What worked well for your company yesterday may not be the best today. Make sure you're getting the best results by putting various parts of your business to the test. You go into a dressing room with 10 pairs of jeans to try on, even though you just need one.
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Julie Widner was terrified — afraid her husband would do something reckless, even disfigure himself.
Read More »Halloween Haunts Go Hi-Tech
TicketLeap, a online ticket exchange, helps local haunts go hi-tech. In recent years, Halloween haunts have gotten the Hollywood-style treatment, trading up from fog machines and cardboard caskets to CGI and robotics. But there's also been a less glamorous technological boon for haunt proprietors that has helped drive sales: their back-end ticketing systems
Read More »Video: Growing ears, noses and tracheas
Scientists in a London laboratory are developing a technique for growing replacement organs. Mark Phillips reports
Read More »Growing body parts in a jar
Professor Alex Seifalian has developed a breakthrough technique for manufacturing replacement organs in a London lab
Read More »Thomas Pink Launches an Inaugural Line of Suits
Renowned London-based shirt-maker Thomas Pink has added a collection of suits to its offerings this season. After nearly 30 years of specializing in shirts, the retailer decided it was time to offer its clients a full head-to-toe wardrobe
Read More »Holiday Baking Classes at the St. Regis
St. Regis is celebrating the holiday season with hands-on baking classes led by renowned pastry chefs at two of its East Coast locations. Located only two blocks from the White House and dating back to the mid-1920s, the St
Read More »Microsoft’s Envisioning Lab Reveals The Future Of Productivity
A Q&A with the director of Microsoft's Envisioning Lab, where they're working 10 years ahead, growing plants on the walls, and thinking about how your data will do your bidding in the future. The most unbelievable part of Microsoft's eye-catching Productivity Future Vision video , released earlier this week, isn't the see-through refrigerator, the software app that discovers a product design breakthrough on its own, or the plants growing on the wall of the ethereally white office. (That last one, actually, is a real office on the Microsoft campus.) No, the most unbelievable part is how clean every surface is--in the car, in the office, and even in a kitchen where a bake sale project is underway.
Read More »Bait and switch? Fish buyers beware
Consumer Reports spot probe finds less expensive seafood substitutions made at many restaurants and supermarkets
Read More »Video: Fish fraud?
Rebecca Jarvis sits with Consumer Reports Editor in Chief Kim Kleman about what the magazine says is the intentional mix-ups of different kinds of fish in fish markets and restaurants and how it can affect your health.
Read More »Program urges smokers to try smokeless tobacco
Supporters say smokers who switch are more likely to give up cigarettes than those who use nicotine patches
Read More »SocialVibe’s Voluntary Ads Aim To Make The Internet Free
SocialVibe's advertising platform exchanges premium services for lengthy, opt-in ads, and their impressive engagement rates have already caught the eye of global brands and presidential candidates. SocialVibe has ambitious plans to make much of the Internet completely free, from FarmVille credits and Internet Wi-Fi, to unlimited Pandora streaming. Their method is to offer users an otherwise paid service in exchange for lengthy, interactive advertisements
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation. The CEO of Girl Scouts USA on why troops of 9-year-old cookie pushers are America's greatest hope for change.
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
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