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The recent hearings in the Senate about oil industry profits has pushed their extraordinary profit levels more into the public eye. The feeble attempts to defend their profits are laughable. What does it all mean, and what can we do?

The bottom line drive many business outside the US. In the global economy, customer service is not a candidate for offshore solutions. One consumer, with inside info explains why.

Microsoft's MSN has long trailed behind Google and Yahoo in the search engine market. Microsoft is attempting to shake things up as they have announced a $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo, Inc.

Those shopping at the Meriden Square Mall in Meriden, CT will no longer be able to enjoy the convenience of having a drug store under the same roof as their favorite specialty and department stores.

Managers make many different kinds of decisions, such as hours of work.

The world is awash with credit and money. This has created a monstrous liquidity bubble. Assets of all kinds have been driven up in value. As with all mania bubbles, this one may be in the early stages of deflating.

Ford Motor Company has hit one of the most critical points in it's 100 year history. This article helps the reader get to know Ford from the perspective of a potential investor or even auditor who has to depend on public records rather than inside information.

Every year, during the holidays, the number of shoplifting incidents, thefts, and robberies spikes.

Today, more than ever, our national climate and economy is determined by our access to one thing: information. Companies who control the distribution of information have developed into some of the most lucrative businesses in the world.

Home sellers can maximize their profits using companies that assist them in selling their homes without using a real estate agent.

Instead of declining debit card or ATM transactions that exceed customers' balances, banks are silently pushing them through and adding fees; reaping profits by deliberately allowing customers to overdraw their accounts.

Attendance at movie theaters has been declining. Marketing Suggestion: Offering discounts & package deals, including Birthday Certificates, and frequent customer rewards for movie tickets and concession stand merchandise & food. Offering promotions.

Skoda employs approximately 26,000 workers at three different facilities in the Czech Republic, and they recently successfully concluded labor negotiations that includes a variable pay raise that is based upon production

This article describes my 6-month employment as admissions representative for an online college.

The dwindling of dividends has implications which are nothing short of revolutionary.

The financial press, and even the network news shows, have begun reporting the price of gold regularly. For twenty years, between 1980 and 2000, the price of gold was rarely mentioned. There was little interest, and the price was either falling or remaining steady.

This article exclusively deals with impacts and effects of outsourcing IT positions to low cost countries due to environment and Wages

Successful companies have thoroughly moved into the service economy. They have key traits that set them apart from other businesses.

This article discusses Williams' piece "Laissez Faire Sugar and Slavery" and addresses his opinions of slavery and the sugar industry.

So what can you do if you are alone this Christmas? With no family or no significant other to share this joyous occasion with?

The world of advertising is a world of assumptions and perceptions. These assumptions and perceptions often have a great influence on our lives.

A look at what the average person knows and does not know about how the Federal banking system controls our lives

A marketing research project developed for Morocco to help them promote their textile and apparel industry

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced on Tuesday that it is lowering the price of its PlayStation Portable game system by $30 to $169.99.

Insight on Hourani's book A History of the Arab Peoples

IT is a fact that foreclosures are rising nationwide. While foreclosures are a lender's legal right, they are not the only option.

John F. Antioco, the chief executive officer of Blockbuster, agreed today to step down from his position with the company by the end of the year. Antioco has been involved in a dispute with Blockbuster's board over the amount of his bonus.

When most people think of slavery, they think of the mindless cruelty inflicted on the African Americans all for the sake of the wealthy landowner's greed. Although this may have often been the case, there was another initial reason for slavery.

By using Weed's digital music distribution system, the recording industry could exploit its artist catalogs and control its own destiny with an acceptable alternative to iTunes.

The American Revolution slowed down the Atlantic slave and sugar trades to the point that island economies like Jamaica's were ruined forever.

A discussion of some of the causes for the impending shortage of qualified physicians.

By applying Lewin's three-step process to change, a manager can guide its employees though change in an organization.

Is it a good idea to start a "flipping" business when so many are doing it now that it has spawned it's own series of TV shows?

The conservative mentality that governs both spin-offs and sitcoms is simple: provide consistently familiar variations that are just different enough so as to be considered new.

In today's technological age, music is readily available for anyone who wants it over the Internet. As technology increases, record sales decrease; the cause being internet file sharing.

Read how I have improved my banking situation by ditching the traditional bank for a prepaid ATM Visa card service. No branches to go to, no overly professional, snobbish, and ignorant bank employees to haggle with, and no deceptive posting tactics or overdraft fees.

In 1983, in response to rapidly rising costs associated with retrospective cost-based reimbursement, Congress established the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) to pay for inpatient services.

The Tower Records store sitting at the corner of Birch Street and Brea Boulevard in Orange County is closing proving it is not just independent record stores taking a beating. Will music stores, in general, survive among the iPod generation?

A major feature film "Free Willy" touched the hearts of people world wide and evoked a sort of dominant ideology-one that fired emotions in viewers to advocate the freedom of Keiko. Was releasing him into the wild the right thing to do? He loved humans!

Home Depot Inc. is a home improvement supply retailer that operates stores in the United States, Mexico, and in Canada.

Outsourcing has attracted lot of media attention in USA, especially after protests againt shipping off American jobs began. This article is an attempt to understand outsourcing, focusing on IT Job outsourcing.

Purchasing a condominium hotel entitles owner access all amenities. When the unit owner is not occupying the residence, the condo is rented by management for a fee & owner receives some income. Regulations & rules apply. Some cruise ships offer condos.

Important sectors of the Philippine economy include agriculture and industry, particularly food processing, textiles and garments, and electronics and automobile parts. Most industries are concentrated in the urban areas around metropolitan

The Music Industry is floundering and the Movie Industry is running for cover. What's the problem? Perhaps the answer lay.... Jaci Rae - The Rae of Hope - The Indie Guide to Music, Marketing and Money

A brief analysis of this HBS case study.

If you don't know who Vodafone is, where have you been hiding?

When you drink your import beer at the bar look close at the fine print, you may be surprised to find it's actually a domestic. The internationalization of beer markets has entered a new dynamic in the new global economy.

Information about forex trading and what it entails. Also information about getting training in forex trading

Haiti has long functioned as a colony from which both wealthy Western colonial powers and Haitian elites extracted everything of value. Now, when the material reserves have been exhausted, exploited peasantry is forced to shoulder the blame.