Lady Gaga Album Zooms to Megahit Status - NYTimes.com

Check out the marketing behind the sales fiqures (at end...) Selling the CD at a Hudson News kiosk - Genius!

Lady Gaga Album Zooms to Megahit Status - NYTimes.com

Wal-Mart Pressed on How Global Suppliers Treat Workers - NYTimes.com

Working conditions in Third World countries under review:

Wal-Mart Pressed on How Global Suppliers Treat Workers - NYTimes.com

PayPal sues Google for stealing employees and trade secrets - May. 27, 2011

A real-life Intellectual Property and trade secrets squabble, mixed with breaches of employment contracts - oh, what fun!

PayPal sues Google for stealing employees and trade secrets - May. 27, 2011

Chasing Riches From Africa to Europe and Finding Only Squalor - NYTimes.com

Fascinating. Note the cultural imperative "to save face", which created an illusion of Europe for this fellow by his uncle, is perpetuated by him - as he lives in squalor.
What role for truth?

Chasing Riches From Africa to Europe and Finding Only Squalor - NYTimes.com

New Clue in Obesity Epidemic Points to Workplace - NYTimes.com

Work is not only killing us, it's making us fat!

New Clue in Obesity Epidemic Points to Workplace - NYTimes.com

Rifts in Europe Grow Wider Over Greece - NYTimes.com

Economic crisis spreading across Europe -

Rifts in Europe Grow Wider Over Greece - NYTimes.com

Delta-Northwest Merger’s Long and Complex Path - NYTimes.com

The nitty-gritty of business operations as seen in merging two airlines:

Delta-Northwest Merger’s Long and Complex Path - NYTimes.com

Are We Cutting Fat or Bone? - NYTimes.com

View from the trenches: Focusing on cutting costs and/or boosting revenue.

Are We Cutting Fat or Bone? - NYTimes.com

In Greece, Despair Is Tearing the Social Fabric - NYTimes.com

Economic despair while a country deals with its' debt crisis (forerunner of the US?):

In Greece, Despair Is Tearing the Social Fabric - NYTimes.com

TV Industry Takes Second Look at Older Viewers - NYTimes.com

A new look on how ad dollars are spent - targeted to where the money, and the employed, are. Be sure you track these demographic changes!

TV Industry Takes Second Look at Older Viewers - NYTimes.com

Skype Said to Have Demanded Over $7 Billion in Talks - Bloomberg

Done Deal: Tech and Talk merger -

Skype Said to Have Demanded Over $7 Billion in Talks - Bloomberg

Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion - NYTimes.com

Marriage, break-ups, gossip and rumours - kind of like the "Housewives of Silicon Valley", billionaire edition!

Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion - NYTimes.com

'Superjobs': Why You Work More, Enjoy It Less - WSJ.com

The New Work-Environment: prepare to do more, get less noticed, for no more pay -

'Superjobs': Why You Work More, Enjoy It Less - WSJ.com

The ‘Facebook Class’ Built Apps, and Fortunes - NYTimes.com

Modern, tech start-ups - how it is done. (Hint: Besides a cute idea, you need to know how to write code!)

The ‘Facebook Class’ Built Apps, and Fortunes - NYTimes.com

Trying to Game Google on ‘Mother’s Day Flowers’ - NYTimes.com

Trying to game the (Google) system - companies attempt to rise above to prosper. Is it proper?

Trying to Game Google on ‘Mother’s Day Flowers’ - NYTimes.com

Commodity Prices Tumble - NYTimes.com

Underlying producer and consumer prices are prices of commodities (coffee, gold, oil, etc...). These prices have a big impact on the economy as well, such as Inflation:

Commodity Prices Tumble - NYTimes.com

Portugal Interest Rate Show Investor Fears, Despite Bailout - NYTimes.com

Relevent to this weeks discussion of Regional Economic Integration, Portugal, after international bailout, continues to struggle.

Portugal Interest Rate Show Investor Fears, Despite Bailout - NYTimes.com

Small-business star StreetGlow entangled in debt and litigation - NorthJersey.com

Trials and Troubles of starting up a company, especially when young, with no education :(

Small-business star StreetGlow entangled in debt and litigation - NorthJersey.com

Chinese Investment Could Bypass U.S., Report Says - NYTimes.com

Foreign Direct Investment - China has money to invest, but is it welcome in the US? does the US want it?

Chinese Investment Could Bypass U.S., Report Says - NYTimes.com