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Need a little boost to get the year off to a strong start? Watch these short clips & you'll feel like taking on the world. In my role as the "mouthpiece" of the sales profession, I end up talking with a lot of successful salespeople.
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Need a little boost to get the year off to a strong start? Watch these short clips & you'll feel like taking on the world.
Read More »Golf, The Abominable Game That Won’t Help Your Career
On a summer day in 1975, I stepped up the tee at the Liberty Country Club .
Read More »Solyndra: Soft Markets and Chinese Subsidies
In September, headlines erupted when the solar company, Solyndra, announced that it would be filing for bankruptcy just 2 years after the company received $535 million in federal loan guarantees under the Recovery Act.
Read More »Instead Of Whining About The Skills Gap, Use Training To Close It
It is a tragic irony that there are over 3 million open jobs in the U.S. economy today, while over 14 million Americans remain unemployed.
Read More »Reformed skinhead endures agony to remove tattoos
Julie Widner was terrified — afraid her husband would do something reckless, even disfigure himself.
Read More »Netflix Kills Qwikster after 1 Million Subscribers Leave
I’ve written about Netflix before and how much I like the service. I love the instant gratification of streaming movies and apparently I am one of the few people who doesn’t use the DVD option.
Read More »China May Become World’s Biggest CO2 Emitter By 2017
China is no longer a developing nation, at least in terms of CO2 emissions. The country has graduated to "developed" status, according to a new report claiming that the country could meet or surpass U.S CO2 levels by 2017. The report , written by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, claims that the combination of China's carbon-heavy industries and rapidly increasing infrastructure are responsible for the growth.
Read More »Lessons Learned: Partnership Pays Off
Michael Palatnek and David Stutz Co-Founders of C2C Outdoor have found success through the combination of their unique skill sets.
Read More »Fujitsu achieves 40-Gbps optical-fiber transmission using directly-modulated laser
Fujitsu today announced the achievement of a 40 gigabits per second (40-Gbps) optical-fiber transmission employing an uncooled directly-modulated laser. This was realized through the combination of a structure specifically adapted to high-speed operation, and a newly-developed structure capable of lowering operating current and enabling high-temperature operation. Featuring power consumption at less than half that of commercialized 40-Gbps optical transmitters, Fujitsu's new directly-modulated laser obviates the need for a thermoelectric controller
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