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Select Biz Articles » Should you jump into stocks now?
Has there ever been a time that feels worse than now to talk about houses and stocks? Not in my 40 years of writing about business. The sickening collapses in house and stock prices from their peaks have trimmed about $13 trillion - almost a year's output for the entire U.S. economy - from Americans' net worth. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » 43 states in financial trouble
The recession has state-level fiscal budgets in crisis mode, according to a report released Wednesday. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Americans' debt shrinks - 1st time ever
It's a sign of the times: Americans are pulling back on the debt they use to spend and fuel the economy, while their net worth is declining. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Buffett to Greenspan: Heroes and zeros of 2008
When it comes to money matters, 2008 served up an unusually rich cast of saints and sinners. Here is our highly subjective list of who we love and who we love to hate. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » 8 really, really scary predictions
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Select Biz Articles » A GM that doesn't need a bailout
GM is one of the few stocks in the S&P 500 that is up this year. You read that right. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Why Toyota wants GM to be saved
Detroit's Big Three aren't the only automotive companies that want to see the government step in with some much needed financial help. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Kiss the dollar rally goodbye
It wasn't that long ago that the dollar was strengthening against the once-mighty euro, leading anyone that could still afford a plane ticket to Paris to celebrate that they could suddenly get more baguettes for their buck. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Where in the world to put your money
As bad as the year has been for U.S. equities, the scene around the world has been even more harrowing. Morgan Stanley Capital International's index of 21 non-U.S. markets is down 49% through Dec. 1, 2008, compared with a 43% slide in the S&P 500. But the real devastation has occurred in once-hot emerging markets. China's CSI index of 300 … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Do You Have??Self-Control?
A Chicago Journal of Consumer Research study explains why some people have more self-control than others when it comes to buying things: In three studies???researchers examined the process individuals cycle through when trying to make a change. First, they select goals, then they form ???implementation intentions,??? deciding which options and behaviors are consistent with the goals. ???For example, you might … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Microsoft Tries Blogger Outreach But How Serious Is It?
On Monday, The Conversation Group set up a "Blogger Roundtable" for Microsoft's Online Services Group that invited leading bloggers to offer their advice on how to improve communications (please see end for who was there.) It was an interesting exercise and although MSFT executives were quick to admit they had poor relations with bloggers I question how serious the software … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » The Best Business Books of 2008
The titles that follow run the gamut of what Fast Company covers: Innovation, creativity, design, sustainability, technology, advertising and marketing, global business, and entertainment. The theme running through them is that new ideas are the … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » Learn More With Less: Corporate Education in the Current Economy
I've directed large education organizations with huge budgets and small departments without a dime. Training rooms I managed accounted for the largest portion of real estate on a spatial corporate campus and another time I ran the training … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » How Cisco's CEO John Chambers is Turning the Tech Giant Socialist
A hard-core republican turns Cisco into a socialist enterprise — one with $26 billion in cash. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » The Curious Case of Manny Ramirez
I think that many would argue that the role of a professional athlete in an organization, especially a famous one, is a bit of an anomaly compared to the daily reality of most other inhabitants of Planet Earth — even if these athletes are part of a … [Link]
Select Biz Articles » How Cisco's CEO John Chambers is Turning the Tech Giant Socialist
A hard-core republican turns Cisco into a socialist enterprise — one with $26 billion in cash. [Link]
Select Biz Articles » The Needs of the Global Economy Workforce
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Select Biz Articles » The Biggest Givers
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Select Biz Articles » Can Obama Keep New Jobs at Home?
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Select Biz Articles » Why the Dollar is Getting Stronger
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