Remaking J.C. Penney Without Coupons

You're receiving this newsletter because you've requested it from us. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser or View mobile version. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. Share:             BW Insider May 30, 2012 This Week's Top Story Companies & Industries Remaking J.C. Penney Without Coupons Former Apple Store chief Ron Johnson is trying to wean J.C. Penney shoppers from discounts. It's not going well More Top Stories A Facebook Phone: Ambitious Leap or Fatal Mistake? Does it make any sense for the social network to build its own phone? Office Upgrade: The Pullout Desk-Bed Businessweek.com launches a 10-part series on office furniture from New York's Design Week. First up: Clei's desk-bed Now You Can Trade Black Sea Wheat CME Group opens its first futures contract on an Eastern European crop Romney's Experts, Whose Advice He Ignores Counsel from Romney's economic team is often ignored, continuing a long tradition of election-year politics Mercury Madness Segovia, a Colombia gold-mining town, is awash in mercury 'Likejacking': Spammers Hit Social Media "Social spam can be a lot more effective than e-mail spam," says a security software executive Colleges Woo Tech Millionaires-in-Waiting Schools cultivate ties with startups before they're big successes Americans' Confidence Is Down. Why? Two of the big three confidence indexes show late spring declines. A weak labor market is the likely culprit The Democratic Roots of the Birther Movement Donald Trump has revived it. But the idea of going after Obama's "otherness" dates back to Democrats in the last election Germany Seeks Financial 'Redemption' for Europe A council of German economic experts favors sharing responsibility for much of European governments' debts Cutting Census Funding Will Hurt Small Business Eliminating the American Community Survey will leave small businesses without data they need. There's still time to tell Congress not to whack ACS This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Dustine Peterson Bloomberg Businessweek Customer Rights 2005 Lakewood Drive, Boone, IA 50036 dpeterson@cds-global.com To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. This week in BW Insider Each week, the Insider Newsletter features the best and most timely news from Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com. Advertisement ADVERTISEMENT Generate Serious Income in Turbulent Markets In today's market, there's more to trading covered calls than just buying a stock and selling a call. With a complimentary 3 month subscription to Bernie Schaeffer's "Covered Call Plus", you'll learn how to maximize income without limiting your upside while still reducing downside exposure. Advertisement Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change your E-Mail Marketing Department Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright 2009-2012 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED