Archives for March 2014

Three Reasons to Apply for Business Awards

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At some point in the recent past, it became popular to include one’s awards and accolades in your e-mail signature.  It’s now common to finish reading an e-mail and then notice that the sender’s company is a “Great Place to Work” or a member of the (insert trade magazine here) “Top 100.”  While I don’t like to see e-mail monikers overwhelmed by such plaudits, I must admit that I’m a fan of awards.  I think they make good business sense for a number of reasons, and here are my top three.Read More

Just Spell My Stock Symbol Right

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One day last week, my wife called me and she was aghast regarding the story of Josh Hardy, a seven-year-old cancer survivor from Virginia who is suffering from a severe infection due to his weakened immune system. There’s a drug in development that can treat Hardy’s critical and potentially fatal condition, but the pharmaceutical company was refusing to give the medicine to the kid. Read More

Cracking the Code on Wikipedia

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One of the Internet’s most popular websites is the free online encyclopedia called Wikipedia.  The site is viewed as an objective source of information and contains entries and listings on the world’s most common subjects as well as mundane and little-known topics.Read More