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January 7, 2011 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| COVER STORY Land of War and Opportunity In Afghanistan, where most people see violence and misery, Paul Brinkley sees potential FEATURES Assessing Wikipedia, Wiki-Style, on Its 10th Anniversary How the online "temple of the mind" became the go-to site for looking stuff up: A drama told in the open-source style of Wikipedia INFRASTRUCTURE Where Are India's Skilled Workers? Now that infrastructure is a top priority, Indian tradespeople are proving scarce TV Makers Draw Swords on Google, Apple Television makers will use the Consumer Electronics Show to blunt efforts by Google and Apple to dominate home entertainment Goldman's New Facebook Friend Said to Tutor Wealth Managers on Barred Site Goldman Sachs, investor of $450 million in Facebook, discourages its employees from using the site at work. So, Facebook's CFO taught wealth managers the basics CEO GUIDE TO MOBILE PAYMENTS Wells Fargo to Employees: Leave Wallets Home, Pay by Phone Using 200 of its San Francisco staff, the bank will test mobile-phone payments for six months—and may launch a commercial service soon after SMART ANSWERS Struggling to Start a Farm in Los Angeles How one urban farmer battled red tape to sell local food and flowers SALES & MARKETING Eight Social Media Resolutions for 2011 Keep your marketing on social networks meaningful in the New Year by being original and authentic, says Steve McKee VIEWPOINT To Spur Economic Growth, Bet on 60 Startups By helping turn a relatively tiny number of innovative new companies into billion-dollar businesses, policymakers could dramatically boost the recovery China's Push into U.S. Real Estate China Investment Corp., bullish on the property market, buys a stake in the Madison Ave. building that is headquarters to Polo Ralph Lauren Italian Banks Battle Cash as Consumers Spurn Plastic The Italian Banking Association has declared a "war on cash" in a country where credit-card usage is less than half the European Union average AUTOS • From Gizmag.com Detroit Auto Show 2011—What to Watch For As the U.S. auto industry revs up, the buzz is back at the COBO Center BUSINESS OF SPORTS The Biggest Sports Controversies of 2011 From a looming football strike to Roger Clemens' steroid trial: What sports fans aren't looking forward to in the New Year LIFESTYLE Blame High Gas Prices on Laziness and Greed Just as the U.S. economy seems about to recover, oil speculators are again ratcheting up gas prices. Don't let them get away with it, says Ed Wallace HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW • From Harvard Business Review Three Innovation Takeaways from Asia Singapore-based blogger Scott Anthony shares the most important things he's learned from his work with Asian businesses B-SCHOOL NEWS Business School Resolutions for 2011 B-school leaders share their aspirations for management education in the new year Toyota Can't Shake Its Malaise Doubts surrounding its car recalls sank Toyota's 2010 U.S. sales, while all others recorded growth Goldman Plays Catch-Up on Facebook Goldman Sachs employees, blocked from using Facebook at work, needed a tutorial after investing $450 million in the social network Republicans' Intentions May Exceed Ability to Cut To challenge Obama on health care and spending, Republicans will have to overcome intraparty divisions as well as Democratic opposition
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