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The 101 Dumbest Business Moments
Fortune has compiled quite an amusing list of the idiocy fun things that have happened in the business world. The top one is, of course, the various mishaps of China. During 2007, the Year of the Pig, Mattel is forced to recall almost 20 million it...
About that tuna you’re eating…
As we all know, China is the land of lead contaminated toys - just imagine what could be happening to the fish they send to the West. Unlike Aquadots, you’re actually supposed to eat the denizens of the sea and, well, bad things could happen if...
The Future of Cars and the Entrepreneurs that Create Them
Sadly, the cars of tomorrow probably won’t speedily hover down streets - they’ll look a little like the three-wheel two passenger seat motorcycle/car hybrid above. A cartocycle, perhaps? Motorcarcle? Mocarcycle? I suppose the naming will ...
Foreign Saviors
I’m not talking about Nigerian scammers in the title - America is going into an economic slump for some boring reasons that you can read about elsewhere. On a more interesting note, one of the things keeping the United States from going into a ...
Paying off the Earth.
If you give just a bit of your money away, some companies offer to offset the carbon emissions and global warming you cause by investing it into renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. These alternatives make the Earth quite happy, as ...
Coffee and Alcohol Cost Money? I Never Knew.
Shocking new developments have arisen about alcohol and coffee - to obtain them, you generally need to pay something called money (whatever that is). Yes, folks, it’s true. Unless you practice thievery or work at Starbucks, you probably won...
The Buck is Falling! The Buck is Falling! Invest Overseas!
It’s generally accepted that the value of the dollar is descending faster than the time I went skiing down Mt. Everest blindfolded. Turns out that the American currency isn’t that important after all. Gasp as you may - I know that anythi...
The Death of the Newspaper
More and more people are switching over to reading online versions of newspapers. Inevitably, newspapers will soon become scarce and will then be listed as an endangered species, much like Orcas or our atmosphere. Although some newspapers are trying...
Forget Cars: Get A Hybrid (Cat) Instead!
Another addition to the “wholly unnecessary cool things to buy” list has arrived. When you’re so rich that you’ve already bought a water cola fountain, a robotic personal assistant, and a private island, why not complete you...
Reality Shows Are Serious Business
Turns out that it’s not all fun and and games for reality TV. For every five people that appear on a show like American Idol or Project Runway, there are hundreds of others that don’t make the cut. We can’t all be famous, now can w...
Rich, Famous, Dead.
Forbes has compiled a list of the thirteen richest dead celebrities. Among the list (with some gratuitous parenthetic comments and yearly incomes) are: 1. Elvis Presley (Duh.) $49 million 5. Albert Einstein (Apparently, Baby Einstein DVDs earn him a...
A Piping Hot Slice of Facebook Pie for Microsoft
Facebook has become the biggest thing since sliced bread air MySpace Iraq MoneyMoose SOMETHING. It’s just big, okay? Really, really, really huge. That’s why some of the biggest companies around (Google and Microsoft, namely) want a sli...
The Only Things China Can’t Produce
China is the biggest producer of, well, everything. Well, almost everything. Here are some of the few things the Asian giant hasn’t yet beaten America in: “…The market for autos is dominated by U.S., Japanese and Korean products,...
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Some interesting new facts about millionaires have emerged. “The total number of world millionaire households—those with assets of $1 million or more—grew by 14% in 2006, to 9.6 million, representing the richest 0.7% of all households and...
Pitching Your Sales Ideas: Do’s and Don’ts.
Remarkable Communication has recently posted (an excellent and humorous) article about what you should and shouldn’t do with “elevator pitches.” Apparently, here’s what’s bad: “Here’s a widely distributed formula...
The New World of Video Messaging
TokBox, a video chat program that “wants to do for live video chatting what YouTube did for video watching,” seems to be quite an interesting idea. “The company, TokBox, allows people with Webcams and broadband Internet connections...
Fox’s New Business Network - A Parody of the Financial World?
Fox has recently debuted its new money show, the Fox Business Network (FBN). As with all things Fox, it is perky, upbeat, and wrong. ” The mood on Rupert Murdoch’s latest television venture was so giggly and upbeat that it belied its own craw...
China’s Exports Soar Despite Contaminated Products
We’ve all heard about the recalled toys from various companies because they were contaminated with lead paint and all that good stuff. Despite all of these defective products, China’s exports are still growing - they’re still making...
BusinessWeek Magazine’s Internet Makeover
Seeing as how the Internet is the biggest thing since the biggest thing since sliced bread (shocker, I know), BusinessWeek magazine is changing its layout to appeal to web users. The famous finance publication’s changes include: “…m...
Drastic New Measures at Jones Soda
Ever a source of serious business news, CNN Money has again showed us that they are the #1 financial website in the world. Anyway, onto the actual article. It seems that Jones Soda thinks that there’s a market demand for dirt, sweat, and grass...
Ten Job Interview “Mistakes”
The folks at CNN Money have compiled a list of the top ten weirdest things they’ve ever heard in a job interview. We wish someone had shown this to us before our first 13 unsuccessful applications. Our favorites? 1. “…told me to hi...
Outsourcing Outsourcing.
Where do companies go for cheap labor and hard work? No, silly, not illegal immigrants - India! Outsourcing has become a way of life for many businesses. It may come to you as a surprise, though, that India is outsourcing its jobs. Where do Indian co...
