Truly great entrepreneurs aren’t satisfied with comfort. Pushing their own limits is how they get to greatness.
Do-It-Yourself Checkout: Love It or Hate It, Barcode Scanning Is In Your Future
Less than two weeks apart, Costco and Sam’s Club both talked about letting customers check themselves out without a cashier. The weird thing is these two rival warehouse clubs have come to opposite conclusions about the technology: Sam’s Club is doubling down on it while Costco is eliminating it.
Kid Rock’s $20 Concert Ticket Plan: Good for Fans, Bad for Scalpers
At first glance, Kid Rock’s “$20 Best Night Ever” tour seems ripe for exploitation by scalpers. It’s not hard to imagine entrepreneurs scooping up loads of tickets for $20 apiece, and then selling them for triple or quadruple face value—at which point, they’d still be cheaper than the average concert ticket.
Don’t Call Dunkin’ Donuts a Donut Company
If Dunkin’ Donuts’ famous ad featuring Fred the Baker were made today, his catchphrase wouldn’t be “Time to make the donuts.” It’d be more like “Time to make the Hot Chocolate Coolattas and iced lattes.”
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Philanthropists of the World: You’re Doing It Wrong!
A new book takes issue with those who give for the wrong reasons. Does it really matter why we give, as long as we give? Here are three ways to fix charity.
Housing Prices Show Biggest Jump in 7 Years — but Here Come Rising Interest Rates!
If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the real estate market.
U.S. single-family home prices, as measured by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, jumped 12.1% in April from the previous year. This is the fastest increase since 2006 for the 20-city index, which still shows home prices about a quarter off the highs of the real …
Create a Happier Team
Happy, engaged employees are good for an organization. Research shows they are more creative, produce better results, and are willing to go the extra mile.
The First Step to Real Growth
Do you suffer from a mom-and-pop mentality? Losing it is your first step to real business growth.
Crosstown Traffic: Why Google’s $1B Waze Deal Faces U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny
The FTC inquiry is the latest regulatory headache for the tech titan.
State vs. State: Hot Summer for States Stealing Businesses, Workers, Tax Revenues
So much for the United States. In skirmishes around the country, states are battling it out with their neighbors—and sometimes, states in other time zones—over sales tax revenues, marijuana taxes, weapons manufacturing businesses, and the pool of local labor.
Here are a few of the ongoing state-vs.-state showdowns:
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No, the Fed’s Buying Spree Doesn’t Have to End in Tears
After a jittery few days of trading, the markets stabilized a bit on Monday, though most economists are predicting a summer of volatility thanks to the Fed’s decision last week to announce that it would begin to “taper” its $85 …
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Market Reality Check
The market craziness continues, with stocks down, commodities crashing, and bond yields rising. As usual during such periods, wild theories about what’s happening abound: The U.S. recovery is a mirage; China is having a Lehman Brothers-style meltdown; etc.