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Recycling profitable here despite U.S. trend

"Recycling profitable here despite U.S. trendCity bucking the trend faced by others thanks to a key contractPhotos & images All Slideshows »More by Carli BrosseauEach day, Tucson recycling coordinator Don...

MediaDefender Secretly Sells Porn to P2P Users

"MediaDefender Secretly Sells Porn to P2P Users Written by Ernesto on September 20, 2008  MediaDefender is widely known for their anti-piracy operations, spoofing and...

Nokia's Shares Drop after Pessimistic Forecast

Nokia predicts lower sales volume in the upcoming quarter. This is not too surprising, since Nokia's handsets are either entry-level (missing things like bluetooth or even a camera) or insanely high-end (and costing more than a laptop). Even grey-market phones in this...

Will Zell Sell Newsday?

Rumors are flying about a possible Newday sale..."After inking a deal to take control of the Tribune Company last year, Samuel Zell told told the company’s flagship paper, The Chicago Tribune: “We didn’t do...

Can an electronic newspaper be profitable?

Writer Bill Richards believes the technology of Amazon's new wireless electronic book-reader, Kindle, will have a huge impact on the newspaper business. Take away circulation, ink, and paper expenses, and suddenly...

E-ink is getting closer -- Kindle starts a new blaze of interest

Now here is a fascinating story by Bill Richards is a former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporter who covered the Seattle newspapers' joint operating agreement for The Seattle Times under a three-year contract that ended in 2005. He creates a hypothetical paper...

Discovery Plans to Buy Web Site

A fascinating techno-web marriage: the Discovery Channel and HowStuffWorks.com. Let's hope that Discovery learns from HowStuffWorks in terms of website access, as the Discovery sites tend to be clunky, over-laden with flashy stuff and clips that must run, and often hard to...

World of Warcraft Gets Its Own Rewards Card

Further blurring the line between online and real-world profits and expenditures, massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft (deep breath) has just released a rewards card. Frequent Visa users can now accrue subscription time, so the more stuff you buy,...

Pavilion Falls Away

"Pavilion falls away Remaining rides next to go By Jenny Burns The Sun News Rubble is all that is left of the primary Pavilion building at Ninth Avenue North and Ocean Boulevard. TOM MURRAY/The Sun News Rubble is all that is left of the primary Pavilion building at Ninth...

Kenya: Cotton Production Plan Inspired

"Nairobi The past four years of the Narc administration has seen a steady revival of agriculture, which is the mainstay of the economy. Milk, coffee and tea production have grown as a result of strategic plans devised to give them a new lease of life after years of...

How to Inspire Growth Obsession in Your Staff

"Staff meetings -- as anyone who has ever sat through a boring one knows -- can be a big waste of time if nothing gets done. One way to make sure the time is well used is to search for new growth opportunities at every meeting. Just like professional athletes, you want to...

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The 10 Qualities of Great Growth Leaders

"Are you a growth leader? This isn't a question that's just for CEOs and business-unit presidents, and making sure you can answer "yes" to it is vitally important to your career advancement. Every company needs to grow, and it takes leaders at many organizational levels to...

How to find good investment property

"If you're cut out for it, life as a landlord can be quite profitable. But success isn't assured. Here's what you need to know before diving in. The idea of owning rental real estate seems to be gaining popularity as investors tire of the swoops and swoons of the stock...

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