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from The Economist
Jan 6th 2011, 15:35 by George DeMartino | University of Denver

George DeMartino is a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He is also the author of the forthcoming book, “The Economist’s Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics” (Oxford University Press, 2011).

IN NOVEMBER of 1929 a Chicago businessmen’s club wrote to the Secretary of the American Economic Association (AEA) to inquire about its code of ethics. [...]

by Nitasha Tiku INC Magazine February 26, 2010

Ranking the top angel investors. A couple years ago, we told you about a start-up called YouNoodle that claimed it came up with an algorithm that could tell you what your company’s worth. Now YouNoodle’s teamed up with BusinessWeek to use the same vetting process on angel investors, with some surprises. Ex-Googlers Chris Sacca, Aydin Senkut, and Andrea Zurek–all relatively unknown outside the industry–are some of the best performers. And Hunch confound [...]

Pretty much everyone uses Google to find local businesses. Here’s how to make sure your company stands out.
By Eric Markowitz | INC Magazine | Jun 21, 2011

Here’s a fact worth considering: 97 percent of consumers search for local businesses online. Another: 73 percent of all online activity is related to local content, according to data released by Google.

This has huge implications for small businesses, which often depend on Google—in terms of organic and paid search—to generate phone [...]

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