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New Survey Has World Business Leaders Questioning, "Who Are We?"

The recession is emotionally tough for all of us, but apparently many of the world's business leaders are having a serious identity crisis.Korn/Ferry International released its Q4 Confidence in Leadership Index today, measuring ...READ»

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aluminium sheet, aluminium foil

Aluminium foil is aluminium prepared in thin metal leafs, with a thickness less than 0.2 mm / 0.008 in, although much thinner gauges down to 0.006 mm are commonly used. Foils are commonly gauged in Mils. The foil is extremely ...READ»

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Who's Smarter?

Who IS smarter, an attorney or a welder? I was at a dinner last week where this question came up and most answered the attorney. I'm a former attorney and I immediately thought the welder. What was interesting about what emerged in our discussion is how deeply we believe in labels.READ»

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Thrifty Propane The Preminum Propane Company

Thrifty Propane Guarantee : Check propane prices in your area. We have these annual Program Options: * Locking/Cap - This option ensures that your price per gallon will never exceed a predetermined “cap price”. Yet, should ...READ»

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Money Saving deals to grab now

1. Fly at a deep discountThe deal: Special airline promotion codes can knock as much as 50% off your plane fare. How to nab it: The codes are offered directly by individual airlines, including American, JetBlue, and United. To find ...READ»

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Sneak In One Last Biz Trip – Dramatic Fare Decreases Spell Opportunity for Road Warriors

Road Warriors – there is good news for any last minute business trips you might be considering before the end of 2008.  We are seeing sharp declines in ticket prices that present affordable opportunities to close that last sales ...READ»

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The Future Earth Diet

Bon Appétit Management Co.'s latest initiative in the 400-plus corporate cafés it manages is a low-carbon diet. The plan aims to minimize the carbon footprint of Bamco's food-service operations. Here, a look at the targets.READ»

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Basurama Turns Electric Train Ruins Into Playground

In 1986, the city of Lima, Peru, began construction on a set of concrete columns and passways that were supposed to be part the infrastructure for an electric train system. The plan fell through--maybe it was hatched before its ...READ»

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How To Develop A Mobile Marketing Strategy – A Point of View

How to develop a mobile strategy that will leverage the mobile platform and enable the consumer to do what he likes to do - connect with people he knows, using his mobile. READ»

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Want to Fight Global Warming? Plant the Right Crops

British researchers are proposing an intriguing idea: That by planting the right kinds of wheat, we can affect how much light is being reflected back into space and thereby counteract global warming. The effect might cool swathes of ...READ»

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Selling the Fountain of Youth

Wrinkles, fat, and low libido start to sound pretty good after reading this unnerving exposé of America's $88 billion anti-aging industry by journalist Arlene Weintraub. Her elixir of deep research and smooth storytelling delivers ...READ»

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Theplanet Hosting

Theplanet.com Host serves more than 20,000 businesses worldwide and more than 15.7 million Web sites with 40 percent of customers located outside of North America. It has more than 48,500 servers under management with six wholly owned ...READ»

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Running of the Bulls American Style

Employees are lining up in your departure lounge waiting for a sign indicating the economy is improving. So why are you still treating employees so poorly?READ»

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How The Mighty Have Fallen: The Decline of Corporate America

Why have the great corporations, both in North America and elsewhere, fallen into such disrepute, and failure? Some very well known and once invincible bastions of our capitalism system have either failed or are in trouble.READ»

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Fast Talk: Leading Through Limbo

It's a leader's toughest test: urging people forward when their future is in doubt. Here, five leaders talk about trusting your instincts, keeping people informed, and finding strength in your darkest hours.READ»

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Jatropha World 2010

Could a homely succulent save the planet? Maybe. Oil squeezed from the Jatropha curcas plant helped fuel a train from Delhi to Mumbai and a 90-minute Boeing jet ride in Houston last year. Some scientists grouse that years of ...READ»

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Friday Fun: Remix This Cold War Kids Song 625 Ways

To promote their new song, "I've seen enough," the Cold War Kids produced a regular music video. But they also hired Tool of North America to create an interactive version of the video, which lets you remix the song while it plays. ...READ»

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From Brazil to Your Boardroom

Forum Theatre as an Effective, Empowering Means of Problem- Solving in a Corporate SettingREAD»

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Power Play

Headhunter Fiona Cherbak on why the electronic-game industry isn't just for geeks, and how to trade in your analog gig for a digital one.READ»

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Living Walls Look Great, But What About Upkeep?

Not only effective in reducing energy use, a vertically scaled garden, or living wall injects a shot of green into gray urban streetscapes. Last week we wrote about North America's largest largest living wall, designed by Kari ...READ»

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Gunther Pauli Cleans Up

He built the world's first biodegradable factory. Now, armed with laptops and attitude, Gunter Pauli and his green team plan to outmaneuver Procter Gamble and the detergent giants.READ»

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Five Ways to Really Tick Off Your Employees!

Who knew management could be this easy?READ»

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Text Here for a New Job

The MIT offspring, Assured Labor, connects job-seekers with employers via mobile SMS.READ»

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Biomimicry Challenge: TOA Uses Fungi to Reimagine Sustainable Neighborhoods

The Mexico City-based firm Taller de Operaciones Ambientales worked with Portland-based Brightworks to create a new model for designing ecodistricts, with mushrooms, spores, and saguaro cacti as their guides.READ»

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Sany Heavy Equipment 59% Profit Jumps

Heavy construction equipment maker, Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd prepares for an initial public offering, IPO in Hong Kong after posting its 59.3% year-on-year growth net profit, 2009. The data was uncovered by United Equipment Sales, ...READ»