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SOLAR POWER   |  Comment

Washington State Planning World's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Project

The world's biggest solar photovoltaic project won't be in a conventionally sunny spot like Nevada or Arizona. It will be four miles north of Cle Elum, Washington, if the Teanaway Solar Reserve project goes as planned. Currently, ...READ»

The Move Is On to Cut Health System Costs

In a move that affects the bottom line of hospitals and pharmacies, Washington cuts more money from their Medicaid program.READ»

Advanced sensors and incentives

High-Tech Ways to Go Green at Home

Advanced sensors and incentives can trim electricity, water, and gas use at home and boost recycling. READ»

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COFFEE   |  Comment

Flipswap Offers Coffee for Used iPods, Cell Phones

Flipswap has come up with a compelling sweetener to convince people to recycle old cell phones and iPods -- free coffee. The company, which already gives consumers cash for old devices, has partnered up with Tully's Coffee Corporation ...READ»

Kenan Samms
VACATION   |  Comment

Why I Gave Myself a "B" for How I Managed My Vacation Quandary

If you read my posting about the “Ongoing Vacation Quandary,” then you know that I tried again this year to make a conscious decision not to work during my summer vacation.  I often come back to the subject of vacation around ...READ»

Tolerance and Success

Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do three things.  First, get to know ...READ»

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How Big Blue Is Pursuing Its Share of $101 Billion in Tech Stimulus Spending

When it comes to economic crisis, grizzled veterans like IBM have stared into the abyss before and lived to tell the tale. We look at how several giants are approaching today's meltdown with distinctive strategies for not only surviving but also thriving.READ»

Can’t Buy me Love

I remember learning about the most comprehensive book of rules you can imagine in one of my marketing classes many years ago. I’m talking about the brand identity dos and don’ts as spelled out in a corporate binder that truly ...READ»

Can’t Buy me Love

I remember learning about the most comprehensive book of rules you can imagine in one of my marketing classes many years ago. I’m talking about the brand identity dos and don’ts as spelled out in a corporate binder that truly ...READ»

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Thanksgiving Week Roundup: Markets and The Economy

Friday, November 28, 2008 In a shortened week that received absolutely dismal economic news, Washington awoke from its most recent policy slumber and made real progress in the War on Scarcity. President-elect Obama must be ...READ»

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Top 3 Sustainability Trends for 2009

In the face of a weak dollar, mass layoffs, and the world's corporate giants floundering, what are the corporate sustainability efforts we can realistically expect from businesses in 2009? READ»

Kenan Samms

The 4 Horsemen of Recovery: Investor, Lender, Consumer and Multiplier

Monday, December 8, 2008 Motion vs. Movement In a Mid-October Insight we offered the following prediction: I believe we have now entered purgatory. Valuations are low enough, but we have too much uncertainty to expect an immediate ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Let Bankruptcy Save the Big Three

“If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Behind the Scenes: Marketers & Political Consultants Hash It Out

Political strategists Paul Begala and Alex Castellanos give a post-mortem of the Obama vs. McCain campaigns, with the added spin of what marketers can learn.READ»

Kenan Samms
BAILOUT   |  Comment

Capitalism....dot gov?

There is a new drugstore test called the E.G.T. (Early Government Test). You pee on a stick. If the lines appear, you are no longer living in a free market. Of course, it may be a temporary condition. A few months of ...READ»

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Good Riddance, John Dingell

The ousting of Rep. John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat and pawn of the auto industry, is the best thing for Detroit—and the nation.READ»

ARTS   |  Comment

A Small-Business Documentary Sparks Discussion

Last night I attended a small-business forum organized by Manhattan's Community Board 4 that addressed the problematic future of New York's small businesses. The meeting was held in conjunction with a screening of Virginie Alvine-Perrette's documentary, "Twilight Becomes Night."READ»

Leadership Lessons from... LEGO

What would make a corporate lawyer give up his six-figure salary to make $13 an hour? One word: LEGO. It all started on Christmas 1978 in Colville, Washington, when five-year-old Nathan Sawaya unwrapped his first set of LEGO ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Beyond Subprime: What Business People Can Do to Invest in Communities

  “Community-development banks, credit unions, and other CDFIs – a mixture of faith-based and secular, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations – constitute what might be called the ‘ethical subprime lending’ industry. ...READ»

Kenan Samms
ICT   |  Comment

2008 State New Economy Index Released by ITIF and the Kauffman Foundation

Five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey—are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to The 2008 State ...READ»

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CREATIVITY   |  Comment

Innovation and the Obama Presidency

During his presidential campaign, President-elect Obama was quoted as saying, “America risks being left behind in the global economy: Revolutionary advances in information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other fields ...READ»

Big 3 Bailout?

This Saturday as world leaders from the G20 meet in Washington, the topic du jour is stabilizing the world economy. Leaders from the United States, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, ...READ»

Give consumers a voice in Detroit

The big three American automakers are circling the drain. Now executives from the automakers are pushing hard to acquire loans from the previously approved bailout of the financial markets. It’s an overture that was all but doomed ...READ»

CALIFORNIA   |  Comment

The Energy is Out West

With word that Barack Obama has settled on his energy and environment team, the future is, not surprisingly, out west, as The Wall Street Journal notes this morning. And that makes the probablity of more environmental regulation for ...READ»

Strategic News Service Mark Anderson 2009 Predictions

Mark Anderson's 10 Predictions For 2009

Strategic News Service forecaster Mark Anderson delivers his predictions for 2009 -- his predictions from last year were 96% correct.READ»