Want a 9% Raise? Hit the Gym

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Description:    Workers who exercise regularly earn 9% higher pay on average than those who don’t. Jack Hough on Lunch Break explains why. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: June 08, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/want-a-9-raise-hit-the-gym/175E5A0D-F5A3-4B43-A7D9-3FB63B74671C Questions for Discussions: Why do people who exercise earn more, according to the report? Can you suggest other reasons?  

Rajat Gupta Convicted Of Insider Trading By U.S. Jury

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Description: Rajat Gupta, who reached the pinnacle of corporate America as managing partner of McKinsey & Co. and as a director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), was convicted by a federal jury of leaking inside information to hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/rajat-gupta-convicted-of-insider-trading-by-u-s-jury.html… Read more »

Immigrants’ Role in the Small Business Economy Grows

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Description: The share of U.S. small businesses owned by immigrants has expanded by 50 percent since 1990, with almost one-fifth of business owners born outside the country, according to a new report (PDF) by the Fiscal Policy Institute. Source: Businessweek.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-14/immigrants-role-in-the-small-business-economy-grows Questions for Discussions: What are the highlights of this… Read more »

Pfizer Sees Harvard Collaboration As Spark For New Drugs

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Description:  When Hal Dvorak, a Harvard scientist whose ideas helped spur the advance of targeted cancer drugs, sought a partner recently to help him develop new treatments, he only had to walk two blocks to find one. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/pfizer-sees-harvard-collaboration-as-spark-for-new-drugs.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the relationships between educational institutions and… Read more »

Stanford President: Bubble? Maybe

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Description:    Stanford University president John Hennessy says there may be a tech bubble going on right now, but not a “catastrophic” one. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 07, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/06/06/ctd_stanford_president.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What role does Stanford University play as an incubator of new technologies? Why does the arrangement work so well?… Read more »

Behind the World’s Most Comfortable Thong

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Description:   Hanky Panky CEO Lida Orzek talks with Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle about the prospects for the company of which 90 percent of the customers are based in the U.S. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 06, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/L3aXso Questions for Discussion: Explain how this American apparel manufacturer has been able to maintain… Read more »

Companies Use Social to Track and Follow Up on Brand Mentions

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Description: B2B companies lag behind their B2C counterparts when it comes to using social media to track what customers are saying about their brands and following up on that feedback. Source: eMarketer.com Date: June 08, 2012 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009104&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4 Questions for Discussions: What does the article say about firms using social media to track their brands?… Read more »

Disney Will Ban Junk-Food Ads on Kids Programs by 2015

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Description: Walt Disney Co. (DIS), aiming to combat childhood obesity by banning junk-food ads, will require that food and beverage advertising to kids on its TV networks and radio stations meet new nutritional standards by 2015. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: June 05, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-05/disney-to-impose-new-rules-on-junk-food-ads-on-kid-s-shows-1-.html Questions for Discussions: What are the pros and cons of this… Read more »