Workers Assail Night Lock-Ins by Wal-Mart - It was 3 a.m., Mr. Rodriguez recalled, some heavy machinery had just smashed into his ankle, and he had no idea how he would get to the hospital. The Sam’s Club, a Wal-Mart subsidiary, had locked its overnight workers in, as it always did, to keep robbers [...]
PBS Show, Penn Name Top Business Leaders - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan, Sam Walton and Oprah Winfrey are among the top business leaders of the last quarter-century, according to PBS’ “Nightly Business Report” and the University of Pennsylvania. [ "(extlink)Newsday":http://www.newsday.com ]
Also included were notables such as Jack Welch of GE, Charles Schwab, and [...]
The Apprentice - Sixteen candidates arrived on the treacherous island of Manhattan to face the challenge of their lives, with the hopes of winning a six-figure salary. Their boss over the next 15 weeks would be the biggest real estate developer in New York, Donald Trump. The players are from all walks of life, from [...]
Revised 9/11 Memorial Is Unveiled - The finished design for the World Trade Center memorial site will build on the original concept of twin voids marking the location and outlines of the twin towers, but it will add lusher landscaping, create an underground center to house artifacts from the attack and establish a cultural center [...]
p. Why I Love the Adopt-a-Reporter Scheme. Why I Dread It. - A weblog devoted to watching the work of a journalist is democracy in action. It is bound to be educational, for the watcher and perhaps for the journalist who is watched. But there are reasons to worry. [ "(extlink)PressThink":http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/ ]
p. Joy Rosen [...]
Rights issue dogs CD protection - A dispute over royalty rights on copy-protected CDs and other types of music discs is helping to stall the release of some new music technology, and could result in record labels owing tens of millions of dollars in back payments to music publishers. [ "(extlink)News.com":http://www.news.com ]
This interpretation seems to [...]
This Is Broken - A new project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it. By Mark Hurst.
It’s an interesting spot to rant about what’s broken and needs to be fixed.
Netiquette Matters ~ Articles
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Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter - Cable TV made a West Bend man addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight and his kids to be lazy, he says. And he’s threatening to sue the cable company.
The real kicker under this story is that the man is suing [...]
The Future of Portable Video Players - But Mr. Jobs outlined three reasons he doubted video players would ever approach the success of audio players - not even counting their high price ($700 and up) and the time-consuming difficulty of loading huge video files onto them. It was clear from his answers that Mr. Jobs [...]
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