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Technology & Communication


A study a couple of years ago found that 63% of executives were making fewer business trips because of technology. Instead of a plane trip, face-to-face meetings and a plane trip back, they used email, videoconferencing, or online meetings, according to the Accountemps study.

Collaboration: 3 Keys to Keeping Your Documents from Getting Lost in the Shuffle


Often, collaborating documents in a team or in a business can feel like a complex sports play gone wrong. The ball gets passed off to the wrong person, dropped, or even lost.

Business Innovation ? Tacit Knowledge


Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.

Creativity and Innovation Management: Generating Better Ideas


Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are other useful definitions for both, for example, creativity can be measured according to the number of ideas produced, the diversity of those ideas and the novelty of those ideas.

Christmas Carol Coaching - Help to Get Ahead at Holiday Time!


I've always been fascinated by situations where art imitates real life and right here is a perfect example, which links Christmas and business & personal development. If you want to read about a serious piece of dodgy people management (bordering on potential litigation); a man all adrift with the world and himself; shown how to do it by three visionary experiences (and with a brilliant example of supportive team-building thrown in); and then the ultimate Christmas 'shift'? These are all brilliantly described for your pleasure in a seasonal read of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens.

Growing Profits is Easy!


Everyone involved in running a business from the smallest start-up to a major corporate dreams about how to achieve sustained profitable growth. I'm a great believer that business is simple - it's only us human beings that make it complex.

Enhancing the Motivational Climate of Your Workplace


It has been well documented that employees' productivity and job quality increase when we are made to feel welcome at work. In other words, when the motivational climate is enhanced to meet their needs they produce quality work at the 100% rate.

Employee Turnover: Is It Eating Up Your Profits?


Keeping the cost of doing business down, yet providing a quality product or service, is one of the most critical components of success for today's leader. What many fail to realize is that employee turnover can represent a very substantial price tag to a company's productivity and its bottom line.

How to Make a Difference Every Day


Every day, everyone can make the world a better place. It's simple; it's quick and it is free.

Discover the Astonishing Power of Words Today!


Picture all the people you know who are dynamic, successful and self-confident. The ones who are the stars of every gathering.

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Mariner Real Estate acquires loan portfolio - BusinessWeek

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Mariner Real Estate acquires loan portfolio
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Mariner Real Estate Management LLC said Friday that it worked with bank regulators to buy a portfolio of real estate loans worth about $760 million. ...
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Tri-Continental Corporation Declares Third Quarter Distribution - MarketWatch (press release)

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Alberta Fund Got Chinese Approach on Potash Corp. Bid - BusinessWeek

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Ener1 agrees to sell $65M in senior notes - BusinessWeek

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Ener1 agrees to sell $65M in senior notes
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... led by funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP. Ener1 also announced the sale of $10 million in senior convertible notes to Itochu Corp., ...
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Service sector grows at slower pace in August - The Associated Press

Service sector grows at slower pace in August
The Associated Press
Cheap-chic chain Target Corp. said Thursday that a key sales measure rose modestly in August, a month typically busy with back-to-school shoppers, ...

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Canada Stocks Pare Gain as Financials Rise, Gold Shares Drop - BusinessWeek

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Canada Stocks Pare Gain as Financials Rise, Gold Shares Drop
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Manulife Financial Corp., North America's third-largest insurer, advanced 2.8 percent as US businesses added to their payrolls for an eighth straight month. ...
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Stocks Rise in Europe, Asia; US Futures Little Changed, Won Strengthens - Bloomberg

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Stocks Rise in Europe, Asia; US Futures Little Changed, Won Strengthens
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?Global demand will be good for corporate earnings and economic growth.? Sony Corp., the electronics maker that gets 22 percent of sales from the US, ...
Asian Stocks Climb for a Third Day on Better US Home, Retail Sales DataBloomberg
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Heads up | UMB unit buys asset management company - Kansas City Star

Kansas City Star

Heads up | UMB unit buys asset management company
Kansas City Star
Scout, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corp., said Reams is based in Columbus, Ind., and has more than $9.8 billion in fixed-income assets under management. ...
Scout Investment Advisors to Acquire Reams Asset Management CompanyMarketWatch (press release)
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Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits - BusinessWeek

Bank of America Asia-Pacific Wealth Head Hung Quits
BusinessWeek
3 (Bloomberg) -- Antony Hung, head of Asia-Pacific wealth management at Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit, is retiring after almost 18 years with ...

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Japanese Stocks Advance for a Third Day Following US Data; Canon Climbs - Bloomberg

Reuters India

Japanese Stocks Advance for a Third Day Following US Data; Canon Climbs
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Toyota Motor Corp., an automaker that earns about 70 percent of its sales abroad, increased 2.1 percent. Inpex Corp., Japan's largest oil and gas explorer, ...
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