Topic: HSBC Holdings plc

5 Steps for Your Small Business to Get Credit and Get It Right

Small businesses have the power to get our economy moving again, creating jobs and real growth, but they continue finding credit difficult to come by, or shy away for fear of hidden traps. Congress hopes that the Small Business Jobs ...READ»

Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: Sweat Time at Microsoft

"You just did a very bad thing," said Bill Gates, reacting to a presentation of Stan Slap's suggestions. In this excerpt from his upcoming book, "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B," consultant Stan Slap relates how Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and a room full of Microsoft execs loved and loathed the concept of leading with your values.READ»

The New Bottom Line

Measuring our "water footprint."READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Energy

From First Solar to Vestas, our picks for the top companies in energy.READ»

Better Place Gets $350 Million Cash Injection for EV Charging Network

It doesn't matter how many electric vehicles are on the road--they're virtually useless without some sort of EV charging network infrastructure. That's where Silicon Valley electric vehicle startup Better Place comes in. Better ...READ»

Matt Barrett & the CEO Mindset | Biz Money Matters |

If you're interested in how to develop a winning CEO mindset, I recommend you copy key pages from the Matt Barrett management play book if you can. Here's how.READ»

Design Miami 2009: Laser Guitars, RockShelves, Corporate Patronage

Glitzy packaging and top-shelf sponsors aside, Design Miami remains a cherry on the international design circuit: A nice topper to the year, but no substantial meal. But that should be of no surprise, as since its founding five ...READ»

Sustainable Job Employment Solutions For USA

By James Rickman, November 8, 2009 This article contains practical job solutions for Americans. So far much of the national focus has been on getting employers to hire i.e. add jobs instead given the global economic stagnation it’s much more realistic and effective to enable unemployed individuals to "create" their own jobs by fostering small business entrepreneurship. There’s a measurable, huge difference between the two approaches. It’s the key to achieving sustainable economic recovery in America. READ»

Who’s Hiring? Week of 9/25/09

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. READ»

California Covenants Not to Compete - Severely Limited Enforceability

Non-competition agreements are tough to enforce in California. READ»

From an Old-Fashioned Bank to an Heirloom Seed Bank

From the crumbling ashes of the fallen financial system rises a new type of bank: one for heirloom seeds. It sounds like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic novel, but it's really happening in Petaluma, California, where an abandoned ...READ»

HSBC Lending Update

Every time we turn on the TV, all we see are gloomy things about our economy. Debt is out of control and no one is paying it back!READ»

iHungry? Ad Agencies Co-opt Their Own Images

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Check out the clever spin Agencies in Action takes on some of the most iconic advertising imagery of our time. Nike's "Just Do It," Apple's iTunes silhouette, and HSBC's ...READ»

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»

• Design of the Times

Credit Crunch, not a Credit Freeze

First of all, it's a credit crunch not a credit freeze! Sure, banks are more cautious about their lending, but when were they not?  The reality is that the majority of banks are lending, and to remain profitable they ...READ»

The HSBC Lumberjack Ad: On Nonprofit Boards and Diversity of Perspectives

Brilliant. In a matter of seconds, even without sound, the new HSBC lumberjack TV ad tells us that communities – even families - are comprised of people with very different points of view. The ad is visceral; it conveys both the ...READ»

Financial Women's Association Honors Exceptional Women in Business

At the annual dinner of the Financial Women's Association held at the Grand Hyatt in New York last week, two high achieving women were honored with the titles of private and public sector women of the year. Evelyn Lauder, ...READ»

Rehab: An Advertising Love Story

With a body as old as J. Walter Thompson's, sometimes it pays to have a little work done.READ»

All the Right Moves

Headhunter Peter Crist on when and how to make your next move. And, yes, Churchill.READ»

These Guys Will Make You Pay

Lots of Internet startups have tried to reshape finance. PayPal Inc. has pulled ahead of the pack by getting three things right: it built an easy-to-use system around email, it learned quickly from its mistakes, and it didn't invent a new currency.READ»

HSBC Bank Giving the Green Away

"How many lightbulbs does it take to change the environment?" I heard these words this morning while getting dressed. This radio commercial from international bank HSBC was pushing a new initiative to give "Green Kits" to its ...READ»

Social Inequality Threatening India's Economic Stability

Can a country where a third of the population is illiterate be an Information Technology superpower? Can a country where 78 million rural homes have never seen electricity be an economic superpower? Can anyone feel safe living in ...READ»

The Coming Age Wave

Are marketers finally getting wise to the purchasing power of the over-40 consumer? If the crowd gathered for the "Mature Market Summit" at the Roosevelt Hotel this week was any indication, it seems something has subtly shifted in ...READ»