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...made. Advertising is a business decision, and newspapers are under no obligation whatsoever to print ads that they judge to be bad business. A newspaper has an equal right to decide whether it wishes to profit from the publication of a specific advertisement as to decide whether it will invest in tobacco stocks and profit from the sale of cigarettes...
...distance in the next phase of the New Economy. Reinvention, it seems, is the key to survival: at bainlab, the incubator division of consultants Bain & Company, the focus has expanded from simply incubating small companies to include consulting work and due diligence for other venture capitalists looking to invest. The talk too is of corporate ventures - helping those strong Old Economy firms that have outlasted the first Internet wave find their feet online. Other incubators are revising the point at which they become involved with fledgling companies. "The incubator euphoria died out pretty quickly, and many companies that began...
...else is going to invest in you, you have to invest in yourself," Mattison said...
With the funeral march of negative headlines--dwindling corporate profits, massive layoffs and a slowing economy--it's no wonder many budding investors are probably balking at buying even one mutual fund. Making a $2,500 investment in a declining market may seem like dropping money into a grave. But here's a way to resurrect your sinking spirits: think small. You can invest in a stock fund for a few hundred dollars or less...
There are a few ways of doing that: invest in renewable energy sources and "cap and trade" emissions. That is, set ceilings for worldwide greenhouse-gas emission and let nations either sell emission credits if they emit below their allowance or buy credits if they exceed permitted levels. The theory is that the pursuit of greenbacks will fuel greener business. "Whenever you turn a pollution cut into a financial asset," says Joseph Goffman, an attorney at Environmental Defense, "people go out and make lots of pollution cuts...