Topic: Sao Paulo

Milan 2009: Exhausted Patrons Seek Refuge In Boa Sofa's Cushiony Comfort

Five days into an overwhelming six-day trade show has everyone seeking refuge. Vanessa Ferreira of Brazil found it on an old (2002) Boa sofa by fellow Sao Paulo residents Fernando and Humberto Campana, who gave a design talk at ...READ»

Going to the Xtreme

These business travelers aren't frequent fliers -- they're constant fliers. Travel tips on how to work, what to pack, where to sit, whether your shuttle's headed for an orbit in deep space or just circling over O'Hare.READ»

Fast Talk: Metal Mentor

Since 1997, Endeavor Global has been nurturing promising entrepreneurs to build companies that help support emerging markets across Latin America and Africa.READ»

Giving Back

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Hennion and Walsh News: Dow Jones Newswires - 11/14/2008

TIP SHEET: SmartGrowth Funds Bet On ETFs, Short S&P 500 "A U.S. recession isn't pretty for most companies, but portfolio managers at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management are betting on a universe of roughly 240 exchange traded funds to beat the worst bear market since the Great Depression."READ»

Art Basel Miami: Has Art Basel Lost its Cool?

Staring at the big, sparkly Tom Friedman painting, "Glitterbattle," in the Gagosian booth, the woman in the red flowered house dress, yellow socks, and black sneakers, was inspired. So was her companion, dressed in khaki shorts, an ...READ»

The Coming Smackdown Over International News

In the coming war for the hearts and minds of international news junkies, the BBC Worldservice just launched a pre-emptive strike. This week it announced that it has hired BBDO New York to handle the advertising promoting its new ...READ»

The Case for Optimism

Why it makes sense to look on the bright side of life.READ»

Good News - It's a Small World

Who cares where our cars, computers, or clothes are made? If December's "Battle of Seattle" is any indication, lots of people do. A book by two savvy journalists makes the case for globalization.READ»

How to Globalize Yourself

If you want your career to move forward, be prepared to move outside the United States. Here are seven real-world strategies for working smart around the world.READ»

Reinventing the Reel

The phrase "interactive advertising" is everywhere. Bob Greenberg actually makes it.READ»

Intel's Amazon Ambitions

How a Brazilian town best known for its Festival of the Ox became a marketing tool for the world's biggest semiconductor company.READ»

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Fast Pack 1999

For the second year in a row, we invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its third anniversary with the ultimate business round table.READ»

Office of the Future

Mark Dixon, founder and chairman of Regus Business Centres, is asking new questions about an old problem: office space. What role do physical offices play in a virtual world? If people can work anywhere, then where can they do their best work?READ»

Power to the People

AES is big, rich - and unlike any company you've ever seen. It builds power plants by handing power to workers on the front lines. Its radical business model has worked wonders in the United States. Can it also work in Hungary, China, and Brazil?READ»