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You Can Take That to the Bank...Not!

A Kick In the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a stab at the banking industry, but promises there's light at the end of the tunnel.

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Wipro's University-like Ambitions to Dominate Outsourcing

Why Indian companies like the offshoring giant Wipro are supplanting the educational system to develop the employees they need

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Question: Could basic cable's recent Emmy nods be the beginning of a trend that makes premium cable channels like HBO less lucrative?

Answer: I can't really see this happening because the appeal of premium channels is the type of content they can show. They don't have the same restrictions... | posted by Joel Ranck

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Question: Will blockbuster escapist flicks like the Dark Knight see a resurgence as the economy tanks?

Answer: I think there is generally a kind of inverted relationship between the economy and the need for some form of escapism. Clearly the Dark Knight is... | posted by Jay Tatum

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The Art of Successful Networking: Setting A Goal to Overcome Fear

How many times have you been to a networking event and been afraid to talk to 99% of the people? Even outgoing people sometimes feel...

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What Have You Got to Complain About?

Late last year, Marshall Goldsmith reported on...

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Saving Lives in Iraq With Tech Convention Schwag

Have you ever come home from a tech convention with a bag full of schwag and wondered if there was a better use for it? Emerging media...

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Music From The Heart

I’ve been learning about “el sistema,” the Venezuelan music-training program that has been offered to over 300,000 impoverished Venezuelan...

FC Now Staff Blogs

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Nissan Cars to Feature Solar Panels

A couple of weeks ago we heard about plans for a solar-assisted Toyota [NYSE:TM] Prius, and now it seems Nissan [NASDAQ:NSANY] is jumping on the...

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Consumer Perceptions, Manipulation and Molding

Turns out that we as consumers can be easily manipulated -- and it's probably happening far more often that we'd like to imagine. A couple of...

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Article: It's the End of Blogging as We Know It, According to Jason Calacanis

Comment: I agree, Kyle, that the emails may not be the best format for what Jason is trying to accomplish. Today's email is a case in point -- a review of... | posted by member Norman Birnbach

Article: In letting privacy concerns dissuade them from leveraging the iPhone's geo-location feature, MySpace and Facebook are making a b

Comment: Something tells me that Mike is right by saying that upper-comers have a great opportunity with seizing the moment with geo-location aware apps.... | posted by member Mariusz Andryszewski