Michael Rooker only needed a handful of scenes to turn Merle Dixon into a fanboy favorite. But it was his real-world commitment to bringing the character to life that gave the AMC series its watercooler buzz.
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One junior high schooler and his mobile game totally changed the fate of this app development platform. The circumstances may differ, but for successful startups there’s always a tipping point
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By the time you're finished, you'll have them pitching you your own idea. One of our clients is considering a major strategic investment that could help the company become a major player in an adjacent product market
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Keep your customers coming back! Tips from Birchbox founders Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna on inspiring customer loyalty. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/video/201111/ask-gerber-win-repeat-business.html
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Put yourself in the mind of the customer: give them what they want and don't make them pay for it...right away.
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Give the gift of private travel this holiday season, with the newest offering from private air travel provider CitationAir, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cessna Aircraft. A first for the Greenwich, Conn.–based company, the CitationAir 5 Hour Jet Card grants holders five hours of flight time aboard any of the ...
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The first Rocco Forte property located outside of Europe and the first of three in the Middle East, the Rocco Forte Hotel Abu Dhabi opened November 7. The luxury British brand’s 13th hotel conveniently neighbors the capital city’s private and international airports, the spiraled exhibition center, and Yas Island, home ...
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Does Twitter's Activity and Facebook's Ticker give you anything you really need to know? Not really. But maybe that's not so bad
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Social-media advertising start-up Adaptly is less than two years old and is growing at lightning speed. Its founder thinks it's ripe time to add a social mission.
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Russ Mitchell speaks with Dr. Mallika Marshall about the FDA pulling permission for Avastin to be used for breast cancer treatments, and what alternatives there are.
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The FDA is withdrawing the preliminary approval it granted in 2008 to use the popular drug Avastin for breast cancer because further research found it caused serious side effects, including death. Dr
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