Seth's Blog: It's Thomas Midgeley day

sethgodin.typepad.com 16 hours ago

Today would be his 124th birthday. A fine occasion to think about the effects of industrialization, and what happens when short-term profit-taking meets marketing...

 
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Denver Business Journal wins 33 awards in 4-state Society of Professional Journalists news...

bizjournals.com 8 hours ago

The Denver Business Journal staff has won 33 awards, including 13 first-place honors,...

 
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Why American Colleges Are Becoming a Force for Inequality

theatlantic.com 16 May

Higher education, despite striving to help low-income students, is at risk of becoming just another institution driving apart the rich and poor

 
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How To Get Others To See Your Potential

blogs.hbr.org 16 May

Tips for showing the world you're ready for a new challenge.

 
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Seth Godin on Building a Daily Practice & Not Waiting for Moods

99u.com 17 May

Create even when (and especially) when you don't feel like it.

 
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A Simple Graph That Should Silence Austerians and Gold Bugs Forever

theatlantic.com 16 May

The U.S. recovery hasn't been pretty. But it's been prettier than Europe and Japan, for sure.

 
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Would you be better off financially renting or buying a home?

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Every year, McMaster University finance students set out to prove the worth of owning a home. Trouble is, the numbers don’t add up

 
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WISH-TV rakes in bucks with city's only locally produced lifestyle show

ibj.com 19 hours ago

"Indy Style"--an hour’s worth of TV programming on everything from recipes to music to fitness to screen-door-repair tips--fills its show with guests who are a combination of invited guests, sponsors...

 
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Canexus director buys on share price dip

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

The Calgary-based producer of specialty chemicals has an emerging business loading crude oil onto rail cars from its Edmonton-area terminal

 
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Bulls Drive Market but Bernanke Steers

cnbc.com 18 May

Bullish momentum should drive stocks higher into the week ahead, with all eyes on a speech by Fed Chairman Bernanke.

 
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Define Your Organization's Habits to Work More Efficiently

blogs.hbr.org 17 May

Clever application of SOP leads to efficiency and flexibility.

 
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How to Get Things Done (A Flowchart)

99u.com 17 May

It's a two-step process, really.

 
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Report: Goodby Silverstein lays off 50 to 100

bizjournals.com 17 May

Legendary ad shop Goodby Silverstein & Partners has laid off 50 to 100 people as...

 
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Three short-seller targets that defied the skeptics

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

Netflix, Tesla and Green Mountain Coffee are all up more than 300 per cent from 2012 lows. Their biggest challenge now is meeting investors’ newly robust expectations

 
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How one Victoria family is coping with soaring food prices

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

Steven Zussino managed to trim their monthly grocery bill from $500 to between $300 and $350. He and his wife co-founded a website to help other consumers lessen the grocery hit to their wallets

 
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Off with their heads – stock tips for gardening season

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

A springtime review of stocks should identify those ripe for the picking, those that need more time, those that should be cut back

 
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For Telus, Mobilicity deal is a free option

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

No break fee, and little for Telus to lose

 
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3 top picks from Macquarie’s Stan Wong

theglobeandmail.com 17 May

His focus is North American large caps and ETFs

 
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Barrick Gold slapped with another downgrade

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

And other analyst actions of the day

 
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Spinning off Alcan won’t turn back the clock for Rio Tinto

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

The aluminum icon that they famously overpaid for is diminished, and faces a further hurdle in the metal’s depressed price

 
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We should all wish for Australia’s troubles

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Unemployment? Deficit? Commodities might be slowing, but at least other countries’ worries are no big deal for Oz

 
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Dell’s profit dives as billionaire battle rages on

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Profit slides 79 per cent in first quarter as PC sales continued to shrink

 
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In Spain, it is time to run with the bulls

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Dark days can be excellent times to invest if there are reasons to believe that the worst is nearly over

 
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Infrastructure still the hot sector for private equity

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Renewables are receiving special attention

 
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Oil-fixing probe risks further muddying the waters

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

The Brent benchmark was an imperfect solution to an age-old problem, and heavy-handed regulation won’t solve it

 
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Stock to watch: Quebecor morphing into a telco dividend play

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Fund manager - and every analyst who follows the stock - recommends buying the media and telecom firm

 
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Time to take profits in PC drive makers

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

A year ago, pessimism about the PC industry may have been overdone and contrarian bets on Western Digital Corp. and Seagate panned out. But there's probably not a lot of upside left

 
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Commodities bust reaches well beyond resource stocks

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Industrial equipment and services companies such as Wajax Corp. are also feeling the squeeze

 
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Global body revisiting the rules for credit default swaps

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Events in Greece and Cyprus have forced association overseeing derivatives to rethink the definition of a ‘credit event’

 
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The most affordable U.S. precious metals ETFs

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

Since the first exchange-traded fund was introduced 20 years ago, the ETF industry has grown into a trillion-dollar business

 
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13 U.S. financial stocks that deserve a closer look

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

We screen for those players that are actually trading at or below book value

 
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Time to take profits to PC drive makers

theglobeandmail.com 16 May

A year ago, pessimism about the PC industry may have been overdone and contrarian bets on Western Digital Corp. and Seagate panned out. But there's probably not a lot of upside left

 
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Seven deductions the taxman won’t let you have

theglobeandmail.com 15 May

It’s not that these items are all illegal, but the Canada Revenue Agency has seen fit to limit or deny certain expenses for various reasons

 
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The close: TSX falls over 100 points, Dow at record

theglobeandmail.com 15 May

Canadian index weighed down by weaker commodity prices

 
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