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March 11, 2011 | ||
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| COMPANIES & INDUSTRIES OnStar Wants to Turn Your Car into a Smartphone The GM unit prepares to offer its on-board communications service to rivals' customers FOOD Soy Takes Its Place at America's Dinner Table Food companies hope to profit from new federal diet guidelines APPAREL Benetton: A Must-Have Becomes a Has-Been The once-hot Italian clothier has been surpassed by nimbler rivals TECHNOLOGY Apotheker Seeks to Save HP's 'Lost Soul' With Software Growth Hewlett-Packard's CEO is breaking with predecessor Mark Hurd's legacy, in part by pledging to use acquisitions to expand in the software market TECHNOLOGY Cash Registers May Get a Groupon Button Groupon talks with register manufacturers about making its coupons as easy to use as credit cards MANAGEMENT Twitter Do's and Don'ts Using Twitter as a branding tool means making your tweets casual and friendly—yet strategically formulated for marketing ROI. Here's how Natural Foods Retailer Nutiva Challenges DEA, Embraces Hemp The American hemp-food market is growing quickly, according to natural food market analyst SPINS, which pegged it at around $40 million in 2010 (not including sales at Whole Foods), up 10 percent from 2009 Ex-Navy SEAL Sells TRX Fitness Gear That 'Enables' Content Sales Fitness Anywhere's emphasis on training helped it land a 24,000- kit deal with the U.S. Defense Dept. in November, the latest in a string of contracts with the military SMART ANSWERS Some Retailers Eat Losses via Discount Sites As shopping websites such as Groupon that offer deep discounts become increasingly popular, low-margin small businesses need to understand the numerous risks in teaming up with them INSIGHT Defusing South Asia's Demographic Time Bomb To avoid the sort of unrest that's hitting the Arab world, regional leaders must preemptively address youth unemployment with immediate job-creation strategies, writes columnist Maha Hosain Aziz Airbus Exec Unlocks Boeing's Grip on Japan Stephane Ginoux is helping the European aircraft-maker make inroads in one of the few markets where it still trails Boeing REVIEWS Review: 2011 Toyota Sienna Toyota's hot-selling Sienna minivan is the best family-hauler on the market today EATING AND DRINKING South Africa's Wine Revolutionaries A new breed of South African winemakers is producing terrific wines grown from grapes where leopards and baboons roam GETTING IN Reapplying to B-School: A Primer To improve your chances when reapplying to an MBA program, make a few key improvements to your application, apply early, and have a backup plan CAREERS Meet Our Headhunters What compels an individual to read 100 résumés a day and scour the Earth for tribologists? Bloomberg Businessweek.com's Headhunter Hint columnists Mark Jaffe and Tara McKernan explain LEADERSHIP Leadership Lessons from the Presidents Forget the big names in management consulting. Look to Washington, Roosevelt, and other leaders of the free world for examples of how to run a giant entity VIEWPOINT Making Innovation Matter The magic lies in how it's managed, and that must come from the very top of the company Poll: Americans Oppose Government Shutdown and Spending Cuts Lopsided margins oppose cuts to Medicare, education, and other programs, and say Republicans and Democrats should compromise on a deficit-reduction plan, a Bloomberg National Poll shows Berkshire Takes $2.25 Billion in Dividends from Burlington Warren Buffett's company has taken dividends from Burlington Northern Santa Fe at almost triple the railroad's payout rate prior to the acquisition TRAVEL NEWS As Business Travelers Return, InterContinental Could Raise Rates The hotel giant's CEO says that prices could go up as economy recovers and occupancy increases
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