Description: Google says companies are increasingly using local search data to extract more bang for their online marketing buck.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: 08/26/2011
Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/26/what-google-knows-about-your-eating-habits/
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Description: CNN’s Felicia Taylor visits a Magnolia Bakery in Manhattan and speaks with owner Steve Abrams about the boom in applications for franchises around the world.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 07/19/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/08/18/n_magnolia_bakery.cnnmoney/
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Description: While many people are tightening their budgets, shoppers lusting after that “it” bag, a first-class airline seat or a pricey car may now find those luxuries are more affordable than before. Kelli Grant has details on The News Hub.
Source: Moneywatch.com – video report
Date: 08/19/2011
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Description: Volkswagen AG’s Audi, the luxury brand trying to double its U.S. sales, has lowered the sticker price of its redesigned A6 midsize sedan to grab more market share.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 08/19/2011
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Description: Although the world is dependent on personal computers, making them has not been a great business for most American companies for almost a decade.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 08/19/2011
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/technology/as-pcs-wane-companies-look-to-tablets.html?ref=business
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Description: Gluten-free is no longer a niche market. Conglomerates like General Mills and Kellogg’s see profits where there’s no gluten.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: 08/19/2011
Link: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/19/food-giants-mine-the-gluten-free-gold-rush/
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Description: After a wild week on Wall Street, CNNMoney’s Poppy Harlow finds out where rattled investors are stashing their cash.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 07/12/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/08/12/mkts_money_trail.cnnmoney/
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Description: Four family businesses in suburban New York are worried that they are going to suffer again from economic uncertainty.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 08/12/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2011/08/12/smb_main_street_reaction.cnnmoney/
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Description: CORPORATE social responsibility efforts have always struck me as the modern equivalent of John D. Rockefeller handing out dimes to the common folk. They may be well-intentioned, but they often seem like small gestures at the margins of what companies are really trying to do: make money.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 08/13/2011
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Description: Carnivores keep coming back for the authentic vibe as much as the beef, but maintaining it throughout the franchise is no simple task
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 08/12/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/behind-five-guys-beloved-burgers-08112011.html
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