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May 28, 2010 | ||
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COVER STORY Chuck Schwab Is Worried About Small Investors. Should We Worry Too? "People are still in a state of fear," says the father of individual investing. "And with good reason." Schwab believes it is crucial for the little guy to stay invested. And his business depends on it FEATURES The Tort Lawyer and the BP Oil Disaster Louisiana's Daniel Becnel has sued drugmakers, carmakers, and Big Tobacco. The BP oil spill, on his home turf, may be his biggest payday yet TECHNOLOGY Google's Latest Launch: Its Own Trading Floor The search giant is hiring Wall Street vets to manage a $26.5 billion pile of cash French E-tailer Vente-privee Designs an Expansion As Jacques-Antoine Granjon's private shopping club ventures outside France, success proves tough to fashion INTERNET Advertisers Give Google TV a Warm Reception Google's interactive TV platform might lower costs and improve the targeting of ad spots. Could 'smart' TV redefine advertising? GIGAOM • From GigaOm Facebook's Privacy Snowball Keeps Rolling The company must get serious about the privacy controversy if it wants to maintain its momentum SALES & MARKETING Use Storytelling to Maintain Customer Interest A company's fans won't buy every product or service it offers. To keep followers engaged, Chris Guillebeau weaves stories into his marketing SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING Business Sellers Increasingly Play Banker Creative financing can help sellers command better prices or close deals. It can also create complications among banks, sellers, and buyers Tax Credit to Pay Third of Small-Business Health Cost As many as four million businesses may qualify, under a program created by the health-care overhaul law HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW • From Harvard Business Review Britain's Gen Y Guy Born in 1966, Prime Minister David Cameron has an approach to leadership that mirrors the values of his generation Korean Markets Swoon on War Worries The won hits a 10-month low following report North Korea's Kim Jong Il has ordered the military to prepare for conflict with South Korea REVIEWS First Drive: 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost For a quarter-million dollars, Rolls-Royce's new "entry level" Ghost comes packed with luxury and the automaker's most powerful engine ever WINE OF THE WEEK The Genius of Guigal's Côtes du Rhône Rouge That Guigal can produce millions of bottles of its superb Côtes du Rhône a year is remarkable; that they can do it for $15 a bottle is genius IDEO EYE • From IDEO Eye Drive My Car (Please?) The auto industry is in dire need of innovation. Here's a look at some of the more promising ideas for a "car" of the future LIVING LARGE MBA Pay: Top B-Schools, Top Dollar Exclusive new research shows that grads of top business schools earn far more than lesser-ranked peers, both at graduation and over the long haul VIEWPOINT The Art of Corporate Listening Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, and Ford are all companies that have learned how to do it well, observes Peter Firestein STOCKS & MARKETS Tech M&A: Ready for a Ramp-Up Cash-rich technology companies accelerate dealmaking, with industry giants such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard setting a hot acquisitions pace Stocks Rebound from Slump Stocks rebounded, after yesterday's slide drove the MSCI World Index to a nine-month low, while commodities rallied on revived prospects for economic growth BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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