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October 4, 2010 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| CONGRESS The GOP Eyes Defunding Health Reform The House Republican plan to deny funds to Obama's health overhaul could be difficult and risky NUCLEAR POWER Cheap Nuclear Reactors Are Russia's Ace Rosatom is making inroads in the nuclear market by underselling Western companies. But China, Korea, and others could grab market share, too POLITICS & POLICY TARP Didn't Bust the Bank The much-maligned bailout program made money on most Wall Street investments and cost less than expected IDEAL EMPLOYERS Google Tops Grad Picks for Top Employers The Big Four accounting firms round out the top spots and Apple and GM make the list for the first time in the latest Universum ranking by business students AOL Tries to Restore Clout with Three Acquisitions in One Day The once-dominant Internet service provider bought three dot-com startups—TechCrunch among them—in a bid to restore its relevance RIM, HP May Drive Price War to Chase Apple's iPad, Analysts Say Research In Motion, Hewlett-Packard, and other hardware makers may use a price war to narrow Apple's lead in the market for tablet computers FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, SEPTEMBER 2010 Online Startups Target College Book Costs A wave of startups such as Flat World Knowledge hopes to use technology to change the economics of higher education VIEWPOINT Questions Can Help Resolve Prior Failure Talking openly with your team helps to build trust, involve employees in the solution, and quickly move things forward, counsels columnist John Baldoni NEW FRONTIERS For B-Schools, Opportunities Rise in Africa Once content with distant partnerships in Africa, business schools in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. are now establishing more direct programs on the continent COMMENTARY Commentary: On the Yuan, Be Careful What You Wish For Trade war fever is rising in Washington. Slapping China with unilateral tariffs would feel good—and make matters worse THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS LeBron Drops to the Back of the Q As LeBron James' Q Score drops to sixth-most-disliked sports personality, revenue at Cowboys Stadium is taking off WINE OF THE WEEK Quality Control: Antica Napa Chardonnay An evolution in control and philosophy is turning Napa Valley's Antica from a maker of over-oaked chardonnays into a producer of truly elegant wine VIEWPOINT Power 101: The Class You Won't Get in B-School By not teaching MBA students about power and competition, B-schools leave them ill-equipped to face workplace challenges THE INNOVATION ENGINE Eco-Innovation: A Better Way Forward Instead of striving to mitigate environmental damage, corporations should make it their goal to start with an eco-friendly premise Garbage Mountains Morph Into $160 Million New York Park Construction is beginning to turn four mounds of trash that rise as high as 225 feet into the 2,200-acre Freshkills Park AQUACULTURE This Genetically Altered Salmon Is No Fish Story Inching toward FDA approval, AquaBounty's mega-fish stir critics BOOK EXCERPT Book Excerpt: Macrowikinomics (Part 1) In an edited excerpt from their new book, Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams make the case for "rebooting the world" VIEWPOINT Narrow the U.S. Income Gap to Stave Off Another Financial Crisis Rising income inequality presents long-term problems for the economy, says Businessweek.com columnist Chris Farrell FUNDS Emerging-Market Debt Funds Gain Allure Yield-hungry investors are increasingly turning to funds and ETFs featuring the government debt of emerging countries
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