There's No Avoiding Google+
Google is challenging Facebook by using a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network. The result is that people who create an account to use Gmail, YouTube and other...
View Article$100 Invested in 100 $1 Lottery Tickets
The thrill and rush of possibly winning started to wear off after about the twentieth losing ticket. Each card had a couple of “Life” symbols on them, and every time you got a second you just dreamed...
View ArticleArchitectural Mimicry in Contemporary China
One of the most striking features about daily life in China is how much of what one encounters has been appropriated from elsewhere. It’s not just the fake iPhones or luxury watches . . . . Above all...
View ArticleChaos Cinema
By employing directors with backgrounds in drama, the studios hope action-heavy films will be infused with greater depth. The catch, however, is that drama directors are usually inexperienced at, and...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate Your Job Offer
Professor Deepak Malhotra offers 15 pieces of negotiation advice, followed by Q&A, in an informal session for students at the Harvard Business School. (1 hr 5 min video).
View ArticleCharter of Quebec values to ban religious symbols for public workers
Today the government of the Canadian province of Quebec released its proposed charter of Quebec values. “The minister in charge of the charter, Bernard Drainville, announced … that if the charter were...
View ArticleFor the Love of Money
In my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I...
View ArticleReal Estate Goes Global
We’re all familiar with the stories of Russian oligarchs buying up mansions in London, but this is a much broader phenomenon. A torrent of capital from wealthy people in emerging markets—from China,...
View ArticleBurger King Is Run by Children
Burger King's CEO is 33 years old. Its head of investor relations is 29 and its CFO is 28.
View ArticleGrowing Number of Canadians Unprepared For Financial Emergency
According to the Annual BMO Rainy Day Survey released today, "the percentage of Canadians that have enough savings to only cover one month or fewer has climbed to 27% - up 8 percentage points [since...
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