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December 10, 2010 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| COVER STORY The Colossus of Wall Street Bestride the bond and equity markets, counseling the Treasury and the Fed, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is the most influential man you've never heard of FEATURES The Sacrifice In Africa, hunters are paying $150,000 to kill an endangered black rhino. And that may save the species OPENING REMARKS When Groupon Dodged Google The startup's rejection of the giant's $6 billion bid marks a dramatic shift in … something in the world of Web commerce GIGAOM • From GigaOm At Last: Data Plans for Multiple Devices Toronto-based Rogers Communications has just unveiled revolutionary data plans that let customers add a device, for a fee, to a preexisting plan. Must we all move to Canada? CEO GUIDE TO CLOUD COMPUTING Flextronics, Siemens Lead 'Big Shift' to Cloud Computing After years of experimenting with the cloud, companies are turning over ever larger tasks to outside providers that deliver software and computing over the Internet CEO GUIDE TO CLOUD COMPUTING Here Come the Cloud Services Brokers As companies start shifting computing tasks to outside providers in the cloud, intermediaries have emerged to help them do it. Systems Integrator Appirio has already made a name for itself SMART ANSWERS Selling Customers a 'Disruptive' Service A startup that wants to persuade doctors and lawyers to replace paper files with electronic storage should prepare for a lot of hand-holding, discounting, and trumpeting of positive testimonials VIEWPOINT Why Marketing Is Like Giving Advertisers can learn from how sincere people give presents, says Steve McKee. Businesses should start by limiting their sales efforts to customers and prospects they value most Trade Shows on the Rebound As companies ease travel restrictions and revive face-to-face dealmaking, event organizers expect to return to pre-recession growth levels INSIGHT Mideast Private Equity Has Room to Run The nascent private equity industry in the Middle East got slammed by the downturn. If it adheres to five core tactics, it could flourish again, says Booz & Co. Japan's Running Boom Lures BMW and Other Sponsors As the economy slumps, low-cost sports like jogging are gaining popularity and attracting corporate sponsors. "Our customers want to age in a cool way," says a BMW spokesman LIVING WELL Are Americans as Poor as They Feel? It depends on what they buy. While some big-ticket expenditures have skyrocketed, the relative cost of many necessities has dropped EXECUTIVE EXCESS CEOs Don't Need an MBA to Get Rich New research shows that fewer than half of the highest-paid CEOs at big companies have MBA degrees WINE OF THE WEEK A Bargain Bordeaux From Sotheby's The 2003 Château Maucamps Haut Medoc is a great example of how even a wine from a modest vintage can still taste like a winner THE INNOVATION ENGINE The Stop-Doing List Want to be more innovative? Stop doing all the stuff that is wasting time and sapping energy CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD • From Corporate Executive Board Intelligent Growth: Why Failure Breeds Winners How executives can increase their business while controlling costs in good times and in bad INVESTING Michael Glimcher: Musings of a REIT Maven The CEO of a top-performing REIT sees U.S. retailers going to Europe and Asia for growth—and foreign chains targeting the U.S. Obama Tax-Cut Winners Include Companies, Workers, High-Earners A tax framework announced by the President creates more winners now than losers, for example, by boosting workers' pay and rewarding companies for investing in equipment
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