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6 Ways Apple Could Spend $100 Billion [Update: Dividends, Buybacks]

Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer will take the stage this morning to talk about Apple's cash reserves and reveal what plans Apple has for the money. At last count the reserves were nearing $100 billion, and actually growing at a rate that defies belief despite the already impressive stash. During Steve Jobs' time as CEO there was no movement on the cash issue, despite many calls for some action over the years--even when the reserves numbered just in the several billions of dollars...but now Tim Cook is at the helm, and things may change

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Old Media To New: Don’t Mind If We Do!

Getty Images has just signed up the snapshots of photographer Nick Laham into its photo archive, ready to license them out for use online, in newspapers, or even on TV. That's not a shocker seeing as this is what Getty does.

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Flake-Proof Your Next Event: trueRSVP

Fei Xiao and Anna Sergeeva, two undergrads at the University of Southern California, are building a tool to help event planners get better attendance. Sick of people flaking out on your events?

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Technology For Generation Next: Teens in Tech Labs

Why Microsoft is backing a technology incubator for teens, an idea that Daniel Brusilovsky came up with at 15 years old. Daniel Brusilovsky started his first business when he was 14.

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So You Want Your Own Coffee Shop …

If you're thinking about pursuing an entrepreneurial dream, do this mental exercise to make sure you've got the passion to make it work. A friend of mine bought a coffee shop.

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Super Bowl XLVI: 3 Winning Ads

Even if you never come close to buying a Super Bowl ad, you can learn a few key marketing rules from these big-game winners. The Super Bowl highlights one great promise in the world of marketing: that advertising can be a welcome experience. I can't think of many other events for which the advertising is as much of a part of the experience as the event itself.

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What It Takes to Build a Truly Great Company

Inc.'s editor, Jane Berentson, explores how editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan wrote February's feature on what it takes to build one of the best-run companies in America.

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The Last Life Boat

After spending over 200 days on a cruise ship, Sixthman founder Andy Levine offers his perspective on what happened on the Costa Concordia. I am probably one of the few 41 year olds who has been on over 50 cruises in my lifetime and was actually on a cruise last weekend when the news of the Costa Concordia incident broke

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Evolution: The Rise of Complexity

Let’s rewind time back about 3.5 billion years. Our beloved planet looks nothing like the lush home we know today – it is a turbulent place, still undergoing the process of formation. Land is a fluid concept, consisting of molten lava flows being created and destroyed by massive volcanoes.

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Inc Business Owners Council

// Attend An Upcoming Event As Our Guest Request More Information About The Council Your Role:Sole Owner Majority Shareholder Minority Shareholder Partner Member of Owning Family Non-Owner (request on behalf of owner) Inc. 5000 Co?Yes No More FROM THE BLOG How I Transitioned from Salesperson to Business Owner. One Member's Success Story by Vannessa Nornberg More Posts Next Upcoming Event How I Transitioned from Salesperson to Business Owner

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Global Economy Could Endure Disaster for a Week

By Nina Chestney LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The global economy could withstand widespread disruption from a natural disaster or attack by militants for only a week as governments and businesses are not sufficiently prepared to deal with unexpected events, a report by a respected think-tank said. Events such as the 2010 volcanic ash cloud, which grounded flights in Europe, Japan's earthquake and tsunami and Thailand's floods last year, have showed that key sectors and businesses can be severely affected if disruption to production or transport goes on for more than a week

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Can A Startup Store Change The Retail Business?

Rachel Shechtman just launched her new venture, A Startup Store , in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. The store, still in "beta," currently features a rotating selection of startups and their products in a physical retail space, including: Artspace, Birchbox, Baublebar, Joor, and Quirky. But A Startup Store will be ever-changing and ever-morphing

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BioWare Bets Big With The Old Republic

On December 20, BioWare will release Star Wars: The Old Republic, its most ambitious project yet. Bigger than all of its previous games combined, it could be a monumental success--or a titanic failure

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