Bill Clinton

Hello, My Name Is: Conference Addict

A lot of wheeling and dealing goes down at these conferences.READ»

• Now May 2011
• Our National Rail Fail
• Hello, My Name Is: Conference Addict

Bill Clinton in Surprise Talk on Tech: It's the Institutions, Stupid

The former president made a surprise visit to the Wired for Change conference in New York today to speak on the use--and overuse--of technology in developing and developed nations.READ»

How a Personality Test Designed to Pick Astronauts is Taking the Pain Out of Customer Support

Psychologist Taibi Kahler worked with NASA to create a program to figure out which astronauts had the right stuff. Now eLoyalty is using his system to make sure support staff don’t send customers ballistic.READ»

A Guide to Presidential Bestsellers

It's pretty much a given that President George W. Bush's Decision Points will hit The New York Times best-seller list. Presidents' gracing the list is now as expected as writing a memoir in the first place. In fact, every president since Lyndon B. Johnson has written a memoir, and every first lady since Lady Bird Johnson -- except Pat Nixon -- has penned her own story too. We pitted recent political couples against one another to let book buyers declare winners. Better get writing, Michelle.READ»

• Now: November 2010
• Share: National Philanthropy Day
• Soar: Future of Air Transport Conference

Choose Haiti Recycles Newspapers, Makes $5 Bracelets for America

Bill Clinton is wearing the Haitian-made bracelets, as are dozens of celebrities. Here's the lowdown on Choose Haiti.READ»

ShoreBank's Demise: Death of a Brand and Shot in the Arm of Social Capitalism

ShoreBank failed last week. It represents the demise of an important brand, but also the success of a powerful idea. ShoreBank has been a household name for those of us into social capitalism, community development, micro-lending, double- and triple-bottom line business.READ»

Yahoo Builds the Nostradamus of Search Engines

The search giant's Time Explorer experiment keeps track of past predictions on a future timeline. Is this how we'll all search someday? READ»

Wesabe Personal Finance Site Goes Broke; HelloWallet Fills Its Coffers

Wesabe, a personal finance competitor to Mint.com that emphasized its community features, ran out of money. CEO Mark Hedlund wrote in his farewell message that the site had been operating on starvation rations recently, which is ...READ»

Tiger Woods: The Price of Infidelity

In the last 15 years alone, there has been Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Jude Law, Eliot Spitzer, Kobe Bryant, Mark Sanford, Alex Rodriguez, David Letterman, the list goes on. Now, it’s déjà vu all over again. Another successful man caught with his paws in the honey jar (pun intended). But not just any man. We’re talking about Tiger Woods, the wealthiest and most famous athlete on Earth. According to reports, we are now up to seven alleged mistresses. That image of Tiger as a humble, honorable family man has not only been tarnished, but now lays smashed in far too many pieces to ever be reassembled again. The price that will be paid for Tiger’s infidelity is enormous. READ»

Ranking the Stops on Bill Clinton's Conference Circuit

President Bill Clinton was never the retiring kind. Post-White House, he has attended many elite meetups -- and started his own. The fifth annual CGI meeting will be September 22 -- 25 in New York. We ranked it, for prestige and publicity, with three other stops on his circuit.READ»

• Now September 2009
• Numerology: National Honey Month

Bill and Kim's Excellently-Posed Adventure

What's up with that photo of Bill Clinton and Kim Jong Il that was released yesterday? Ken Carbone has some careful analysis.READ»

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