Bankers’ girlfriends have it hard these days. In mourning the loss of their formerly mindless affluence, the afflicted have set up Dating a Banker Anonymous, a support group that meets for lunch and cocktails to share, pine, and vent. They’ve also set up a blog. The UK’s Mail Online reports: The blog invites women to […]
Going green was big news for a while, then the collapsing economy put a cloud over the movement. Nonetheless, a derth of reporting doesn’t mean that the scientists, entrepreneurs, and business brains behind the burgeoning industry have slowed down. If anything, their products are growing in maturity and potential. We waded through hundreds of eco-oriented […]
Here’s the full text of Obama’s inaugural address, as posted on the Washington Post: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as […]
Here are 25 excellent Barack Obama quotes, in celebration of our 44th President taking office today: 1. A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, “Huh. It works. It makes sense.” 2. That’s silly talk… Talk to my […]
It is said that up to 50% of businesses fail within five years of inception. Most of these business start and end in obscurity. A few of them, however, start up with the verve of a cannonball, only to crash with equal fanfare. Some of the companies listed below, like Enron and DeLorean, exemplify this […]
Is 2009 the year of the layoff? According to the recent employment figures, in December 2008 alone more than 500,000 U.S. workers lost their jobs. That number is almost 2 million for the last four months of the year. If the trend continues, you may find yourself on one or another end of a layoff. […]
German industrial tycoon Adolf Merckle threw himself in front of a train last night after investment losses broke him of his will to live. In a statement, family members said that Merckle’s companies’ financial losses, coupled with losing speculative bets on VW stock, were what caused the 74-year-old to take the dramatic action he did. […]
For many, the word “businessperson” connotes men in white shirts and stranglehold neckties. That stereotype may have held true in the 1950s, but since then, the appearance factor of the business world has evolved substantially. Take women. Hot women have always populated the business world in some shape or form. We tasked ourselves with compiling […]
Editor’s note: After reading our Hottest Women of Business article, a reader named Sarah challenged us to do a Hottest Men of Business article. So we challenged her back -> you write it, we’ll post it. She met her end of the bargain. And we’re meeting ours. Some men are lucky enough to have it […]
In case vamping up the wardrobe is one of your your new year’s resolutions, I thought you may like to know about a little friend of mine called Recession Chic. (As opposed to the drearier Depression Chic). In short, less is more. The pitiful economy has fashion in a downward spin of less money, less […]
Bookmark this on Delicious Some blogs truly define today’s business voice. These blogs represent a healthy mixture of independent and mainstream voices, prominent academics and small business owners with equally strong opinions. We compiled a completely biased sampling of our 50 favorite blogs, sorted by category. The categories are neither based on anything official nor […]
2008 came in two parts. Part I, which ran through Bear Stearns, carried the vestiges of prior years, when we thought we could get away with everything, never anticipating that in actuality, everything would get away from us. Some of the books on this list reflect that optimistic, braced mentality, when words like “social networking” […]
This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Bernard Madoff pulled a shocker last week by revealing that his exclusive investment securities firm was actually the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of mankind. As the impact of Madoff’s decades-long crime reverberates around the world, it invokes memories of past Ponzi masters, who laid the […]
First it was American Express’ Centurion, a rare and mysterious card that the super-wealthy considered to be the ultimate status symbol. Its ridiculous perks—a credit limit high enough to buy a small island, and a reputation strong enough to get holders into the most elite of establishments–are outweighed by equally ridiculous requirements, namely, invite-only applications […]
The powers of Presidents are often over-exaggerated. They are not, as many people seem to believe, king of the country. Our 3 branch separation of powers places firm limits on what the President can unilaterally do or change. This means that even if a President wants to change something, he may not have the “political […]
