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Corner Office: Always Thank Your Star Players, Chegg’s C.E.O. Says (Jul-10, 15:13 EDT )-- Dan Rosensweig, president and C.E.O. of Chegg Inc., the online and mail-order textbook rental service, admires people who aren’t afraid to think big.
BP Removes Cap From Well, Aiming for a Tighter Fit (Jul-10, 14:52 EDT )-- Engineers removed a cap that had been diverting about 15,000 barrels of oil a day, planning to replace it with a new one to collect more oil.
The Boss: Margaret Minson: When the Game’s on the Line (Jul-10, 13:59 EDT )-- As an athlete, Margaret Minson of Student Sponsor Partners learned how to take risks â€" a quality that has helped her in her career.
Preoccupations: An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself (Jul-10, 13:53 EDT )-- Prerna Gupta, C.E.O. of Khush Inc. â€" the creator of an iPhone app called LaDiDa â€" discusses her journey to entrepreneurship.
Fundamentally: Ways to Protect Your Portfolio From Market Volatility (Jul-10, 13:51 EDT )-- For more stability in rough markets, investors might look for strong large-cap companies, as well as those that pay steady dividends.
Everybody’s Business: Online, We Pay With Our Time Spent Searching (Jul-10, 13:46 EDT )-- Even if you don’t pay for TV shows, they aren’t exactly gratis: you can spend 5 to 10 minutes searching, on sites like Hulu.com or Clicker.com.
The Haggler: Appalling Behavior, This Time by Customers (Jul-10, 13:44 EDT )-- Plenty of companies deserve the Haggler’s Gigantic Heat Lamp of Shame, but sometimes consumers deserve it themselves.
Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence (Jul-10, 13:41 EDT )-- Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman, regrets his decades of silence as banks ran amok. Now he is doing what he can to push for tighter rules.
Economic View: The Trilemma of International Finance (Jul-10, 13:39 EDT )-- Economic policy makers around the world have a trio of goals, but they can never accomplish them all.
Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery (Jul-10, 13:38 EDT )-- The shift underscores the remarkable recovery of the biggest banks and brokerage firms since Washington rescued them in the fall of 2008.
Digital Domain: Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality (Jul-10, 13:36 EDT )-- Researchers measuring a home computer’s educational value to a schoolchild in a low-income household are finding that test scores tend to go down, not up.
Prototype: Whose Idea Was the Dry-Cleaning Bag Anyway? (Jul-10, 13:34 EDT )-- The entrepreneurs behind two makers of reusable dry-cleaning bags dispute who deserves credit for the idea.
Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital (Jul-10, 13:29 EDT )-- Seattle Children’s Hospital says it has improved patient care, and its bottom line, by incorporating practices made famous in manufacturing.
Fair Game: Mortgage Investors Turn to State Courts for Relief (Jul-10, 13:24 EDT )-- Aiming to recover losses in the housing crisis, buyers of soured mortgage-backed securities are using state law to sue big banks.
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