Any organization which intends to operate legitimately for profit.
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Is having a “sign waver” actually an effective marketing strategy?
It started a few years ago. The first one I remember seeing was Little Caeser's $5 Hot-And-Ready pizzas. I don't know if this was the source, but it was the first symptom...
... And then the ...
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1answer
365 views
Do banks typically lose as much money as they make in the long term?
Nicholas Nassem Taleb makes the following passing statement in his latest meditation on the nature and management of risk (Antifragile):
...businesses with negative optionality (that is, the ...
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1answer
583 views
Is the pharmaceutical industry the most profitable business in the United States?
The Russia Today article Pharmageddon: America’s bitter pill claims
The pharmaceutical industry remains the most profitable business in the US. More success and financial gain for the companies ...
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1answer
578 views
Are businesses required to cut up credit cards?
There are several movies and tv shows in which a character attempts to use a credit card, only to find that it's been cancelled. This usually results in the card being cut up. In the trailer for the ...
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301 views
Can the fall of Hostess be mainly attributed to the bakers union? [closed]
I am seeing many different sides of the story on every news outlet. Liberals instantly blame the management and conservatives point fingers at the unions. But few facts are really presented. Can ...
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1answer
421 views
Do corporations own human DNA sequences?
I came across the claim that Human DNA sequences are now owned by corporations:
FACT: HUMAN DNA SEQUENCES ARE NOW OWNED BY CORPORATIONS
Is this true?
If so, what does this mean?
(I realise ...
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1answer
408 views
Do record companies use a system that kept 99.995% of artists without any form of regular income?
This quote from TorrentFreak:
Under the “sign-a-record-deal-or-remain-poor system”, 99% of artists
didn’t get record deals with the abusive record industry – and out of
those who did, 99.5% ...
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2answers
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Does Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags?
It started with this
Every year Louis Vuitton burns all their unsold bags
A google search yields lots of results but none of them seems credible.
Snopes yields nothing.
Any credible info?
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Can acts of IP piracy be more beneficial than harmful?
There are several claims that piracy of Intellectual Property (IP) can help sales more than it hurts them.
For example, Edmund McMillan of Team Meat states in an interview at IGN:
McMillen ...
8
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1answer
439 views
Are many successful entrepreneurs post-secondary education dropouts?
One often hears anecdotes about how successful CEOs / founders / entrepreneurs are college or university dropouts, usually bringing up the same set of examples with one or two CEOs du jour. Most ...
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2k views
Is the Predictive Index® personality inventory for hiring based on scientific research?
I just heard of it (a friend has to take it) and it seems obvious that it's a product marketed directly to business people.
I'd expect that the test isn't worth much because it was made in 1955 and ...
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1answer
2k views
Is Coffee the most traded commodity in the world after Oil?
I have heard the claim that Coffee is the most traded commodity in the world right after Oil. Is there any proof of that?
I have also heard that coffee is the most consumed beverage after water? Any ...
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2answers
691 views
Do small businesses create the majority of the jobs in America?
Do small businesses create the majority of the jobs in the United States?
I guess it would depend on one's definition of small business, but stipulating that the definition is the one used by ...
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3answers
1k views
Can Microsoft's success be attributed to their abuse of a monopoly
Can the success of Microsoft be attributed to their abuse of their operating system monopolies of MS-DOS through the various versions of Windows (and other related monopolies such as the Internet ...
