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Judge Throws Out Popcorn Case: Manhattan Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper has thrown out Steve Kaplan's case against AMC Theatres. [more]
Biggest Elvis, Burger, Roller Coaster, and More!: In case you were wondering, the largest velvet Elvis -- he's 12 feet by 12 feet -- can be spotted at The Tattoo Factory in Chicago. [more]
British Women Bolt for Aussie Blokes: With promises of plentiful sunshine, affordable homes, low crime, good jobs, and lots of single men, Southern Australia is luring Britain's highly skilled, young women to its shores. [more]
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Study: Business Process Management Initiatives Still Immature: The technology-enabled discipline of business process management (BPM) has achieved rapid adoption among large enterprises in the past few years, but success rates have been less impressive. [more]
Subprime Crisis -- A Failure of Leadership?: The recent catastrophically bad decision-making at giant Wall Street firms comes down to one thing, according to Dr E Ted Prince: their leaders' lack of business acumen. [more]
Companies Weakly Facing Employee Language Barriers: Approximately 15 percent of the US labor force is comprised of foreign-born workers, and employers are currently making little effort to overcome language limitations, according to a survey by The Conference Board. [more]
10 Communication Rules to Live By: This laundry list of communication principles to live by is worthy of printing out and placing on the lunch room refrigerator door. [more]
A Window into a Mercurial Leader's Soul: Apple's Steve Jobs is a stellar example of what leaders should and shouldn't do, and as this article points out, he does a lot of "shouldn'ts" and doesn't do a lot of "shoulds. [more]
How Top-Tier Managers Embrace Paradox: This academic study from the Harvard Business School shows that CEOs of top American and European companies don't adopt an either/or approach to achieving goals. [more]
A Strategic Approach to Divestitures: It may never be as glamorous as the buy-side, but managing divestitures for maximum value is a vital skill for dynamic organizations. [more]
Law Firms Gearing Up for Subprime Windfall: The subprime litigation surge is far from over, according to attorneys at corporate law firms surveyed by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. [more]
Procurement: It's a Whole New Chess Game: The rules have changed in the purchasing arena as consolidating supplier markets and soaring commodity prices have transferred negotiating advantages from buyers to sellers. [more]
Working for the Biggest and the Best: Making both the Fortune 1000 and Best Companies to Work For lists this year, these companies have a reputation for being the biggest and the best. [more]
Driving Lean Six Sigma Success in the Services Sector: Lean Six Sigma earned its reputation for rooting out costs and accelerating performance in the manufacturing industries, and now it's gaining popularity among services companies. [more]
2008 Brings IPO Slowdown: Although Visa Inc. secured the largest US initial public offering (IPO) on record, over $19 billion, the number of IPOs dropped 60 percent in 2008's first quarter compared to 2007's fourth quarter. [more]
More Shareholders Vote Green: Shareholder activism is motivating US companies to address environmental concerns, according to The Corporate Library's report "The Environmental Agenda Heats Up – Trends in Environmental Shareholder Proposals". [more]
Lessons From the RDE Tigers: Up-and-coming businesses from the rapidly developing economies (RDEs) have earned reputations as fierce competitors in the global marketplace; now a new study from The Boston Consulting Group looks at RDE-based firms that are having similar impact in their domestic markets. [more]
M&A Activity Dips Lower: With the economy in a slump, M&A activity has fallen to a four year low in 2008's first quarter, and investors continue to be highly cautious. [more]
Shareholder Withhold Votes: Do They Matter?: Director candidates are not always well-received by their shareholders, yet boards may not tally withhold votes, according to The Corporate Library's study "Shareholders Say No, Boards Say Yes". [more]
Hedge Fund Managers Work Hard To Keep Investors: Faced with redemption notices and the fact that hedge funds lost 2.8 percent in the first quarter, hedge fund managers are scrambling to keep their investors and alleviate their worries. [more]
Hedge Fund's Wild Ride in Russia: Hermitage Capital Management, at one time the biggest foreign portfolio investor in Russia, claims that it narrowly dodged a massive fraud attempt perpetrated with the active connivance of the country's Interior Ministry. [more]
Securities Suits Climb, Settlements Fall: The securities class action landscape last year was dominated by the mammoth Tyco settlement, but even excluding that $3.2 billion deal it was a good year for the lawyers. [more]
How to Integrate China into Your Supply Chain: China's competitive edge may be losing some of its bite, but global organizations can't afford to ignore this emerging mega-market. [more]