Topic: Baghdad

" Now we live!"

Ride along with a consultant who's sniffing out business opportunities in Iraq.READ»

Digging Out

The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»

Stephen Colbert’s Visit to Iraq: The Power of Service

“People will work harder for a cause than for cash,” according to behavioral economist Dan Ariely in Predictably Irrational.    That was loud and clear during last week’s broadcasts of The Colbert Report from ...READ»

Seven Big Names to Watch This Week

Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»

An Interesting Seminar

Guest speakers from Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Bechtel made presentations. More than 200 business professionals between the ages of 21 and 35 heard lectures on topics related to entrepreneurship. Sounds like a typical seminar, ...READ»

Quality of Life Redefined

I don't know about you, but I'm always a sucker for those surveys ranking cities against each other on a variety of arbitrary criteria: Best Places for Singles! Top Cities for Entrepreneurs! America's Most Livable Cities! Granted, ...READ»

Good-Giving: Six Holiday Gift Ideas

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In Today's Papers

Hot topics for around the water cooler: Citing Cost Concerns, More Workers Leave Firms' Health Plans What happens when a benefit isn't that beneficial? Emmys Need a Fast Fix Robert Bianco offers his five-point plan for reinventing ...READ»

Work Town, Life Town

Last week, Heath compared two magazines' lists of best towns for doing business in America. Another city list that's just as valuable, perhaps, is Mercer Human Resource Consulting's world-wide quality of life survey, also released ...READ»

Watercooler

What you'll be talking about this month when you talk about work.READ»

Leadership: Heroes Redefined

“We need not talk about our morale. As committed soldiers, we will see this mission though.” Those words were thrown into poignant relief the other day when it became known that two of the men who penned those words were killed ...READ»

Sputnik Observatory: A Repository That Shows How Big Ideas Are Connected

A new site gathers insights from today's great thinkers, and links them up, so you can choose your adventure.READ»

Terror Network for Today's Marketers, Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

"The following appeared in the October 4th edition of the Boston Globe" LAST WEEK, THERE was a successful terrorist attack in Boston. The perpetrators were Turner Broadcasting and the Cartoon Network, and they succeeded in hijacking ...READ»

Who Needs AOL's Creepy "Good News" Site?

This week AOL News launched a Sears-sponsored news site that only reports good news. It's called GNN, or Good News Network. Is the world really so dark that we need our online news filtered through a Lexapro-colored ...READ»

Good-Giving: Six Holiday Gift Ideas

One side-effect of this dreadful economy is that people seem more mindful than ever of the needs of others and what matters most. Tis the season for “good giving.” Here are six holiday gift ideas for doing good by giving ...READ»

18. Military Intelligence

Previous | Next The lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being saved because they can read each other's minds. And they can thank Steve Roth, who developed the software to let them do it. CoMotion originally started as a ...READ»

18. Military Intelligence

Previous | Next The lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being saved because they can read each other's minds. And they can thank Steve Roth, who developed the software to let them do it. CoMotion originally started as a ...READ»

Merger Meltdown

The voracious corporate appetite for mergers in recent years has caused a bad case of indigestion for mega companies like AOL Time Warner, DaimlerChrysler, and J.P. Morgan Chase. Do these partnerships add up to less than the sum of their parts?READ»

(Al Jazeera 1.0) A Decade of Discord

Take a look at the history of the Arabic news channel.READ»

Al Jazeera's (Global) Mission

Can an English-language news network with radioactive DNA actually be good for Brand America? U.S. business better hope so.READ»

The Masters of Design

If you're leading a team or mapping out a strategy -- if you're trying to solve a problem -- you're engaging in design. And the creative folks featured in our second annual celebration of design's best and brightest have a lot to teach you.READ»

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies