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ExxonMobil and the Distortion of Climate Science
Last week, Mike Tokars of the Christian Science Monitor reported that:New York state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, and US Rep. Ted Lieu (D) of California are both looking into whether the...
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The Unfinished Business of Caring
My friend Anne-Marie Slaughter just published a book called Unfinished Business. It is her road map to completing the revolution that started out as the women's movement. But to characterize it as a...
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America, We Need to Talk About 401(k)s
America is facing a retirement crisis. If you live and work in this country, you already know that and feel it as you and your family wonder how you're going to prepare for the future. But the cause of...
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Messy Monday Markets -- G20, Terrorism and Japan's Recession
Big tragedy over in Paris this weekend. You would think the markets would be trading down with the World's largest tourist destination suffering the worst terror attack in their history right at the...
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How Small Businesses Can Use Marketing to Outsmart the Competition
Eric Samson is the founder of Group8A, a boutique consulting firm focused on developing and executing integrated marketing and digital solutions for companies of all sizes. For a small business owner,...
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Which Heineken James Bond Commercial is the Best?
Heineken has been the official sponsor of James Bond with Daniel Craig in the role of the world's most famous spy. Starting with Casino Royale and carrying right through to the latest movie blockbuster...
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Why I Don't Work for 'Exposure' as a Copywriter
A few days ago, I received a call from a prospective client asking me what I would charge to write some short, industry-related posts for his blog. When I gave him a quote, he balked and said he...
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Top 10 Year-End Tax Planning and Other Financial To-Do's
Dear Readers, With time rushing by and the end of 2015 in sight, you may be lamenting that you haven't accomplished all that you had planned. But even if you'll have to put off certain things until...
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Diamonds Are Abundant
What’s more scarce than perfect diamonds, right?Wrong.This week, a new company called Diamond Foundry announced that it is able to “grow” hundreds of perfect, “real” diamonds (up to nine carats) in...
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A Conversation With Drew Houston
At this year's TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, the tech entrepreneur talks about his business, success, and the one decision that has changed his life. Drew Houston, is the co-founder of Dropbox,...
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An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg About Education, From a Former Classmate
Dear Mark, You probably don't remember me, but we were students together at Phillips Exeter Academy 15 years ago. I was a lower (sophomore) when you were a senior, so our paths didn't overlap much, but...
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Are You Ready to Be an Entrepreneur? Ask These 5 Questions
You might be fixated on the idea of entrepreneurship, but are you ready to take on the challenge? These five questions will tell you. Entrepreneurship is an appealing idea to many, but few go through...
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The Art of Noise and the Power of Communication
Matt Harvey This is a picture of Matt Harvey, a poet in Devon, outside his shed where he sometimes gets inspiration. He does really brilliant shows and is passionate about getting his message across,...
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How to Write Fast and Well, Part 7: Get Physical
Last time, I showed you how to improve your writing simply by getting rid of adjectives and adverbs. Instead, I said, use the right nouns and verbs. This time: how to find those nouns and verbs.The key...
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Dead Empires: How China May Overtake the U.S.
"The earth is the tomb of dead empires, no less than of dead men." Thus wrote the American economist and journalist Henry George in his 1879 worldwide bestseller, Progress and Poverty. Adam Smith had...
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President Obama's Forum: High Theater on High Drug Prices
The Obama administration is sponsoring a forum this week on the problem of high drug prices. The purpose is presumably to express concern about a rapidly growing problem for both people in the United...
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President Obama's Forum: High Theater on High Drug Prices
The Obama administration is sponsoring a forum this week on the problem of high drug prices. The purpose is presumably to express concern about a rapidly growing problem for both people in the United...
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The Ethics of the Future
An important basis for all ethics has been the Golden Rule or the principle of reciprocity: you shall do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But the Golden Rule can no longer exist in a...
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Building Credibility in Four Easy Steps
In the old world of hierarchical organizational structures, the "seniority" of the role pretty much decided how much "power" the role-holder commanded. The notion of power was not just metaphorical, it...
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What Does Authentic Leadership Really Mean?
"Authenticity has become the gold standard for leadership." -- Harvard Business Review, January 2015 In the last 10 years, authenticity has become the gold standard of leadership. This is a sea change...
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