How to effectively use social media to communicate with the consumer & build a better business.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:26

Aetna (AET) was downgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) from buy to neutral with a price target of $54, as the firm believes that opportunities for growth in the commerical health plan business are limited. Shares are lower by about 2.3 percent. Volcano (VOLC) was upgraded today by Jefferies (JEF) to buy from hold with ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:26

Solar power may be not be best way to reduce the environmental impact of sprawling data centers built by companies such as and Facebook, James Hamilton, an Amazon vice president and distinguished engineer wrote on his personal blog last Saturday. "If we had $x dollars to invest in lowering datacenter environmental impact and the marketing ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:26

There are still values to be found in the technology sector. Take a look at this maker of protective covers for smartphones, iPads and other electronic devices.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:26

Guest post written by James Q. Crowe James Q. Crowe is CEO of Level 3 Communications. "Few technological developments hold as much potential to enhance America?s economic competitiveness, create jobs, and improve the quality of our lives as wireless high-speed access to the Internet. . . .?? Expanded wireless broadband access will trigger the creation ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:26

Guest post written by Shawn McLaren Shawn McLaren is CEO of ConnectAndSell. Google the phrase "B2B social selling" and you'll get more than seven million hits, most of them singing the praises of Sales 2.0, a world where nurturing connected customers leads to buying without all the mess of actual selling. The wisdom of this ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:24

Belvedere Vodka tweets an ad featuring a terrified woman being grabbed by a gleeful man with a catch phrase, "Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly," implying she will be forced to perform oral sex. This obviously sparked outrage.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:23

Maybe FINRA can buy NO DOZ or provide bottomless refills of Starbuck's coffee to ensure that its arbitrators stay awake?

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:22

Amidst early praise for President Obama's nomination of Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim as head of the World Bank, Lant Pritchett, a tenured professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government who worked at the World Bank for 17 years, is blasting Kim's nomination as "a terrible idea." Says Pritchett, who teaches courses in the practice ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:20

Forbes Travel Guide covers Wynn Resorts' plans to open a luxury casino hotel outside Boston.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:26