Topic: Greece

Branned

Does brand dominance + banning competitors = Branned? The Halifax Herald is reporting that attendees to this year's Olympic games in Greece may have their goods confiscated or even told to turn their clothing inside-out (!!) if ...READ»

Market Chaos! The 998.5 point drop and the mechanism explained

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the precipitous 998 point drop and its connection with the Greek debt crisisREAD»

Creative Accounting Reconsidered

What riles me most about creative accounting scandals, besides their moral and ethical no-no's, is the monstrous greed and hubris exhibited by their perpetrators. Enron. Adelphia. Tyco. (Fodder all for CEO See-Ya!) These are just a ...READ»

Fifth International Conference on Tourism

Business travel is expected to drop 5.6% this year, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Academics who study travel (sweet gig, right?) will convene in Greece to discuss the decline. There are only about 100 of them, so their ...READ»

Branding the Olympics: How Will 2016 Look?

An examination of how Olympic logos evolved during the period between a city's initial bid for the Summer or Winter games and the final version the public got to see.READ»

Opening of the New Acropolis Museum

  It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeks to settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing. The winning vision -- that of New York architect Bernard Tschumi ...READ»

Vacation Blues

Americans don't take much vacation. In part, that's because we're not given very much of it. But even then, we rarely take it all. Marketing expert Mary Lou Quinlan, author of Time Off for Good Behavior, estimates that employees ...READ»

Fast Talk: Screen Gems

Movies may be sheer entertainment for most of us, but for many passionate, creative people, they're also a lot of work. With Oscar season here, we turned to a cast of film-industry characters for fresh wisdom on managing teams, coping with rejection, and implementing the visions of others.READ»

Good Harbor Strategy Market Commentary

Commentary: If you’re a bull or bear, April certainly provided ample evidence to support your case. On one hand solid earnings reports from a number of companies, an encouraging GDP print and signs of improving consumer sentiment ...READ»

21st Century Jewelry

 EgyptThe use of gold jewelry can be dated back to Egypt 3000 BC. Gold was the preferred metal for jewelry making during ancient times. It was rare, it was easy to work with, and it never tarnished.Magnificent bracelets, ...READ»

5 Reasons to Consider Buying SPY Puts Tuesday

The market action since January 19th shows that the momentum from excessive liquidity is ebbing before the recovery can bloom. Now, the market is searching for corroboration to justify current levels.READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events June 2009

June MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ...READ»

• Read: Mortgage Madness
• Eat: World Food Business Summit
• Numerology: Wedding Season

Article Marketing Expert Reveals 5 Article Templates for Thought Leaders

Become a thought leader just by writing articles... Here Are 5 Article Templates to Help You READ»

Macro Trends: America’s New Chapter

The stock market has rallied since March 2009 on cheap money and undervaluation; the former is unsustainable and the latter no longer the case.READ»

Working Hard? Hardly Working

The current issue of National Geographic Magazine features an interesting one-page piece entitled "A Work-Weary World." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tracked the annual hours worked around the world in ...READ»

Truth 1: Innovation Is New Stuff That Is (Made) Useful

Innovation is new stuff that is useful. That’s just about the best definition. It clears up what’s interesting about innovation without overcomplicating. It also leads to the two questions that you should be asking next: Useful ...READ»

Leadership America by Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg Institute

Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg Institute  For much of July, I was in Turkey and Greece,on a much needed vacation, away from email and cell phones. My first day back in the office, I moderated a panel for Leadership America! ...READ»

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Fast Company Recommended Events July + August 2009

July MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 0 ...READ»

• Watch: Harry Potter 6
• Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150
• Numerology: Hawaii Five-O

Truehome and Christopher K. Travis Media Home Runs!

Truehome in the New York Times!READ»

Acropolis - The Temple of Athena Nike

On the right of the correct entry of the Acropolis is the temple of wingless victory. You can see the sea from here and they say this is where Aigeus cheap Nike Air Max leapt to his casualty.Just opposite this temple is an ...READ»

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Audioworks Producers Group Location - Audioworks Producers Group Cedits The French director Jean Renoir, the son of the famous Impressionist painter Auguste Renoir, made two great films, Grand Illusion (1936) and The Rules of the ...READ»

U.S. Markets: A Week of Inexplicable Events

This snapshot of the market and the economy shows that things are far from normal, or what we once considered normal. The calculus that propelled investing over the last 30 years has dissolved. The new formula is being being created and tested in real time. The stock market and investing is currently unreal - it’s devolved awhile ago into, or, if you prefer, transformed itself into a momentum investing affair in an unraveling world.READ»

Why pay retail prices in the UK

Uniting Kingdom and CanadaWhy pay retail prices in the UK and US when you can get your ugg boots close from the manufacturer in Australia. We distribute the record eminence button ugg boots on the world produce to our clients around ...READ»

Change Agent - Issue 35

"Most torch-bearers don't realize how unique they are, how powerful their role is, or how hard their task is."READ»