial when an app hits the sweet spot for...
Meetup Founder Scott Heiferman: Have Patience And Guts To See Your Startup Through
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:16:06 -0700 | business-news
About four years after it launched, Meetup decided to charge for its services, which allow users with common interests to organize face-to-face meetings offline...CEO Scott Heiferman says that startups need to implement such risky strategies to elevate their products, and...
Steve Jobs' Family Has Secretly Been Giving Away Money For 20 Years (AAPL)
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:15:58 -0700 | business-news
Photo by Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images One of biggest criticisms of Steve Jobs was that he was not very philanthropic. While he became a billionaire thanks to Pixar, he wasn't known as an activist like Bill Gates who pledged to donate...
Why China's Corporate Espionage Is NOT An Act Of War
Source: BusinessInsider
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-05-24 11:15:59 -0700 | business-news
It comes down to the interpretation of this kind of hacking as just another form of espionage, and espionage is not an act of war. Countries have been conducting espionage against each other for thousands of years, and though spies...
17 Of The Highest-Calorie, Food Coma-Inducing Chain Restaurant Items
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:15:54 -0700 | business-news
Oof. While the Japanese Mega Potato has more than 1,000 calories , that number is not shocking for fast food or even chain restaurant menu items. Stalwarts of indulgence like Cheesecake Factory and Burger King also made our list for...
11 Reasons Why Getting An MBA Is Better Than Getting A CFA
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:15:52 -0700 | business-news
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Last month, Business Insider took a deep dive into how to decide whether you should get your CFA or MBA now we're getting more personal...For example, the CFA charter is better if you want to be an...
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