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"A Is for App" on CNBC

[Photos: Danielle Levitt] Fast Company staff writer Anya Kamenetz did Power Lunch with CNBC yesterday and discussed her cover story, A Is for App, about the smartphone revolution and its effect on kids as young as 18 months. Read ...READ»

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Gettin' It Done

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

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Apple Tablet Introduced CEO Confirms on CNBC Live

During the announcement on financial network CNBC late Tuesday, the CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill confirmed that Apple will announce its new Tablet Wednesday, and that the device will run the iPhone mobile operating system.Interviewed ...READ»

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How To Fix CNBC

Five years ago, CNBC pole-vaulted into the zeitgeist. "Business news is hot," a spokesman bragged then. Today, it's not -- and CNBC's daytime viewership is off 51% from its 2000 peak of 348,000. How to goose the sagging ratings?READ»

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Coke's Interactive Fountain Machine

Get a look inside Coke's new interactive fountain machine in this CNBC segment.READ»

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Best of TreeHugger: 2010's Most Efficient Cars, Great Condom Ads Banned in the US, and Vertical Biofarm Gas Stations

This week in TreeHugger, we look at the 10 most fuel efficient cars of 2010, and take on the ten biggest gas sinkholes. Also, 10 brilliant condom ads deemed too risque for the U.S., and plans for vertical biofuel farms to be built over existing gas stations.READ»

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Adventures in Corporatespeak

So Dennis Miller's TV show on CNBC got cancelled yesterday. No big news there: CNBC's primetime is a disaster rivaling the Hindenburg at this point. Where's John McEnroe when you need him? What's interesting is the classy way the ...READ»

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Leadership: Kick Back and Relax

The ability to relax! That’s what presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, advises as a necessary attribute of presidential leadership. Kearns, who consults for NBC and was speaking on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, presented a ...READ»

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Anchors Aweigh!

We rate TV's business anchors.READ»

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The Best Disinfectant

The phone rang at 6:00 a.m. to tell me that my monthly appearance on CNBC to discuss our "CEO See-Ya" column had been postponed, thanks to the breaking news that Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long awaited successor would be Robert ...READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company Senior Editor Jennifer Reingold will appear on CNBC's Closing Bell today at 4:40 p.m. ET for her monthly segment on CEO See-Ya! Jennifer and a pharmaceutical analyst from Oppenheimer will debate the tenure of Merck's CEO ...READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company team member Jennifer Reingold will appear on CNBC's Squawk Box tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET for her monthly CEO See-Ya! segment. On the chopping block this month: Circuit City CEO W. Alan McCullough (access code required).READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Tomorrow morning at 7:40 ET, Fast Company senior writer Jennifer Reingold will appear on CNBC's Squawk Box. The topic of discussion: CEO See-Ya!READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company Associate Editor Jena McGregor will appear on CNBC Squawk Box at 8:20 a.m. tomorrow to discuss the November issue's list of Fast Cities. Tune in if you can!READ»

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The Revolution Will Be Televised (on CNBC)

Don't touch your dial! CNBC has become the live feed of the new economy. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at CNBC, a network that has reinvented the way TV works.READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company's Keith Hammonds will appear on CNBC's new show "On the Money" tomorrow night at 7:20 p.m., along with guest host Donny Deutsch, to discuss the recent cover story "Why We Hate HR."READ»

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Hobo 3.0: A Convention for the New, New, New Economy!

Don't miss the premier tech-biz-media convention for the new, new, new economy!READ»

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The Idiot Box

If you want to learn something about the world of business, turn off your TV.READ»

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Open to Women?

Are we living in a meritocracy or a machotocracy?READ»

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See Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya

I was on CNBC this morning to discuss our latest candidate for our regular item on CEO's Who've Got to Go, otherwise known as "CEO See-Ya." I must say, much as I enjoy doing the program, I don't necessarily enjoy doing it at 7:30 ...READ»

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5 Marketing Tips and Tools for Making a Connection with LinkedIn

While Social Network Ad Sales Slow, LinkedIn Presents Marketers New Opportunities to Reach a Powerful DemographicREAD»

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Most Innovative Companies - Music

From Spotify to Vevo, our picks for the top companies in music.READ»

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Scene Report: Art Basel Miami 2008

The Campana brothers, the hottest thing to come out of Brazil since Gisele Bundchen, are famous for their chairs made of teddy bears, flip flops and old tires. They are this year’s Designers of the Year.READ»

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Innovation...Is it top down or bottom up?

The reality is it’s both but most of the time it depends on your business, how big you are and how you’ve structured it! For those that are unclear, top down innovation is normally the domain of the small business owner or ...READ»

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Attention: Senior Executives Who Are in Transition

For those in transition and considering a career move, I would like to provide you with some positive information on how you might address your career concerns.  I do not have all the answers.  But in thirty years and with several ...READ»