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Government,
Politics and the Economy
Pitching
in for Main Street: A Short-Term Fix or Long-Term Prosperity?
The
economic downturn has prompted many consumers and neighborhood groups
to actively support small businesses in their local communities, as
residents pitch in to try to avoid boarded-up shops on Main Street.
Still, it remains unclear whether buy-local campaigns provide just a
short-term boost or a lasting impact on revenues. WSJ.com
Dumbest
Moments in Business 2009
The
first six months of 2009 has, so far, been filled with business and
economic decisions that have left us all scratching our heads. From
this embarassment of stupidities, here are the 17 dumbest so far.
CNNMoney.com
Management
and Operations
Forget
The Creative Filters: Get Buy In!
For
any leader, a great new idea is like striking gold. It can be mined,
collected, examined, enriched and sold; but prospecting for that
golden idea can be very difficult. BusinessKnowHow.com
12
Additions to Your Workplace Vocabulary
Here
are some explanations for a dozen examples of some not-so-common
workplace phrases to help you stay up to speed the next time you are
at the water cooler or in a meeting. ManageSmarter.com
Legal
Issues
Supreme
Court: Anti-Retaliation Rules Clarified
A
recent Supreme Court ruling asserts that Title VII covers an
employee’s report of discrimination, whether on his own accord or
in response to the employer’s internal investigation of such
matters.
Workforce.com
New
Federal Initiatives in Corporate Governance
If
your business is a corporation, this is for you: Leading legislators
and regulators have announced a series of initiatives that indicate a
growing momentum for greater federal involvement in public company
corporate governance matters, a realm historically left largely to
state law. Mondaq.com
Taxes
and Financial Issues
When
an LLC Fails, Who Pays the Debts?
In
theory, if a limited-liability company cannot pay up, then landlords
and other creditors cannot come after the owners' personal assets.
How do they get paid? BusinessWeek.com
Technology
Issues
Are
Your Business Applications Letting You Down?
Due
for formal release later this week, a study conducted by Dimensional
Research reveals some remarkable—and troubling—statistics about
business systems performance and the response times for problem
resolution. ZDNet.com
Health,
Benefits and Labor Issues
Save
by Putting Your Benefits Plan up for Bid
Rather
than simply renewing their benefits plans with existing providers,
many companies find that by putting their plans up for bid, they are
seeing big cost savings.
Workforce.com
Branding,
Sales and Marketing
CRM:
The Impact of Search Click-Throughs on Your Business
If
you are looking at the difference in how people convert or behave on
your website, based on whether they come from organic or paid and
from Google or Bing, then it's time to get a handle on your visitor
data.
ClickZ.com
Online
Remarketing: Going After Consumers who Abandon Their Shopping Carts
There
are three things that prove shopping cart abandonment e-mail
campaigns are good for us as shop-owners and marketers, and good for
the customer as well. MineThatData.com
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