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Jay-Z Gets Into Sports Representation With Signing Of Robinson Cano

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By Darren Heitner, Contributor

Earlier today, the official website of Roc Nation, LLC, an entertainment company founded by American rapper and entrepreneur, Shawn Carter (publicly known as “Jay-Z”), announced that Robinson Cano is now a part of the Roc Nation Family.  Cano will become the first sports client of Roc Nation Sports, a sports agency that has partnered with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the agency of record for popular athletes, including Robert Griffin III, Carmelo Anthony and Ryan Braun. …read more
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5 Reasons Businesses Should Care About Hashtags

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By Steve Cooper, Contributor

Earlier this month, Facebook announced they were going to begin supporting hashtags, joining the ranks of Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and other networks. These are keywords or phrases with the prefix “#” in front of them (i.e., #ThankYouForReading #Forbes). Sometimes words are mashed together, sometimes they’re independent. The hashtag essentially works as a filter—a way to see all responses that have included that specific word or phrase. …read more
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The World's Most Ethical Software Companies: What They All Have in Common

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By Louis Columbus, Contributor

Earlier this month The Ethisphere Institute announced their seventh annual list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.  Jacquelyn Smith wrote an excellent analysis titled The World’s Most Ethical Companies where she provides an overview of the methodology and selection process. You can review the methodology and see a full list of the winning companies here. …read more
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How to Attract the Right People to Your Life

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By Dorie Clark, Contributor

Earlier this week, the annual South by Southwest conference was teeming with nearly 30,000 attendees – startup entrepreneurs desperate to get noticed, VCs on the prowl for the best investments, journalists clamoring to cultivate sources and spot the next big trend, and legions of fanboys hoping to meet Neil Gaiman or (even better?) Robert Scoble.  Amidst this chaos, how do you break through the clutter and draw the right people to you? John Hagel may have the recipe. …read more
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Tax Aspects Of Paul Ryan's FY 2014 Republican Budget Proposal

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By Tony Nitti, Contributor

Earlier today, House Republican and budget chief Paul Ryan (Wisconsin) issued his fiscal year 2014 Budget Resolution, which, if enacted, promises to eliminate the federal deficit – expected to be around $850 trillion in 2013 – by 2023. …read more
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TSA To Allow Pocket Knives On Board: Flight Attendants And Air Marshals Are Not Happy

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By Andrew Bender, Contributor

Earlier this week, the Transportation Security Administration revised regulations to allow small pocket knives to be carried onto airplanes. “Not so fast!” say flight attendants and federal air marshals. …read more
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The Mediterranean Diet: The New Gold Standard?

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By Larry Husten, Contributor

Earlier today I summarized the important new PREDIMED study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing the cardiovascular benefits of the Mediterranean diet. This study– a rare and much welcome instance of a large randomized controlled study of a diet powered to reach conclusions about important cardiovascular endpoints– has been widely praised and will undoubtedly have a major effect in the field of nutrition and will influence lots of people to adopt some form of a Mediterranean diet. …read more
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DAVOS BLOG #1: Women in Leadership in PR

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By Ken Makovsky, Contributor

Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum sponsored a panel discussion on “Women and Economic Decision-Making,” with a focus on closing the gender gap at the highest levels. At a subsequent roundtable sponsored by PRWeek and MSLGroup, senior communications executives – including myself — took a look specifically at the role women play at the top levels of PR – both at agencies and in-house. …read more
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Holtz-Eakin and Roy: The Critics Are Wrong About the Future of Free-Market Health Care Reform

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By Avik Roy, Contributor

Earlier this week, the two of us—Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Avik Roy—published an op-ed for Reuters in which we outlined a market-based plan for entitlement reform and universal coverage that builds on a reformed version of Obamacare’s subsidized insurance exchanges. The piece generated a lot of media reaction, both positive and negative, so we felt obliged to respond to our critics. Is free-market reform a “surrender” to Obamacare? No. Are we ignorant of the policy issues associated with a Swiss-style regulated, subsidized insurance market? Hardly. Consider this piece our all-purpose rebuttal to Matthew Yglesias, Paul Krugman, et al. …read more
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Seven Green Stocks I Told My Sister to Buy (Updated)

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By Tom Konrad, Contributor

Earlier this week, I wrote about how my annual green stock trading advice had worked out for my sister and readers (well) and the two stocks where I thought she should take profits (LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Potlatch Corp (NYSE:PCH).)  I also promised a follow up article on my buy recommendations.  Here they are: Ameresco, Inc.  (NYSE:AMRC) Current Price: $8.97 …read more
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Five Lessons Corporations can Learn From the Westminster Dog Show

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By Erika Kelton, Contributor

Earlier this week, the top ranks of America’s dog breeds gathered in Madison Square Garden to compete for the Best in Show trophy at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. This elite showcase for canine breeds has a lot of basic lessons for teaching good corporate behavior. …read more
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What If An iWatch Replaced Most Of The iPhone's Functions?

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By Anthony Wing Kosner, Contributor

Earlier this week I wrote about “the minimum viable product that could constitute an Apple smartwatch.” I was thinking about physical constraints like size, weight and battery life and tried to imagine what could be both massively useful and also efficiently minimalist. The vision that emerged for me was one of a device that could display “micro-apps” (much like the Pebble watch) but operate in concert with one’s other iOS gadgets, particularly the iPhone. …read more
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Hotel Test Drive: First Look At Nobu Hotel Las Vegas

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By Larry Olmsted, Contributor

Earlier this year I wrote about the much-anticipated upcoming opening of the world’s first Nobu Hotel (several others are in the works, from Miami to Dubai), inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. With the possible exception of the under-construction Linq Resort, compete with an London Eye-style giant observation wheel, scheduled to open on the Strip in December, the Nobu Hotel Las Vegas is easily the biggest lodging event of the year in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, which instantly makes it big travel news. …read more
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Mumford & Sons' Big Win And The Problem With The Grammys

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By Leor Galil, Contributor

Earlier this evening British folk-act Mumford & Sons’ blockbuster album Babel won the top prize at the 55th Grammy Awards—Album of the Year. Although the achievement came as a surprise to the band, it didn’t feel that way to those who pay close attention to the awards: As Forbes’ Zack O’Malley Greenburg wrote earlier this week that Las Vegas oddsmakers had it as the likely winner. The group’s middle-of-the-road spin on folk is pleasing enough to garner enough mass appeal and critical accolades without inciting a lot of ire, which not only made Babel a success but also made Mumford & Sons the safest choice for Album of the Year. Grammy voters have always appeared conservative and out-of-synch with the vanguard of music and Mumford & Sons’ big win underscored those claims and validated my decision to not watch the award ceremony. …read more
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