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Ford Motor worst quarterly result in 14 years

Ford Motors will have to act quickly to stay liquid. In their latest report, they are selling their ultra-luxury Aston Martin business and a $5.98 billion loss for this year’s third quarter.
 
With Ford Motor reporting its worst quarterly results in 14 years on Monday, there was a growing sense that the auto giant […]

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Do you know Bruce Chizen?

Job: CEO of Adobe Systems since 2000. Adobe makes popular software such as Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash and Premiere. Adobe’s 2005 revenue: $2 billion. Other career highlights: Sales positions at Mattel, Microsoft and Claris. Joined Adobe in 1994, in sales. Home life: Married with two kids, 18 and 15. Born in: Brooklyn, N.Y. First salary: $1 […]

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Can I be sued on the basis of blogging?

Well I’m not a lawyer but this article will answer some of your questions. Read the article here.

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Seagate acquires Maxtor

The digital storage giant, Seagate Technology, acquires the its rival Maxtor for 1.9 billion in stock. Seagate investors will own about 84 percent of the combined company and Maxtor shareholders will have about 16 percent. 
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GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt 10 Things Leaders Do

1. Personal Responsibility. "Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. You lead today by building teams and placing others first. It’s not about you."
2. Simplify Constantly. "I always use Jack [Welch] as my example here. Every leader needs to clearly explain the top […]

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Opera 8 now free!

Guys Opera is now free. I downloaded and tried it. It’s really fast. They also have this recycle bin thing on the upper right hand corner that is very useful. e.g. You mistakenly closed one of your tabs and now you don’t know how to get back there. Worry not, the Opera’s recycle bin will […]

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Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Cheats!

Have you ever experienced being lost in the abyss of phone menu of the company that you’re calling? Or sometimes you follow their menu - you enter your account number, press 1, press 2 etc and then only when you get through the customer representative (the actual human) and not the electronic human, they ask […]

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What’s Your “Big Picture?”

Develop an overview of what your life is about, and gain a new sense of simplicity.
Measuring your current picture.
One of the first questions we ask people when they start The Strategic Coach Programâ„¢ is: “At what age are you going to die?” That might seem a bit impolite, reminding someone of their mortality, but this […]

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Men can also ask for discount!

I browsed through this article at Yahoo Finance and I said to myself that men don’t like to negotiate interms of prices. We seldom ask for discounts or none at all. It’s an ego thing or a man thing. Things like this are only applicable to our better halfs. Well after reading the article it […]

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The Unfair Advantage

I was browsing the net this early morning and I stumbled upon this article. A great find, read on..
Everyone wants an advantage.
Most people want equality for everyone — except themselves. They do want everyone to be treated fairly, but they also long to have a special advantage in the world. So where can you […]

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