A Little Self-Promotion Doesn’t Hurt – Inc.com: At the beginning of this year, I decided to close down my business, CounterCrete, which specialized in custom concrete countertops, and got a job as a manager at a Target store.
Spinning Art, or Money, Out of E-mail – NYTimes.com: In 1994, a 31-year-old journalist trying to expand her connections began hosting parties for other media people. She started out poring over mastheads, inviting editors at various publications by phone, then, in time, by fax.
Business Still Wary on New Hiring – Survey – Reuters.com: Small businesses remained cautious about adding to payrolls in October, with fewer hiring than was the case a month earlier, a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business showed.
: Nearly 9 million robots now exist around the world. They can do many things—except share a common operating system.
Business Apps for Small-Business Owners – Entrepreneur.com: Small-business owners crave mobile applications as much as the next savvy smartphone user. According to market research firm Compass Intelligence, American small businesses will spend nearly $350 million on mobile software in 2010 alone.
Big Brands Tap into China’s Online Habits – CNN.com: How do western companies market to brand-conscious Chinese consumers? Flagship stores can be one way, but the answer increasingly lies online with the country’s estimated 400 million Internet-users.
Ethics for Social Entrepreneurship – Inc.com: Should the marketers at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure leverage their tremendous skills to raise awareness about heart disease, which is six times more likely to kill a woman than breast cancer?
With Warning, Obama Presses China on Currency – NYTimes.com: President Obama increased pressure on China to immediately revalue its currency on Thursday, devoting most of a two-hour meeting with China’s prime minister to the issue and sending the message, according to one of his top aides, that if “the Chinese don’t take actions, we have other means of protecting U.S. interests.”
How to Make Money on Tumblr – Inc.com: Why would customers want to see a photo of the CEO laughing at the company barbeque? Read the IT guy’s musings? Watch a childhood video of the marketing director? The answer is connection.
The Top Schools for Entrepreneurs – Entrepreneur.com: The education of an entrepreneur may begin in the classroom, but it’s often the educational environment that determines how well-rounded a program truly is–and what it can help entrepreneurial-minded students achieve.
Chinese Bet on London Real Estate – NYTimes.com: There were 115,000 Chinese living in London in 2007, compared with 80,000 six years earlier, the most recent figures from the British government showed.
Japanese Stocks Rise as Government Weakens Yen – BusinessWeek.com: Japanese stocks rebounded in a whiplash session after the government intervened in the foreign-exchange market to weaken the yen from a 15-year high, boosting the earnings outlook for exporters.
U.K. Jobless Claims Rise for First Time Since January – BusinessWeek.com: U.K. jobless claims unexpectedly increased in August for the first time in seven months, a sign the economic recovery may be faltering just as the government starts the country’s biggest austerity drive since World War II.
