Habits of US Web Users by Age - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 3:46PM
by: Dick StroudI missed this data on active Internet users in the US when it was published by Nielsen Online in July 2008. Notice the way the 65+ spend more time a month online than any age group below 35-49.

The Environmental Impact of Green Buildings - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 3:31PM
by: Joel MakowerThere's no question that green buildings represent one of the genuine success stories of green business. Thanks in large part to the LEED green building standard — which established a solid set of benchmarks for answering the question "How good is 'good enough'?" with regard to the built environment — a vast constellation of architects, designers, developers, landlords, planners, product purveyors, and policy makers have, individually and collectively, cr...

The Story of Our Times - Time to Abolish Accounting as We Know It - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 3:20PM
by: Sigurd RindeImagine this, you're out driving... [Reality references in brackets at the bottom of the post].But the windshield is not there, instead you have a standardised set of reports [1] coming up on a "dashboard" in front of you [2].The reports are supposed to give you an idea as to where you are heading and what dangers might lurk, or jump out from the kerb.

Manpower head sees big layoffs globally - Human Resource News
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 1:3PM
Employee numbers will be cut sharply in many Western nations as companies pare costs to survive the global financial crisis, according to an international recruitment company boss.

Spherion and AMN Healthcare Enter RPO Alliance - Human Resource News
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 5:36AM
Leading RPO providers to offer combined recruiting expertise for healthcare organizations FT.

DHX Media reports Q1 profit of $530,000, up from year ago; revenue up - Human Resource News
Posted on Wednesday 19 November at 9:35PM
Television producer DHX Media Ltd. said Monday it earned $530,000 in its latest quarter, up from a year ago, as the company worked to complete its deal with Entertainment One Ltd.

To the Rescue - Forbes.com: Entrepreneurs and Small Business News and Information
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 5:40PM
Lend America aims to make money on a government program that helps underwater borrowers and banks shed bad mortgages.

Inc.com Blogs: Staying Afloat in a Down Economy - Inc.com
Posted on Wednesday 19 November at 11:10PM
Here are 10 tips for keeping your business in business during the ec...

Inc.com Blogs: Where the Big Three Went Wrong - Inc.com
Posted on Wednesday 19 November at 11:10PM
In today's challenging economic times, I just pinch myself that I'm...

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks slide to 11-year lows as hopes for auto bailout fade - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 6:7PM
U.S. stocks nose-dive into the close, with the S&P 500 Index ending at its lowest level in more than 11 years, after it appeared unlikely Congress would quickly approve emergency loans for ailing automakers.

Freddie, Fannie suspend foreclosure sales over the holidays - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 6:6PM
In their latest attempt to keep people in their homes during the holidays, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae order mortgage servicers and foreclosure attorneys to suspend foreclosure sales and evictions for certain properties.

Insurers May Be in for More Misery (Update) - TheStreet.com
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 5:50PM
Variable annuities have popped up as a problem area for many insurers in the third-quarter downturn, but another type of annuity that makes payouts if indices like the S&P 500 fall could do further damage.

Tip #13: How to negotiate your car insurance - I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 11:58AM
This is Tip #13 of of the Save $1,000 in 30 Days Challenge. (See past tips.) Today’s tips is to negotiate your car insurance. Most of us pick a rate once, then never go back again. But if you do, you can save hundreds of dollars each year. First, check to see if you have the right [...]

Y Would I Want To Work With Gen-Y? - Business Pundit
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 11:7AM
This is a guest post by Dr. Jim Anderson, who blogs at The Business of IT. Just in case you’ve missed it, there is a major change happening in the workplace and it will end up affecting all of us. It turns out that the next generation of workers, Generation Y, is made up of 75 [...]

Brands are Dead - Business Pundit
Posted on Wednesday 19 November at 11:6AM
This is a guest post from Dim Bulb’s Jonathan Salem Baskin. Along with the crisis in financial markets, there’s another ugly truth we need to admit: brands are dead, and it’s time for marketers to admit it. Nobody carries brands around in their heads. Nobody has a relationship with a brand. Or lives a brand lifestyle. [...]

Hatchet Falls on 33 Lawyers at Mayer Brown - WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 5:41PM

Judge Tells Gov’t Not to Appeal Detainee Ruling; 7 Yrs of Waiting Enough - WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 3:13PM

Report: Arizona’s Napolitano Being Vetted for Homeland Security Job - WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com
Posted on Thursday 20 November at 2:14PM