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Central European countries tried to bolster their faltering currencies after days of falls against the euro and dollar. The declines have heightened concerns about the impact of the economic downturn on the region

The events at retailer Subhiksha are getting more intriguing by the day. Why have the ICICI-nominated directors resigned from the Board and who is really in charge of the company now? If the directors think there has been some fraud, why didnt they do something about it when they were on the Board? And how can it be possible that Subhiksha did not even have the money to pay to the security guards, as a result of which its stores got vandalised? Even the freshest rookie knows that if you dont have the money to buy stock for all the stores, the best thing to do is to close down some of them and transfer the stock to the operating ones. It does look as if the management is trying to cover something up.

(h/t Heather) Sean Hannity went off the deep end with this video montage that portrays the end of America as we know it. He doesn't mention that we're in the aftermath of the Bush years that have left the country and President Obama no choice but to act swiftly to try and turn the tide of devastation in their wake. I haven't been able to watch Hannity's show since Alan Colmes left. I tried a few times, but I couldn't make it. His Sunday shows called Hannity's America were bad enough. And he's destroying the meaning of the word "America." In the end it's just the typical model of Konservatism Unleashed! Hannity: Day number twenty nine of Socialism you can believe in. The new America...A liberal hijacking of the American way of life. This ...

Along with IBM, Cisco, and every other major IT firm, Hewlett-Packard has been trying to weather the current economic turbulence with its core businesses intact ? as its first-quarter 2009 earnings call demonstrated, the gloomy economy and softening in IT spending has had an impact on the worlds largest PC vendor. - Hewlett-Packardannounced earnings for the first quarter of 2009 that showed the effects of amoribund economy on the worlds largest PC vendor. While net revenue grew 1 percent year-over-year, to $28.1billion, it was a far cry from the double-digit growth that marked previousquarters bef...

It was just about this same time two years ago that Peter Pan Peanut Butter was in the news after a salmonella outbreak was linked to hundreds of illnesses....

Here's the simplest formula for business success that I've ever seen: Focus + Strategy + Structure + Systems + Support Skills + Strengths (vs. Blockers) + Action + Accountability + Follow-through = Extraordinary Results For those of you who have heard me speak or worked with me, you know this is my business success mantra. Apply this formula to the four critical areas of your business-Leadership and Team, Marketing, Operations, and Deliverables-and you will have to work hard not to succeed. But there's a catch. Success is not a linear straightforward process. One plus one doesn't always equal two. (In fact, one and one actually makes 11 if you put them side-by-side). The truth is, in spite of your best efforts, success doesn't always follow your timeline. There is an invisible component that is far more important than any structure or strategy to the success of your business (and in life too, as a matter of fact.) It's your intention. Your mindset. Your expectations. Find out w

The business secretary, Peter Mandelson, yesterday launched an extraordinary tirade against the head of the Starbucks coffee empire, accusing him of spreading gloom and overly denigrating the state of the British economy.Angered at remarks by the company's chairman, Howard Schultz - who said the UK was in an economic 'spiral' with 'very, very poor' consumer confidence - Mandelson accused him of spreading unnecessary misery and speaking out of turn.Speaking at a diplomatic cocktail reception in New York, he said: 'Why should I have this guy running down the country? Who the fuck is he? How the hell are they [Starbucks] doing?'Mandelson's remarks, made in front of journalists at the official residence of the British consul-general, came amid mounting concern in diplomatic and ministerial circles over hardening US opinion towards Britain's economic woes. British officials have been trying to persuade US economists and commentators that alarm over the country's recession is becoming exagge

The business secretary, Peter Mandelson, yesterday launched an extraordinary tirade against the head of the Starbucks coffee empire, accusing him of spreading gloom and overly denigrating the state of the British economy.Angered at remarks by the company's chairman, Howard Schultz - who said the UK was in an economic 'spiral' with 'very, very poor' consumer confidence - Mandelson accused him of spreading unnecessary misery and speaking out of turn.Speaking at a diplomatic cocktail reception in New York, he said: 'Why should I have this guy running down the country? Who the fuck is he? How the hell are they [Starbucks] doing?'Mandelson's remarks, made in front of journalists at the official residence of the British consul-general, came amid mounting concern in diplomatic and ministerial circles over hardening US opinion towards Britain's economic woes. British officials have been trying to persuade US economists and commentators that alarm over the country's recession is becoming exagge

The recession is ahead of our thinking about how to sell around it. Our first response is a tried and true strategy that is not right for all occasions. People will disagree with me, but so far we've seen a steady stream of one idea -- staying close to the customer and attending to the customer experience. There is nothing wrong with this customer-centricity and a lot to be admired.

Advanced Micro Devices, which failed to get enough votes in favor of a plan to spin off its manufacturing operations last week, said it finally succeeded at a stockholders meeting today — but just barely.