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BOOK RECOMMENDATION   |  Comment

Dean Koontz’s Life Expectancy

BY Corey Blake
Relevancy Score: 90
Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM

This past weekend my wife and I were doing a lot of driving through the colored fall countryside of Wisconsin and we ended up listening to Dean Koontz’s Life Expectancy, the audiobook. We actually found ourselves, wanting to take ...READ»

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FC CALENDAR   |  Comment

National Mustard Day

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 83
Sat Aug 1, 2009 at 7:06 PM

Mustard is, well, cutting the mustard. As more Americans brown-bag lunch and dine at home, sales of the sauce are up. Revenue at market leader French's grew more than 6% last year. But mustard's sometime partner and neme-sis is doing ...READ»

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COCKPIT GADGETS   |  2 comments

In Defense of Laptops, MP3 Players, and Gadgets in Airline Cockpits

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 69
Tue Nov 3, 2009 at 12:24 PM

After a single airliner went ever so slightly astray because its flight crew were using laptops in the cockpit, lawmakers are poised to bring regulations crashing down that forbid almost any kind of gadget being used by pilots. That's ...READ»

EASYTOINSUREME   |  Comment

EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 66
Thu Nov 5, 2009 at 11:17 AM

That the bill going to the floor of the House contains a government plan option is no surprise. But Senate leadership's decisionREAD»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  Comment

Tales from the Cryptograph

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 61
Fri Aug 15, 2003 at 6:40 PM

Bruce Schneier's monthly email newsletter Crypto-Gram is a snarky yet sensible round up of computer security- and cryptography-related commentary and analysis. In the Aug. 15 edition, the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet ...READ»

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BEHAVIOR   |  Comment

Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

BY Dov Seidman
Relevancy Score: 59
Mon Nov 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM

Everywhere I travel, I hear the same refrains: "We need more regulation," or on the flip side, "If we hadn't deregulated, we wouldn't be in this financial mess." More regulation could be a very good thing, but we shouldn’t rush to regulation without asking whether it’s a list of prohibitive rules or something deeper, something that inspires consistent and right behavior, says LRN CEO Dov Seidman.READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL   |  Comment

Foodie Forays

BY Christopher Percy Collier
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

3 other authentic destinations for the roving gourmet.READ»

WAL-MART   |  18 comments

Is Wal-Mart Really Organic?

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 4:19 PM

The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin has been taking a lot of shots at Wal-Mart concerning the retailer's organic food labeling practices. For one, the organization charges that Wal-Mart's signage ...READ»

CAREERS   |  Comment

Gene Pool, Talent Pool: Hiring Is All in the Family

BY Gina Imperato
Relevancy Score: 51
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:39 PM

At Southwest Airlines, the term "corporate family" is more than just an overused metaphor.READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  1 comment

Fast Talk: Rebel With a Hog

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 48
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

Rich Christoph designed Harley-Davidson's latest ride--and kept it just legal enough.READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  1 comment

It's All About the Shoes

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 48
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

When nearly all of his competitors were exporting work overseas, John Stollenwerk kept his 700 factory jobs in the United States -- but not for the reasons you'd think.READ»

COCOA   |  1 comment

Fair-Trade Towns: Let's Spread the Movement

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 48
Fri May 9, 2008 at 11:48 PM

Out of six official fair-trade towns in the whole United States, two are one town away from me--Amherst, Massachusetts and Northampton, Massachusetts (I live in the town between them, Hadley--which, small as it is, has at least five ...READ»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 48
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

E-COMMERCE   |  Comment

Action Item - Express Mail

BY Gina Imperato
Relevancy Score: 43
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:49 PM

A look at electronic newsletters and moderated email discussions.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  1 comment

(Data)Base Interests

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed May 12, 2004 at 1:44 PM

Harvard Business School has developed a database of 20th Century Great American Business Leaders. Partially available online -- the full data set can be gotten on request -- the database can be sorted by last name, birthplace, ...READ»

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Where Are The Jobs?

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Want to know where the jobs are? Go to where the résumés are: the small-town home of Monster, "the world's largest formal medium for businesses and individuals to connect," as founder and chairman Jeff Taylor would have it. Beyond ...READ»

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CONSUMER PRODUCTS   |  11 comments

"Sexting": Why Worry?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 38
Thu Mar 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM

Reports of "sexting"--or teens sending each other homemade pornographic images using their phones--have exploded in recent weeks. Schools and parents are outraged and terrified, and lawyers are confused, because most child ...READ»

BACKGROUND CHECKS   |  Comment

BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE

BY freebackground freebackground
Relevancy Score: 38
Thu Feb 19, 2009 at 12:51 PM

BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE READ»

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INNOVATION   |  Comment

Clinton, Obama, and the Marketing of Experience

BY Adam Hanft
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Feb 13, 2008 at 1:08 PM

It doesn’t appear to be working. Senator Clinton has built her presidential brand on the value of experience and the implicit – and sometimes explicit – risk of the new and untested. But the hunger in the gut that voters ...READ»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

SERVICE   |  Comment

Used Car Dealer in Dekalb-Sycamore IL Offers a Way to Save Money with Your Car

BY Tim Jennings
Relevancy Score: 31
Tue Oct 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM

"Keep it longer!" says Tim Jennings, the Internet sales manager of Tom Sparks Automobile of Dekalb Sycamore area. The number one reason people trade their car off is, they lose confidence in the car or truck after a few untimely repairs.READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL   |  Comment

Some Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

They won't end up in every garage, but a new generation of low-cost "personal" jets could really take off. Tiny Adam Aircraft is racing to be first on the runway.READ»

HONDA   |  Comment

In the news today: Some Folks Really Love Hondas.

BY Brickell Honda
Relevancy Score: 31
Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM

Aleh Kot, a 32-year old Massachusetts man, went into a Honda dealership Thursday afternoon with the intent on test-driving a brand-new black 2010 Honda Accord. The salesman probably who assisted him probably didn't know just how desperately this man wanted to get behind the wheel of a brand-new 2010 Accord.READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT   |  11 comments

Playstation 3 Prompts Real-Life Violence


Relevancy Score: 29
Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 1:16 PM

Last night as I made my way across Manhattan in the rain, I had to push my way through 1,500 angry wet customers standing outside the Sony Plaza store on Madison Avenue. Some of them, I'm told, had been there for days, waiting for a ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
ENTREPRENEURSHIP   |  Comment

Arizona Real Estate Entrepreneur Talks History

BY Francine Hardaway
Relevancy Score: 29
Wed May 7, 2008 at 8:41 PM

t's lunch in a Scottsdale restaurant. The attendees are mainly retired scions of industry, professionals, and business. I came because the group is having a presentation by one of the largest real estate developers in Arizona, and ...READ»

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