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U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Greece; Bernanke, Coinstar, NCR Corp. In Focus

Futures activity is pointing a drop of about 34 points on the open for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) this morning, as Greece?s debt woes continue to worry . Investors will also be keeping tabs on Federal Reserve Chairman ?s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee later this morning. At last check, Dow Mini ...

Customer Loyalty Engagement Index 2012 Commandment: Delight Thy Customer

Last year, the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index (CLEI) found customers were looking for "delight" from their brands. This year evidence mounts that it's still delight that will continue to define the consumer landscape, and what brands can do to cement customer loyalty and profitability. Last month 49,000 consumers self-selected among 598 brands in ...

What's A Girl Gotta Do?

What's it going to take to see more women consistently occupying leadership positions in the US and around the world? We all know that women and girls are not showing up on a leadership trajectory, a position that would otherwise seem consistent with their increased rates of higher education, business ownership, workforce participation and other ...

NASA Report Prioritizes Fission Power for Space Exploration

A new report for NASA by the U.S. National Research Council sets a high priority for nuclear-powered spacecraft for the next phase of space exploration. Just shy of 470 pages, Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities was prepared over the course of a year, based on interviews with experts in industry and academia, in order to ...

My Talk At Russia's Internet Safety Day Conference

(Moscow) Tuesday, February 7th is Internet Safety Day, which was initiated by the European Commission and is celebrated throughout Europe and, to a lesser extent, on other continents. ??I?m filing today?s post from Moscow where I ??spoke at Russia's Safer Internet Day Conference. Below is an edited transcript of my talk. The complete transcript is ...

Source: Forbes.com

Clint Eastwood and Chrysler: The Politics of a Car Commercial

Let me introduce myself. I grew up in a ?? suburb, spent about a decade living in the inner city, and my father's job at Chrysler funded my college education and kept food on the table. I remember my dad also watched "Dirty Harry" movie re-runs, and has always had a man's man aesthetic. I ...

Ford Didn't Appreciate Chevy's Humor

GM, in response, tells Ford to pound sand

Chrysler's Super Bowl Ad: Was There A Flag on the Play?

Instead of whoops and high-fives this morning at Chrysler Group headquarters, there?s a bit of a mad scramble going on to figure out why the carmaker?s two-minute Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood was removed from YouTube last night. Viewers who wanted to watch a video replay of the ?Halftime in America? ad were instead ...

Car of the Week: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250

Editor's note: I'm kicking off a new feature on my Forbes blog. I test drive a new car on most weeks of the year. Here's the lowdown on what's in my driveway. The Car: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 Where I drove it: City. First Impressions: A sleeper. At first glance it's a modest sedan that looks ...

New Book: Design Voices

? ?Everything that is man-made in this world has been designed," writes my colleague and arts editor Anna Carnick. ?And good design??can enrich and even improve our lives. Be it an innovative, multi-functional joint??system that provides an infrastructure for relief housing and high-end tables, or a??collection of charred furniture, or even an artificial rainbow that ...

Source: Forbes.com