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Southwest Lands in Two "Overpriced, Underserved" South Carolina Airports

Dave Ridley made good on his word. Southwest’s senior VP for marketing and revenue management said that the discount carrier chooses to add destinations based on whether a city’s airport is "overpriced and underserved" and ...READ»

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Full of Jobs, Boeing's Dreamliner Lands in S.C., Will It Ever Take Off Again?

Significantly larger than a monarch or a moth, Boeing's super-sized aircraft is kicking up a wind that's felt across the country.READ»

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Little Noticed Election Landmarks: Women In Charge (& Not)

Last Tuesday, New Hampshire voters elected 13 women to the state Senate, out of a total of 24 seats -- the first time women have been the majority in any U.S. state legislative body. Flagged by Fast Company alum Dan Pink, with ...READ»

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In Search of Courage

Finding the courage within you.READ»

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Doug Schrandt Internet Marketing

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Bumped Passengers, Fines Aside, "It's All About Relationships" for Southwest Airlines

Southwest has pissed off its fair share of customers, bumping more of them from oversold flights than any other carrier last year. You don't have to look to far to find disgruntled flyers saying things such as, "I have always flown ...READ»

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6 Reasons I Love Brains on Fire

This regional brand/identity player packs global punchREAD»

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De-Adversify: Part 2 of The 12 Things I've Learned About Business From Living Abroad

I hate to read something like this, about a boy in South Carolina who was punished because he decided to use his broken pencil sharpener. But sometimes this happens. When you can't get the help you need for something, you have ...READ»

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Don't Let Your Product Get Booed

Every night from June to August, we watched as town hall meetings erupted into screaming matches. On September 9, South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson yelled "You lie!” at President Obama during his speech to a joint session ...READ»

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Government Funding for Startups Really Does Exist, Uncle Sam Ponies Up $2.5B in Q3

Amid the spam, books, and late night TV infomercials promising inside information about little known government programs and free money, there actually is cash out there for your business.READ»

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Nonsense At Work

You can have it if you don’t need it:Did you hear about the South Carolina teenager with H.I.V. who had his health insurance policy revoked?  That got me thinking about Henry Ford and three big industries in the USA.Wait.  ...READ»

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Entrepreneurship: Thank Your Attention-Starved Spouse With A New Kind Of Neglect

Let's say you run a web site, and it's so demanding that you run it at the cost of your marital well-being. Now you can say "thank you!" to your Main Squeeze for her patience by, you guessed it, fiddling with another web site. This ...READ»

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A Close Encounter of the Enlightened Kind

Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar finds modern wisdom in classic works.READ»

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Letter from the Editor

"When it rains, you get wet." I use that expression with my sons if they complain about the weather turning bad. I found myself using the same words a few days ago while talking to an executive at a major Wall Street company. ...READ»

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Removing the Fallen Trees From Your Growth Path

Few of us could ever predict when the rotting tree in our company is going to collapse. To make matters worse, even fewer of us know where the rotting trees are located. As a result, sales stagnate, clients leave, and innovation halts.READ»

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BACKGROUND CHECKS HONOLULU

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Road Rules - Rule 16

Don't Check Out a HotelREAD»

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Google's Minnie Ingersoll Talks Fiber, Workplace Perks, and Surfing

Ingersoll and Google's Alternate Access team are working on creating next-generation broadband networks -- featuring speeds up to 100 times today's standard -- to spur the coming wave of online innovation.READ»

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iFive: Life as a Clean-up Worker, Murdoch's Paywall Goes Up, the Centenarian Gene, Lexus Recall, Cycling Tech in London

While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»

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My Favorite Bookmarks: Roger Barnette

Picks from the founder of eTour.com.READ»

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Good News - $87 Million Investment in Barnwell County, SC

It's green technology on a greenfield site.  Horsehead Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of specialty zinc and zinc-based products, is going to locate a new $87 million recycling facility in Barnwell County, South Carolina.   ...READ»

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The Best Defense: Part 2

How to headhunter-proof your company.READ»

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Innovation Wednesday: Filming Dirty Jobs, A Behind the Scenes Look

Want a dirty job done right? Ask some dirty boys to do it. That’s the takeaway from my visit to the “set” of Dirty Jobs, the runaway hit series from the Discovery Channel. Mike Rowe, the star and rogue philosopher behind the ...READ»

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Telly Visionary

With 15 Emmys and a superstar client list, set designer Jim Fenhagen is the hottest thing on TV.READ»

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Cool Roofing For All

While the green building movement is making great progress most buildings still waste a great deal of energy, often through the roof. When the sun beats down on a roof it can heat up the rest of the building as well, making air ...READ»