ARTICLES & LESSONS
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| An appetite for creativity |
27 Aug 10 |
| At a time when most of his peers are retiring, Roger McKechnie is happy to see that his 5-year-old company, Tanfield Food Company, is finally breaking even. Since stepping off the corporate ladder in the 1980’s he has become a very successful entrepreneur. His recipe for success, according to him, is a large spoonful of creativity, serendipity and intuition. |
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| Dell to acquire 3Par for $1.15bn |
27 Aug 10 |
| Dell is looking to expand its portfolio and wants to acquire 3Par, a data storage company. This acquisition strategy started when Michael Dell returned to the company in 2007 and he has been refashioning the company ever since. |
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| Separating the best CEOs from the dolts |
27 Aug 10 |
| Although there have been many news stories about CEOs managing their companies badly. Robert Sutton believes that there area a lot of top bosses, who are going a very good job. But how do you recognise them? |
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| Indian officials in BlackBerry ban talks |
20 Aug 10 |
| Indian government officials met local telecommunications operators on Thursday to discuss their demands that Indian security agencies be given access to the contents of encrypted e-mail and messaging services sent via BlackBerry handsets. |
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| Google’s Android mobiles overtake global iPhone sa |
20 Aug 10 |
| Global sales of Apple’s iPhone have been overtaken by the multitude of phones using Google’s Android system, which has quickly become the US smartphone market leader. |
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| UK airports face chaos after strike vote |
20 Aug 10 |
| Staff working for BAA, the owner of Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, voted for a walkout after they rejected a 1 per cent pay offer and changes to salary and working conditions. |
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| Toy Story 3 set to break Disney records |
30 Jul 10 |
| Toy Story 3 is on course to become the biggest-grossing animated film released by Walt Disney after generating $630.2m in its first month in cinemas, with the film yet to screen in about half of the world’s movie markets. |
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| German industrialists attack China |
30 Jul 10 |
| Two of Germany's most prominent industrialists have attacked the business and investment climate in China during a meeting with Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier. |
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| Oil groups form $1bn spill response unit |
30 Jul 10 |
| Four of the world's biggest oil companies announced on Wednesday that they were pooling $1bn to form a joint venture to develop a deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil spill response and containment system. |
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| Lane Fox calls for rethink on internet access |
28 Jul 10 |
| Martha Lane Fox, the British government’s digital champion, is working hard to increase broadband use across the UK. |
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