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Oct31	Top 13 Reasons Businesses Love Halloween Easton Ellsworth October 31, 2007 Here are the top 13 reasons the business world loves Halloween:13. People buy lots of candy. 12. Employees who wear weird clothing fit in with everyone else.11. People buy lots of makeup.10. People buy lots of fabric.9. People buy lots of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct30	Alberto Cribiore Named as Merrill Lynch Leader Amid Sub-prime Meltdown Hal Halladay October 30, 2007 Alberto Cribiore was named as interim non-executive chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MER) after chairman and CEO Stanley O’Neal abruptly resigned today. Cribiore will head the search for a new CEO. The announcement of O’Neal’s resignation culminated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stragey2Act.com: Balanced Scorecard HR Metrics Easton Ellsworth October 30, 2007 Does your business need strategic assistance? Are you looking for a tool that can help you improve your business performance? Strategy2Act can help. What is Strategy2Act? Strategy2Act is an e-product that helps businesses use a type of performance management tool called... Continue Reading Posted at 7:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct29	Will Hulu be the YouTube Killer? Kimberlee Morrison October 29, 2007 There's a new video streaming site on the block and many think it could become a YouTube (GOOG) competitor. Still in the private beta phase, the joint venture between NBC Universal (GE)and News Corp. (NWS), Hulu is already being... Continue Reading Posted at 1:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct26	Know More Media Review: California Wild Fires, Open Content Competition, and World Series Faceoff Kimberlee Morrison October 26, 2007 This week the dominant news was and continues to be the California Wild Fires. Thankfully none of our staff or authors we directly affected by the fires aside from having to deal with the poor air quality. There was... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Halloween is Big Business. . .Don’t forget a Costume for Your Pet Hal Halladay October 26, 2007 The business of Halloween is big. Would you believe $5 billion big? Halloween’s popularity as a holiday just keeps increasing and consumer’s willingness to part with cash does as well. According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	Effective Customer and Sales Lead Management with AIMpromote Software Dan Smith October 25, 2007 Three cheers for increased customers. Three cheers for increased sales. Three cheers for being able to keep track of it all! A lot of software programs exist for helping a business manage the handling of sales leads and the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Board Report 2007 Shows Increase in Tuitions – What about SAT Scores? Dan Smith October 25, 2007 The recent College Board Report 2007 that reports on yearly college tuition and student loan costs, shows an average increase of 6-7% in the cost of college in 2007, which is double the inflation rate in the USA. With... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct24	California Fires....Los Angeles is Burning Hal Halladay October 24, 2007 Local Southern California punk band Bad Religion released the song Los Angeles is Burning in 2004.Now with more than one million evacuated and fires still raging in seven southern Californian counties, how could Hell be any worse? ... Continue Reading Posted at 9:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 World Series: Cash Time for Denver, Boston Marketers Easton Ellsworth October 24, 2007 The 2007 World Series begins tonight as the heavily favored Boston Red Sox host the streaking Colorado Rockies. Advertisers and publishers heaved a collective sigh of relief when Boston overcame the Cleveland Indians, a team with a much smaller market,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California Fire Evacuees Can Get 30 Days of Free Storage from U-Haul Hal Halladay October 24, 2007 When a disaster like the California wild fires strike, it takes everyone pulling together to get through it. The folks at the U-Haul Companies of San Diego and San Fernando Valley are doing just that. These two U-Haul affiliates... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	Southern California Fires Rage from San Diego to Malibu Hal Halladay October 23, 2007 Fires continue to ravage southern California from San Diego county to Los Angeles. Know More Media is based in Southern California and while we are familiar with wild fires, this week has been extraordinary. I flew into Los Angeles... Continue Reading Posted at 10:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct22	Open Content Alliance: Competing with Google To Archive Digitized Library Content Kimberlee Morrison October 22, 2007 When Google announced its plan to digitize millions of books in 2005, along with a deal to scan books from Oxford’s Bodleian Library and the New York Public Library, the publishing world was slightly unnerved. However, this move prompted... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct19	Know More Media Review: Super Bugs, Social Media Scandals, Boss' Day, Comcast Must Die and a Common Sense Contest Kimberlee Morrison October 19, 2007 Blog Action Day was a huge success with Know More Media authors contributing over 30 articles to the cause. Network wide very little could top that kind of buzz but there were several topics worthy of mentioning in today’s... Continue Reading Posted at 7:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	“Comcast Must Die” Leads a Consumer Revolt Hal Halladay October 19, 2007 Ahhh, the modern world - full of convenience and electronics that enable us to communicate, share and “socialize our media.” We have a few large corporations such as Google Inc. (GOOG), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) to thank... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Co-Founder Tim Stay Speaking at 2007 Blogging for Business (B4B) Conference in SLC, UT Oct 22 Dan Smith October 19, 2007 Orange County, CA (PRWEB) Oct 19, 2007 – Tim Stay, the co-founder and CIO of the business blog network Know More Media, has been selected to speak at the 2007 Blogging for Business (B4B) Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct18	Business Promotional Products by EmpirePromos.com can Help Market your Business Dan Smith October 18, 2007 I remember the very first time I received a pen with my own company’s name on it, lo these many years. It was a very proud moment, an exciting moment. I remember the first job I had where I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, Caught Up in Facebook Sensational Story… or Scandal? A Lesson for Any Business Dan Smith October 18, 2007 Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland, is the most recent victim of the dreaded New Media Scandal Club, caught up her very own online media turmoil. In her attempt to connect with family and close friends,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Local Yellow Pages Directory AskPoodle.com Launches Easton Ellsworth October 17, 2007 AskPoodle.com, a local business listings directory relying on human organizational power, has launched.Woof! Here's how it works. You give AskPoodle.com your email address and/or phone number and ask it to find local businesses for you. AskPoodle.com does the search work... Continue Reading Posted at 5:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Authors Take Blog Action! Kimberlee Morrison October 17, 2007 Monday October 15th was Blog Action Day - a day designated for bloggers all over the world to discuss one important topic. This year the topic was the environment and over 20,600 blogs participated in publishing nearly 24,000 articles; 33... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bud Bilanich of CareerSuperStar.com and CommonSenseGuy.com Hosts “Use Your Common Sense Day” Contest Dan Smith October 17, 2007 Bud Bilanich, author of the Know More Media network blog CareerSuperStar.com, has launched a contest called “Use Your Common Sense Day” that seeks to help people use their valuable common sense. Bud’s common sense acumen and coaching savvy are... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MRSA Staph Superbug Affects Thousands Of U.S. Workers, Businesses Easton Ellsworth October 17, 2007 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a chilling report on a killer potentially more deadly than AIDS: MSRA. This "superbug" is affecting thousands of workers and their families and could affect your business in terms of productivity,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	National Boss’s Day – It Takes All Kinds Hal Halladay October 16, 2007 National Boss’s Day has rolled around again. Did you have October 16 marked on your schedule as the day to honor your boss? Or does your boss remind you constantly that he or she is worthy of your daily... Continue Reading Posted at 1:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct15	Blog Action Day: What You Can Do at Home and In the Office to Protect the Earth Kimberlee Morrison October 15, 2007 Today is Blog Action Day and people all over the blogosphere will be discussing the environment in some form or fashion. Whether you believe global warming is a true phenomenon or not, we must all acknowledge that our lives... Continue Reading Posted at 11:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct12	Know More Media Review: Mergers, Aquisitions, Strikes and Nobel Prizes Kimberlee Morrison October 12, 2007 In case you missed out on any of this week’s news, here is your chance to get caught up. The merger between Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE:TAP) and SABMiller plc (LON: SAB) sparked some interesting discussion, with almost everyone... Continue Reading Posted at 5:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BEA Systems Rejects Buy-out Bid by Oracle for $6.7B – What Thinks Carl Icahn? Dan Smith October 12, 2007 In an ever-shrinking business world full of corporate takeovers and buy-outs, Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) had offered a bid to buy BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEA) for $6.7B – at the time about 25% higher than BEA’s share price – but... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Doris Lessing, Author of The Golden Notebook, Wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2007 – How to Reward in Business Dan Smith October 11, 2007 Doris Lessing has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature today. She is the author of many works, including science fiction and short stories, and her most famous work is the classic “The Golden Notebook,” published in 1962.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Consumer Debt in USA Looms Large – USAinDebt.com Helps Educate and Inform Dan Smith October 11, 2007 With USA consumer debt ballooning and the consumer credit squeeze getting even tighter, Americans need to return to good old fashioned values and methods of properly spending and saving their money. One of the problems that faces the USA... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	Chrysler Strike: UAW Workers Walk Out On Dodge, Jeep Maker Easton Ellsworth October 10, 2007 A Chrysler strike began this morning. For the second time in three weeks, a major U.S. auto manufacturer is being hit by a worker strike. This time, more than 31,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members who work as Chrysler employees are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	Miller Coors Merger – Strange Brew or Tailgate Party? Hal Halladay October 9, 2007 Two major beer brands in the U.S. will combine forces. Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE:TAP) and London's SABMiller plc (LON:SAB) agreed to combine their U.S. operations. The joint venture will be called Miller Coors. What creativity! Together, Miller Coors... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 8	Got Rotten Neighbors? Let Everyone Know on RottenNeighbors.com Kimberlee Morrison October 8, 2007 If you have bad neighbors or are planning to move and want to avoid bad neighbors, you might want to check out RottenNeighbors.com. This site allows users to report on which neighborhoods are the worst based on the quality... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Know More Media Review: "In Rainbows," the Voyager, Space Voyages and Fortune's Power 50 Kimberlee Morrison October 5, 2007 There have been very significant business topics circulating the network this week: announcement of Radiohead’s new album (to drop Wednesday), the Verizon Voyager, Fortune’s 50 most powerful businesswomen, and the 50^th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch. Here’s a recap of what journalists have been saying …. Radiohead shocked the recording world and made fans extremely happy with their announcement... Continue Reading Posted at 4:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Louise Ogborn Awarded $6.1 Million in Lawsuit Against McDonalds. Hal Halladay October 5, 2007 The case of Louise Ogborn and the 3 ½ hour ordeal she experienced in the back office at a McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) restaurant in Kentucky has been settled. A jury awarded $6.1 million today to Ogborn The suit contended... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Debbie Curling sues Bob Barker Three Days After Anucha Browne Sanders Wins Suit Against Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden Hal Halladay October 5, 2007 Bob Barker has been sued by former employee, Deborah Curling over allegations that the TV quiz host created an "atmosphere of terror" on CBS Corporation’s (NYSE:CBS) show “The Price Is Right.” The lawsuit was made public three days after... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Louise Ogborn Case to Sue McDonald’s and Donna Jean Summers Hal Halladay October 4, 2007 By now you must have heard about Louise Ogborn, 21, who is suing McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) after she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office by a caller posing as a police officer. Today, the Kentucky jury... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Russian Satellite Sputnik 50th Anniversary Marks Historic Moment for Media and Business Dan Smith October 4, 2007 It was exactly 50 years ago, on Oct 4, 1957, that the Soviet Union (Russia) launched the first artificial satellite, called Sputnik, into an orbit in space around Earth. Named “Sputnik 1”, the satellite was about the size of... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 3	Verizon Voyager Phone: Apple iPhone Rival Announced Easton Ellsworth October 3, 2007 Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has announced the new Verizon Voyager cell phone, manufactured by LG and due to launch in the U.S. by late November. The Voyager is being widely hailed as the most significant contender to the Apple... Continue Reading Posted at 3:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 2	50 Most Powerful Women According to Fortune Hal Halladay October 2, 2007 Fortune Magazine announced its 10th annual list of the 50 Most Powerful Women and while Oprah made the list, she barely made the top 10 at number 8. Who is more powerful than Oprah you ask? That question alone... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Radiohead Announces "In Rainbows" Release: A New Era of Independant Music? Kimberlee Morrison October 1, 2007 Radiohead, an unsigned rock powerhouse, has announced the October 11th release of their latest LP, In Rainbows. However, there is a catch: this album is available only by digital download or as a collectable discbox on Radiohead’s website. You... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Oct31	Top 13 Reasons Businesses Love Halloween Easton Ellsworth October 31, 2007 Here are the top 13 reasons the business world loves Halloween:13. People buy lots of candy. 12. Employees who wear weird clothing fit in with everyone else.11. People buy lots of makeup.10. People buy lots of fabric.9. People buy lots of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct30	Alberto Cribiore Named as Merrill Lynch Leader Amid Sub-prime Meltdown Hal Halladay October 30, 2007 Alberto Cribiore was named as interim non-executive chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MER) after chairman and CEO Stanley O’Neal abruptly resigned today. Cribiore will head the search for a new CEO. The announcement of O’Neal’s resignation culminated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stragey2Act.com: Balanced Scorecard HR Metrics Easton Ellsworth October 30, 2007 Does your business need strategic assistance? Are you looking for a tool that can help you improve your business performance? Strategy2Act can help. What is Strategy2Act? Strategy2Act is an e-product that helps businesses use a type of performance management tool called... Continue Reading Posted at 7:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct29	Will Hulu be the YouTube Killer? Kimberlee Morrison October 29, 2007 There's a new video streaming site on the block and many think it could become a YouTube (GOOG) competitor. Still in the private beta phase, the joint venture between NBC Universal (GE)and News Corp. (NWS), Hulu is already being... Continue Reading Posted at 1:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct26	Know More Media Review: California Wild Fires, Open Content Competition, and World Series Faceoff Kimberlee Morrison October 26, 2007 This week the dominant news was and continues to be the California Wild Fires. Thankfully none of our staff or authors we directly affected by the fires aside from having to deal with the poor air quality. There was... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Halloween is Big Business. . .Don’t forget a Costume for Your Pet Hal Halladay October 26, 2007 The business of Halloween is big. Would you believe $5 billion big? Halloween’s popularity as a holiday just keeps increasing and consumer’s willingness to part with cash does as well. According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	Effective Customer and Sales Lead Management with AIMpromote Software Dan Smith October 25, 2007 Three cheers for increased customers. Three cheers for increased sales. Three cheers for being able to keep track of it all! A lot of software programs exist for helping a business manage the handling of sales leads and the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Board Report 2007 Shows Increase in Tuitions – What about SAT Scores? Dan Smith October 25, 2007 The recent College Board Report 2007 that reports on yearly college tuition and student loan costs, shows an average increase of 6-7% in the cost of college in 2007, which is double the inflation rate in the USA. With... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct24	California Fires....Los Angeles is Burning Hal Halladay October 24, 2007 Local Southern California punk band Bad Religion released the song Los Angeles is Burning in 2004.Now with more than one million evacuated and fires still raging in seven southern Californian counties, how could Hell be any worse? ... Continue Reading Posted at 9:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2007 World Series: Cash Time for Denver, Boston Marketers Easton Ellsworth October 24, 2007 The 2007 World Series begins tonight as the heavily favored Boston Red Sox host the streaking Colorado Rockies. Advertisers and publishers heaved a collective sigh of relief when Boston overcame the Cleveland Indians, a team with a much smaller market,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	California Fire Evacuees Can Get 30 Days of Free Storage from U-Haul Hal Halladay October 24, 2007 When a disaster like the California wild fires strike, it takes everyone pulling together to get through it. The folks at the U-Haul Companies of San Diego and San Fernando Valley are doing just that. These two U-Haul affiliates... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	Southern California Fires Rage from San Diego to Malibu Hal Halladay October 23, 2007 Fires continue to ravage southern California from San Diego county to Los Angeles. Know More Media is based in Southern California and while we are familiar with wild fires, this week has been extraordinary. I flew into Los Angeles... Continue Reading Posted at 10:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct22	Open Content Alliance: Competing with Google To Archive Digitized Library Content Kimberlee Morrison October 22, 2007 When Google announced its plan to digitize millions of books in 2005, along with a deal to scan books from Oxford’s Bodleian Library and the New York Public Library, the publishing world was slightly unnerved. However, this move prompted... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct19	Know More Media Review: Super Bugs, Social Media Scandals, Boss' Day, Comcast Must Die and a Common Sense Contest Kimberlee Morrison October 19, 2007 Blog Action Day was a huge success with Know More Media authors contributing over 30 articles to the cause. Network wide very little could top that kind of buzz but there were several topics worthy of mentioning in today’s... Continue Reading Posted at 7:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	“Comcast Must Die” Leads a Consumer Revolt Hal Halladay October 19, 2007 Ahhh, the modern world - full of convenience and electronics that enable us to communicate, share and “socialize our media.” We have a few large corporations such as Google Inc. (GOOG), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) to thank... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Co-Founder Tim Stay Speaking at 2007 Blogging for Business (B4B) Conference in SLC, UT Oct 22 Dan Smith October 19, 2007 Orange County, CA (PRWEB) Oct 19, 2007 – Tim Stay, the co-founder and CIO of the business blog network Know More Media, has been selected to speak at the 2007 Blogging for Business (B4B) Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct18	Business Promotional Products by EmpirePromos.com can Help Market your Business Dan Smith October 18, 2007 I remember the very first time I received a pen with my own company’s name on it, lo these many years. It was a very proud moment, an exciting moment. I remember the first job I had where I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, Caught Up in Facebook Sensational Story… or Scandal? A Lesson for Any Business Dan Smith October 18, 2007 Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland, is the most recent victim of the dreaded New Media Scandal Club, caught up her very own online media turmoil. In her attempt to connect with family and close friends,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Local Yellow Pages Directory AskPoodle.com Launches Easton Ellsworth October 17, 2007 AskPoodle.com, a local business listings directory relying on human organizational power, has launched.Woof! Here's how it works. You give AskPoodle.com your email address and/or phone number and ask it to find local businesses for you. AskPoodle.com does the search work... Continue Reading Posted at 5:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Authors Take Blog Action! Kimberlee Morrison October 17, 2007 Monday October 15th was Blog Action Day - a day designated for bloggers all over the world to discuss one important topic. This year the topic was the environment and over 20,600 blogs participated in publishing nearly 24,000 articles; 33... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bud Bilanich of CareerSuperStar.com and CommonSenseGuy.com Hosts “Use Your Common Sense Day” Contest Dan Smith October 17, 2007 Bud Bilanich, author of the Know More Media network blog CareerSuperStar.com, has launched a contest called “Use Your Common Sense Day” that seeks to help people use their valuable common sense. Bud’s common sense acumen and coaching savvy are... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	MRSA Staph Superbug Affects Thousands Of U.S. Workers, Businesses Easton Ellsworth October 17, 2007 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a chilling report on a killer potentially more deadly than AIDS: MSRA. This "superbug" is affecting thousands of workers and their families and could affect your business in terms of productivity,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	National Boss’s Day – It Takes All Kinds Hal Halladay October 16, 2007 National Boss’s Day has rolled around again. Did you have October 16 marked on your schedule as the day to honor your boss? Or does your boss remind you constantly that he or she is worthy of your daily... Continue Reading Posted at 1:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct15	Blog Action Day: What You Can Do at Home and In the Office to Protect the Earth Kimberlee Morrison October 15, 2007 Today is Blog Action Day and people all over the blogosphere will be discussing the environment in some form or fashion. Whether you believe global warming is a true phenomenon or not, we must all acknowledge that our lives... Continue Reading Posted at 11:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct12	Know More Media Review: Mergers, Aquisitions, Strikes and Nobel Prizes Kimberlee Morrison October 12, 2007 In case you missed out on any of this week’s news, here is your chance to get caught up. The merger between Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE:TAP) and SABMiller plc (LON: SAB) sparked some interesting discussion, with almost everyone... Continue Reading Posted at 5:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BEA Systems Rejects Buy-out Bid by Oracle for $6.7B – What Thinks Carl Icahn? Dan Smith October 12, 2007 In an ever-shrinking business world full of corporate takeovers and buy-outs, Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) had offered a bid to buy BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEA) for $6.7B – at the time about 25% higher than BEA’s share price – but... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Doris Lessing, Author of The Golden Notebook, Wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2007 – How to Reward in Business Dan Smith October 11, 2007 Doris Lessing has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature today. She is the author of many works, including science fiction and short stories, and her most famous work is the classic “The Golden Notebook,” published in 1962.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Consumer Debt in USA Looms Large – USAinDebt.com Helps Educate and Inform Dan Smith October 11, 2007 With USA consumer debt ballooning and the consumer credit squeeze getting even tighter, Americans need to return to good old fashioned values and methods of properly spending and saving their money. One of the problems that faces the USA... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	Chrysler Strike: UAW Workers Walk Out On Dodge, Jeep Maker Easton Ellsworth October 10, 2007 A Chrysler strike began this morning. For the second time in three weeks, a major U.S. auto manufacturer is being hit by a worker strike. This time, more than 31,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members who work as Chrysler employees are... Continue Reading Posted at 12:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	Miller Coors Merger – Strange Brew or Tailgate Party? Hal Halladay October 9, 2007 Two major beer brands in the U.S. will combine forces. Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE:TAP) and London's SABMiller plc (LON:SAB) agreed to combine their U.S. operations. The joint venture will be called Miller Coors. What creativity! Together, Miller Coors... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 8	Got Rotten Neighbors? Let Everyone Know on RottenNeighbors.com Kimberlee Morrison October 8, 2007 If you have bad neighbors or are planning to move and want to avoid bad neighbors, you might want to check out RottenNeighbors.com. This site allows users to report on which neighborhoods are the worst based on the quality... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Know More Media Review: "In Rainbows," the Voyager, Space Voyages and Fortune's Power 50 Kimberlee Morrison October 5, 2007 There have been very significant business topics circulating the network this week: announcement of Radiohead’s new album (to drop Wednesday), the Verizon Voyager, Fortune’s 50 most powerful businesswomen, and the 50^th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch. Here’s a recap of what journalists have been saying …. Radiohead shocked the recording world and made fans extremely happy with their announcement... Continue Reading Posted at 4:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Louise Ogborn Awarded $6.1 Million in Lawsuit Against McDonalds. Hal Halladay October 5, 2007 The case of Louise Ogborn and the 3 ½ hour ordeal she experienced in the back office at a McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) restaurant in Kentucky has been settled. A jury awarded $6.1 million today to Ogborn The suit contended... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Debbie Curling sues Bob Barker Three Days After Anucha Browne Sanders Wins Suit Against Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden Hal Halladay October 5, 2007 Bob Barker has been sued by former employee, Deborah Curling over allegations that the TV quiz host created an "atmosphere of terror" on CBS Corporation’s (NYSE:CBS) show “The Price Is Right.” The lawsuit was made public three days after... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Louise Ogborn Case to Sue McDonald’s and Donna Jean Summers Hal Halladay October 4, 2007 By now you must have heard about Louise Ogborn, 21, who is suing McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) after she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office by a caller posing as a police officer. Today, the Kentucky jury... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Russian Satellite Sputnik 50th Anniversary Marks Historic Moment for Media and Business Dan Smith October 4, 2007 It was exactly 50 years ago, on Oct 4, 1957, that the Soviet Union (Russia) launched the first artificial satellite, called Sputnik, into an orbit in space around Earth. Named “Sputnik 1”, the satellite was about the size of... Continue Reading Posted at 1:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 3	Verizon Voyager Phone: Apple iPhone Rival Announced Easton Ellsworth October 3, 2007 Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has announced the new Verizon Voyager cell phone, manufactured by LG and due to launch in the U.S. by late November. The Voyager is being widely hailed as the most significant contender to the Apple... Continue Reading Posted at 3:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 2	50 Most Powerful Women According to Fortune Hal Halladay October 2, 2007 Fortune Magazine announced its 10th annual list of the 50 Most Powerful Women and while Oprah made the list, she barely made the top 10 at number 8. Who is more powerful than Oprah you ask? That question alone... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Radiohead Announces "In Rainbows" Release: A New Era of Independant Music? Kimberlee Morrison October 1, 2007 Radiohead, an unsigned rock powerhouse, has announced the October 11th release of their latest LP, In Rainbows. However, there is a catch: this album is available only by digital download or as a collectable discbox on Radiohead’s website. You... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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