Best of Business Blogs
The following are selected blog posts from bloggers worldwide by Wilson Ng, a Philippine blogger which he thinks represents the most interesting posts on the subject. This is updated several times per week.
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Select Biz Articles » 19 Tips to Bring Focus
Is it distracting out here or what? Thank goodness the election’s over, right? Sheesh. But still, we’ve got the economy yet to hit bottom, banks still needing money (I guess to keep lobbying…), more banks needing money and now more countries needing money. Some of our mortgages are so under water they’re surfacing in China. And they’re sinking China judging … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » To Survive This Economy You Must Automate Your Small Business
I’ve met enough small business owners to know that there are still plenty of you out there who have yet to move into the 21st century. For whatever reason, you’re still doing plenty of stuff that could be automated in your business. Or you’re doing things yourself that could be accomplished more efficiently by outsourcing to an expert. Now is … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Best Business Schools 2008
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Select Biz Articles » Obama's Economic Fuel
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Select Biz Articles » Five Lessons for Managers from Obama's Campaign
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Select Biz Articles » German economy sinks into recession
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Select Biz Articles » Jobs lost in 2008: 1.2 million
The government reported more grim news about the economy Friday, saying employers cut 240,000 jobs in October - bringing the year's total job losses to nearly 1.2 million. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Is now the time to buy a business?
A downturn can be a great time to become an entrepreneur - but only if you're prepared, financially and emotionally, to wait out the economic turmoil. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » The Drucker Difference: What Obama Shouldn't Do
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Select Biz Articles » Medical Tourism: Surviving the Global Recession
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Select Biz Articles » The Best Business Schools
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Select Biz Articles » Laid off? No, you've been 'simplified'
On his reality show "The Apprentice," Donald Trump plays to the cameras when he tells contestants they're fired. But in the real world, there's no easy way to tell employees they're losing their jobs. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » What would Warren Buffett do?
Warren Buffett has already told the world what he's doing in this frightful market. The Oracle of Omaha proudly proclaimed that he's "been buying American stocks" with his personal funds. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Mr. President: The future of small biz
You've heard the conventional wisdom: Entrepreneurs drive innovation and job creation in the U.S. Yet two recently published books draw starkly different conclusions about the state of small business in America today. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Why it's time to buy stocks
You didn't hear this uttered very often, but over the past decade and a half, through bull and bear market alike, the value proposition for stocks could be stated succinctly: There's nothing to buy. … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Flight from mutual funds slows
As the world financial markets continue to thrash wildly the amount of money pulled from stock mutual funds in the past week was on the decline according to a report released Thursday - an indication that individual investors were getting a little less pessimistic. Source: CNNMoney … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Times are Tough — But Should You Talk About It?
Sales are down revenue is shrinking and cost-cutting has become an obsession. Do you fess up? Cover up? Give up? Source: TheStreet … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Economic Report Existing-home sales jump to 13-month high
Boosted by foreclosures and plunging prices sales of pre-owned homes and condos rose sharply in September to the highest level in 13 months an industry trade group reports. Source: MarketWatch … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Too Many Banks Too Big to Fail
The financial crisis is forcing regulators to encourage the creation of bigger more interconnected institutions. In the short term this may serve a useful purpose by allowing healthier well-capitalized banks like Wells Fargo Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to shore up weaker ones.But Breakingviews argues it also presents a serious threat to the financial … Source: DealBook - New … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Two Ways Yahoo Can Blow The Mass Firings
Now that Yahoo employees have had the pleasure of reading about their impending fate for weeks management will reportedly finally announce the mass firings this week. The exact number has yet to be released–somewhere between 1500 and 3000 it seems–but this mass-firing round will certainly be larger than the last mass-firing round. And there are still two ways Yahoo can … [Link]
