Description: PayPal’s break from EBay (EBAY) is all about buzzwords: eliminating dis-synergies, applying strategic focus, and seizing the moment. But what does that even mean?
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Oct 02, 2014
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Description: Whether or not you know the term “on-demand economy,” if you’ve used a smartphone application to summon a driver or a delivery person to get you some food then you know what it is — a hassle free way to find workers when you need them for a pretty low price.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Oct 02, 2014
Link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-02/a-secret-of-uber-s-success-struggling-workers
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Description: BlackBerry hopes to woo back former business customers with its new Passport smartphone, which has a square-shaped touchscreen.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Sep 25, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/09/25/blackberry-passport-smartphone.cnnmoney/
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Description: We’ve all dealt with employees who were great at their jobs, and with employees who couldn’t have cared less. To maintain a competitive advantage in today’s fast-paced world, organizations need to motivate and engage all their employees.
Source: Forbes.com
Date: Sep 25, 2014
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Description: There’s a fun game I like to play called “Spot the Saturday Night Live Alum.” It’s a simple game, usually played when I’m watching a TV show or movie and suddenly think, “Was Billy Murray on Saturday Night Live or was he just friends with everyone who was?” (Answer: Of course he was. It’s his Caddyshack director and Ghostbusters co-star Harold Ramis who wasn’t.)
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Sep 26, 2014
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Description: Nathaniel Rothschild, whose ancestor helped bankroll Britain’s war against Napoleonic France 200 years ago, is backing London cabbies in their battle against Uber Technologies Inc.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Sep 25, 2014
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Description: Over at the NY Times, Anna North asks if we can become more creative by using an unusual search engine called Yossarian that purports to help us see things in new ways—ways that go beyond the predictable associations we’re inclined to make when thinking about people, things, ideas, events, etc.
Source: Forbes.com
Date: Sep 27, 2014
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Description: He founded the company that would become Oracle in 1977. He’s worth over $50 billion dollars. Now Larry Ellison is stepping down as the company’s CEO.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Sep 18, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/09/18/larry-ellison-steps-down-oracle-ceo.cnnmoney/
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Description: Alibaba’s IPO could be the biggest in history. Bloomberg’s Sam Grobart explains how Alibaba works through the experience of ordering 280 pairs of pants manufactured overseas. Video by: Dan Przygoda, David Yim (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Sep 15, 2014
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Description: For immigrant-owned small businesses in the U.S., ties to their home countries can be very lucrative.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: Sep 18, 2014
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