Target wants its moms back. This week, Target rolled out a new diaper-delivery plan and a family friendly on-demand video streaming option. Both services are aimed at wooing moms—in particular, moms who might otherwise give
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Is the American Dream Withering or Just Changing?
Opportunity, homeownership and retirement security are down. Now we hear that most believe the next generation will be worse off than the last. Well, OK, but the kids don’t believe it.
Black Friday Is Facing Extinction
Is Black Friday dying? More evidence is showing up indicating that the day after Thanksgiving is not the best day for finding deals. Some retail experts are even forecasting that Black Friday will disappear as an American …
David Chang Broke All the Rules
It may surprise you to learn that the Korean-American rebel chef David Chang, known for his delicious, creative food and brash, edgy attitude, majored in religion at preppy Trinity College in Hartford.
Much about Chang’s …
Visit India (Desperate for Foreign Exchange, They’ll Make it Easier For You)
Plummeting foreign exchange earnings prompts government to liberalize visa rules
U.S. Household Wealth Hits a Historic High of $74.8 Trillion
But don’t light up that cigar just yet
Guard Your Online Reputation
Your reputation’s online, even if your business isn’t. Take control of how the online world views your business, and protect your bottom line.
iTunes Radio Could Crush Pandora
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Foroohar: The Fed Is Making the Two Americas Problem Worse
The Federal Reserve Bank isn’t supposed to be political. But, of course, it is. Just look at the recent decision to delay “tapering,” or scaling back the $85 billion a month asset buying spree that the bank has been on for …
Post Office Wants to Hike Stamp Prices
Cites continuing financial woes
Short-Term Thinking Is Killing Corporate America
In 1986, Peter Drucker warned of a severe threat to our “long-term economic future.”
“Corporate managements,” he wrote, “are being pushed into subordinating everything (even such long-range considerations as a company’s market standing, its technology, indeed its basic wealth-producing capacity) to immediate earnings and …
The Major Companies Bringing Manufacturing Back to America
Watch this video to see who is manufacturing in America again