Hachette Writers Issue Warning To Amazon: NYT
(Reuters) – Writers published by Hachette BOOK Group and their allies are planning to appeal directly to the board of Amazon.com Inc to find a way out of the impasse over e-BOOK prices, the New York...
View ArticleEverything in Business is a Negotiation, Requiring True “Grit”
When it comes to maintaining your business, negotiations play a key role in growing and pleasing your audience. Whether it be haggling over the price of a car or changing your brand name to better suit...
View Article10 Signs You Were Born To Be An Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life, but almost all of them share similar personality traits. From confidence to curiosity, there are certain attributes that are inherently entrepreneurial. These...
View ArticleHow Pappy Van Winkle Became King of the Whiskeys
Exactly one year ago, 222 bottles of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle bourbon went missing from the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky — roughly $25,000-worth of whiskey. The case remains...
View ArticleFour ways a real estate deal can die
It’s a problem that’s more common than you’d think with home sales: a buyer has made an offer, the seller accepts, and it seems like the deal is done. But then something comes along to ruin the sale...
View ArticleCongressional leaders hammer out deal to allow pension plans to cut retiree...
A bipartisan group of congressional leaders reached a deal Tuesday evening that would for the first time allow the benefits of current retirees to be severely cut, part of an effort to save some of the...
View ArticleBond-Buying Programs: Simple in Theory but Complex in Eurozone
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is widely expected to announce on Thursday that it will finally begin buying government bonds as part of a so-called quantitative easing program. In principle,...
View ArticleHow Wal-Mart’s CEO came to support a $1 billion pay increase
BOSTON — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon helped set the stage for this week’s $1 billion pay increase almost a year ago in Orlando, Florida, when he rallied managers to...
View ArticleGoDaddy Shares Rev Up, Jumping 30% In Public Trading Debut
Investors, start your engines: shares of domain-name peddler and NASCAR sponsor GoDaddy are off to the races, so to speak. The company made its public trading debut Wednesday morning, and after pricing...
View ArticleGreece Delays Bailout Payments to End of Month
IMF says no country has made the request since Zambia in the mid-1980s (ATHENS, Greece) — Greece pulled the emergency cord Thursday in its fraught bailout talks, opting to bundle together its four...
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