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IS THE CORPORATE CREDIT CRISIS OVER?

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<div><h1>IS THE CORPORATE CREDIT CRISIS OVER? </h1><p>Companies have issued more than $2.8 trillion in bonds this year, a clear sign credit conditions have eased. And as risk has fallen, banks are again willing to do business with each other. But credit is ...

OF MELTDOWNS, MOGULS, AND MAD AVE.

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><h1>OF MELTDOWNS, MOGULS, AND MAD AVE. </h1><p>So you think TV and magazines practice herd journalism? Take a look at book publishing's copycat ways. For every The Lost Symbol and Freakonomics, there are scores of wannabe volumes conjuring up mysterious conspiracies and demystifying ...

SARBANES-OXLEY: COSTLY AND INEFFECTIVE

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<div><h1>SARBANES-OXLEY: COSTLY AND INEFFECTIVE </h1><p>Regarding "These Men Could Kill SarbOx" (In Depth, Nov. 30): I hope SarbOx is eliminated. It certainly didn't help control Bear Stearns, Lehman, and numerous failed banks. If the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board cannot prevent financial collapses ...

AN EMBATTLED FED FIGHTS BACK

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><h1>AN EMBATTLED FED FIGHTS BACK </h1><p>The U.S. Federal Reserve is one unloved central bank. It stands accused of inflating a bubble, then bailing out Wall Street while ignoring the little guys on Main Street. Demonstrators in Cleveland earlier this year carried signs ...

Business School: Experienced Applicants Only

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> Over the past few decades, work experience has increasingly been a factor in MBA admissions, with many business schools now expecting applicants to have a minimum of five years before applying. In the 1960s and 1970s, most students pursued their MBA ...

Smartphone Accessories Abound

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> Eric Migicovsky had his a-ha moment while biking along the canals of the Netherlands. The Canadian engineering student kept missing calls on the BlackBerry tucked into his pockets. So as soon as he got home, the then-22-year-old entrepreneur began work on ...

Fight the Deficit Monster with Tax Reform

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> The numbers are daunting. The U.S. federal budget deficit is projected to add up to a cumulative $9 trillion over the next 10 years. The national debt already tops $12 trillion. The interest bill alone on servicing the government's debt will ...

Jerry S. Wilson: Lead with IMPACT

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> In today's business world, what makes a good leader? Every leader brings his or her unique brand of leadership to each business situation, yet there are common traits that differentiate effective leaders from all others. These high-impact leaders establish a "Brand ...

Ethics 101 for Interns

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> With the current economic climate and so many individuals making multiple career changes throughout their lives, interns are no longer limited to college graduates and the twentysomething crowd. An internship has always been a great way to get a foothold in ...

Facebook Moves to Standardize and Own Customer IDs

BusinessWeek 19 days ago

<div><p> Adorning the walls of Facebook's Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters are multiple prints of Rene Magritte's iconic painting The Son of Man. The image of a man's face partly obscured by a green apple is considered a critique of people's attempts to ...

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