Description: With a boost from strong earnings, McDonald’s isn’t the only fast food co. on the up and up. Chipotle and Yum! Brands are following suit.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 04/20/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/04/20/mkts-bz-fast-food.cnnmoney/
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Description:  In the months prior to the release of Walt Disney’s (DIS)John Carter sci-fi epic, Hollywood debated why the film wasn’t catching fire with potential moviegoers. Maybe it was the ho-hum trailers; a title that didn’t cue viewers that the story took place on Mars; or the departure of the studio’s marketing chief two months before its release.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 04/19/2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/disney-bets-on-the-avengers-after-john-carter
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Description:  Your online presence is a vital part of any sales strategy. But is your website the sales powerhouse it should be?
Source: Entrepreneur.com
Date: 04/16/2012
Link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223348
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Description: Labor groups at bankrupt American Airlines said on Friday they support a potential merger with rival US Airways Group Inc in a deal they say would save more jobs than a plan by parent AMR Corp to reorganize as a stand-alone carrier.
Source: Reuters.com
Date: 04/21/2012
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/us-american-unions-idUSBRE83J0WG20120421
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Description: Mobile device makers Nokia and Research in Motion continue to struggle against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating system.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 04/11/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/04/11/mkts-bz-nokia-rimm.cnnmoney/
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Description: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act brings in billions of dollars for the U.S. government by penalizing companies for corruption abroad.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 04/11/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/04/11/n-cmr-fcpa.cnnmoney/
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Description:  Entrepreneur Ash Maurya has been building companies for over a decade, and during that time he’s always tried to find a better, faster way to build successful products. Maurya said he’s always had the entrepreneurial bug, and he attributes that to the way his parents raised him. He said his reason for staying an entrepreneur has evolved in stages – from building something awesome, to building a sustainable business, to finding purpose.
Source: Sprouter.com
Date: 04/11/2012
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Description:  Best Buy Co Chief Executive Brian Dunn has left the world’s largest consumer electronics chain, which has struggled against stepped-up competition from internet retailers and discounters.
Source: Reuters.com
Date: 04/10/2012
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/bestbuy-idUSL2E8FA3ZK20120410
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Description:  Silicon Valley is one of the few places where a 27-year-old Web entrepreneur can parlay a photo-sharing application with no known source of revenue into $1 billion — in two years.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: 04/10/2012
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Description: Avon Products, the iconic door-to-door cosmetic seller, celebrates 125 years in business, Felicia Taylor reports.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 04/02/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/03/09/n_avon_taylor.cnnmoney/
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