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...competitors were "asleep at the switch," was an aggressive businessman and proud of it. He was so good at dominating the ticket industry (and consequently became practically the only game in town) that Pearl Jam rebelled in 1994 with a campaign known as "TicketBastard." The band wanted to offer summer tour tickets to fans for under $20 and asked Ticketmaster to charge less than $2 in service fees. Ticketmaster refused, Pearl Jam canceled its tour and took its case to Congress. Ticketmaster prevailed, but not before the band accused the company of sending private investigators to snoop around Pearl...
Social psychologists know that one way to be viewed as a leader in any group is simply to act like one. Speak up, speak well and offer lots of ideas, and before long, people will begin doing what you say. This works well when leaders know what they're talking about, but what if they don't? If someone acts like a boss but thinks like a boob, is that still enough to stay on top? (See the best business deals...
When Anderson and Kilduff checked the participants' work, however, a lot of pretenders were exposed. Repeatedly, the ones who emerged as leaders and were rated the highest in competence were not the ones who offered the greatest number of correct answers. Nor were they the ones whose SAT scores suggested they'd even be able to. What they did do was offer the most answers - period...
...effort to reduce personnel costs while avoiding immediate layoffs, the University will likely finalize plans by the end of the month to offer an incentive package for early retirement of staff workers across all schools...
Gonzalez, pushing his cart through Barranco, says he is encouraged by what the recyclers' movement has to offer. "Organizing is a good idea. I have never liked joining groups, but I think this association will help...