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A Credit-Card Reform Backlash
New regulations will limit rate hikes and fees. But look for card companies to respond with fewer cut-rate offers
Boomer Retirees: Not So Many
Just as the gray tsunami was due, boomers have new economic and social reasons to keep their jobs
Mexico to Offer Tax Rebate
To offset slow economic growth and lure American tourists, the Mexico Tourism Ministry announces sales tax credits
India Plays Catch-up in Africa
Giants in telecom and pharma, among others, are sinking big money into the promising market
A U.S. Toehold for SK Telecom?
If it comes together, a deal with Virgin Mobile USA would benefit all companies involved, including Sprint Nextel and Helio
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Why Twitter Matters
Circuit City Gives Up the Fight
More Static for Sirius-XM Deal
The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit
Companies
At Best Buy, Marketing Goes Micro
Returning military? Polish speakers? No niche is too small for local stores to identify and target
Investing
Consumers' Deepening Gloom
While housing starts unexpectedly rose in April, consumer sentiment dropped to its lowest level in 28 years in May
Stocks: The Inside Track
Vital Signs: Recession Fears Abate
Technology
Alcatel Rules Change Threatens Russo
Eighteen months after the merger, the board wants to change the two-thirds vote required to remove a CEO to a majority
Microsoft Joins One Laptop per Child
Cancer Research Group Releases Data
Jon Fine: What CBS Sees in CNET
Global Business
A Mixed Message from Europe's Banks
Even as investors are hearing the worst is over, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, and others are taking further writedowns. Are they being too cautious?
Hong Kong's Art Aspirations
The World's Most Competitive Countries
Google Maps Could Cross EU Privacy Laws
Is Holiday Travel Recession-Proof?
New Airport Won't Ease Bangalore's Woes
Innovation & Design
Why GE Is Getting Out of the Kitchen
Stoves, refrigerators, and other appliances used to be the core of General Electric's business. But now the hot growth is elsewhere
Nau is Then
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Small Business
The Escalator Pitch
Veteran entrepreneurs and financiers have long understood the need for succinct pitches. Enter the Twitpitch. It's not what you think
A New Strategy for an Old Tannery
Business Lessons from Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
Today's Tip: Four Steps to a Solid Partner Relationship
Managing
Interactive Case Study: Smurfit-Stone: Rebuilding the Board
Smurfit-Stone's parent was bought out by a group that owned rival papermakers. Some directors wound up serving two masters. They had to go
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Governance Lessons from Silicon Valley
Business Schools
Why MBA Programs are Leaving China
Red tape, difficult partners, and weak demand have Western universities closing executive MBA programs
Addressing the World's Water Needs
Lifestyle
Retailers Pay Big for Prime Locales
The real estate market may be in a slump but rents for many of the world's most expensive shopping streets are still climbing
Bad Dog, Rover
Reader Poll: Special Issue
In Your Face: In Brazil, a Gusher
Reader Anh Lai Writes:
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The Business Week, May. 16, 2008
Rediscovering American oil, why boomers aren't retiring, new credit-card rules, and more
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Unpaid Interns? No Such Thing
College students who serve as unsalaried interns to train for their desired professions are not being exploited. Pro or con?
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Don't Let the Downturn Get You Down
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