Monthly Archives: June 2009

Regret Insurance at Sears

Worried that you might lose your job after buying that new refrigerator? Sears has a deal for you.

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Support for Tesla

The Department of Energy wants to speed the electric car company’s more-affordable sedan to market.

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Go Rural … or Bust

Export-dependent countries like China will need to grow their domestic markets in order to survive the global recession, economists say. But when it comes to penetrating rural regions, that’s easier said than done.

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A New Toyoda for Toyota

The new boss at Toyota may be the founder’s grandson, but Akio Toyoda, who this week assumed the post of CEO this week, has some huge challenges to overcome.

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Breaking Stereotypes

Raghda Shaheen, graduate of a recent Wharton/Penn Law School fellowship program, talks about the differences – and similarities – between life in the Middle East and in the U.S.

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A Great Train Robbery

As a potential Hollywood script it might get laughed out of the studio. But when $134.5 billion in U.S. Treasury bills turned up in a suitcase on the border between Italy and Switzerland, it was no laughing matter.

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Teamwork: The Dark Side

What’s the secret to success in the workplace? Teamwork, according to just about every CEO, business consultant and author who extol teamwork’s virtues in their speeches, management advice and books. Not so fast, say the authors of a new book titled, I Hate People.

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Truckin’ in Texas

Deep in the heart of Texas, there is a high demand for a small supply of SUVs and pickup trucks. Yet a nearby SUV plant has been idled for two months.

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