Archive for March, 2005

The Recipe for Sales Success

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Creating an effective selling process comes down to a few basic ingredients, the right method, and a willingness to adapt

Handling a "Designated Quitter"

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Chances are, the staffer you passed over for a promotion is job hunting. How do you deal with the situation?

Firing Up the Melting Pot

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Top B-schools are doing their best to boost the number of minority applicants. Trouble is, there just aren’t enough to go around

Stocking Up On Storage

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S&P sees disk-drive companies doing well as business makes managing the data glut a top priority in 2005

Bertelsmann’s Creed: Inner Growth

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The German media giant is eschewing big, showy deals for homegrown, entrepreneurial growth. So far, it seems to be working

Disney Looks Beyond Pixar

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With Michael Eisner out of the picture, the studio could strike a deal to buy DreamWorks

A Whole New Game for Toys ‘R’ Us

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The soon-to-be new owners are going private in a $6.6 billion deal. That’s the easy part. Regaining profits and customers will be tougher

Whose Promises Will Win MCI?

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Debt-laden Qwest vows extravagant cost-cutting, while sober Verizon offers far more modest terms

Beware the Sugar High from Hershey

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Whatever buyers of the stock are imagining about the company, chances are they will be disappointed

Meet the Young Stars of Science

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Forty finalists in Intel’s Science Talent Search speak their minds on science education and government policy