I recently had the honor of interviewing the legendary Dionne Warwick. Dionne ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955-1999), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. Warwick ranks second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist with 56 singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 05:15

One of the more controversial elements of the Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act is the whistleblower incentives. ??And within the whistleblower incentives, there?s an even more controversial issue: should SEC rules require potential whistleblowers to report internally, through corporate compliance programs, first? ??It seems like business interests?the Chamber of Commerce comes to mind?want the ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 05:08

When is a person a brand? When he becomes a makeup line. That, anyway, would seem to be the case for artists these days: with MAC having launched its collaboration with photographer-of-the-moment Cindy ??last year, Nars cosmetics, according to the L.A. Times, has joined up with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create a new makeup ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 09:56

How one guy who barely spoke English landed in the Bay area, sold Persian rugs to venture capitalists -- and became one of the most successful angels in tech.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 07:03

Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg is apparently the co-founder of Canary Hop, a recently launched Web site that offers listings for real-world experiences. Take skateboard lessons. Get a tour of Silicon Valley. Learn to play harmonica. Or ? this is disturbing ? sign up for four hours of ?discrete men?s grooming.? The site doesn?t ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 06:38

Virtual events may be considered cutting edge these days, but bringing people together to burn some calories for a good cause remains a healthy source of funds and inspiration for a wide range of nonprofit groups. The recently released Run Walk Ride Fundraising Thirty study indicates nearly $1.7 billion were raised by just the 30 ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 06:05

Think $600 is amazing? Think different. Apple's stock will hit $1,650 before the end of 2015. Here's why.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 10:22

The Post and France24 have reported that French police have raided a Toulouse home to arrest the suspect in the shooting deaths of three children and an adult at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. ?? The suspect, an Algerian-born French citizen, reportedly told the police that he committed the killings ?to avenge Palestinian children? ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 10:22

If the Occupy movement does nothing else, it has at least introduced a new set of terms into the American vocabulary to talk about the distribution of wealth in America. Until recently, most average people had no idea how wealth was distributed in the country; most people had a vague idea of a wealthy minority, ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 11:17

"Message sent is not the same as message received." "Telephone," the traditional party or children's game???in which a phrase or sentence is whispered from one person to another around a dinner table or room???provides a valuable lesson in the lost art of listening. Inevitably, at the end of the cycle, when the last person speaks ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 11:00