Few entrepreneurs would consider running their company without high-speed broadband Internet. Yet many small business owners may be missing opportunities to use broadband to boost business efficiency and lower their costs, according to a report from the Internet Innovation Alliance and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.
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‘Dark Knight’ Ticket Sales: $25 Million and Counting—Before the Movie Hits Theaters
It’s hard to overestimate the degree to which fans have been anticipating the arrival in theaters of the new Christopher Nolan-Christian Bale Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Tickets to some of the first showings, at …
Proof That Workplace Financial Education Works
One-on-one financial counseling at the office leads to higher savings rates and other wise money choices, a new study shows. Other research in this area is conflicting. But employers are embracing the benefit.
How to Change Your Mind Without Being a Flip-Flopper
Effective leaders change direction when the facts change. But how do you do that without coming across as weak-kneed and indecisive?
Ebooks Suit Could ‘Wipe Out Publishing Industry As We Know It,’ Senator Says
The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple and major book publishers could make it harder for young authors to get published, New York Senator Charles Schumer wrote in The Wall Street Journal.
Got Stuff? Typical American Home Is Cluttered with Possessions — and Stressing Us Out
The idea for a new book by UCLA researchers sounds pretty boring. A team of anthropologists went into 32 typical homes — middle-class, dual-income families, with school-age children — and cataloged what they saw. Sorta like …
Why Obamacare Should Be Redesigned, But Not Repealed
Deft revisions to the health care law could solve its long-term financial problems, preserve broad catastrophic coverage and allow more consumer choice.
Why Marissa Mayer Is Feeling Lucky
Silicon Valley likes leaders with star power, and they don’t come any bigger than Marissa Mayer, the newly anointed head of Yahoo. Her resume is surely the template for a post-modern, information-age celebrity CEO — Stanford artificial intelligence degree, employee No. 20 at Google, developer of the iconic white search page, user …
CFPB Shows Its Teeth: Capital One Fined $210 Million For Deceptive Marketing
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau flexed its enforcement muscle for the first time today, fining Capital One Bank for deceptive credit-card marketing practices. The mega-bank has to pay $210 million in total, the vast …
The $40 Million Counterfeit Coupon Caper
Good News from the Construction Industry — But Will Housing Take Off?
While Ben Bernanke spent the past couple days on Capitol Hill delivering some dour predictions for U.S. economy, the one sector in America actually pulling its weight these days — housing — had a pretty good week.