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Archive for October, 2011
2011
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Oct
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Co-workers, Getting a Raise
2011
25
Oct
FORTUNE — Two years ago, the U.S. Postal Service raised the price of a stamp by two cents to a whopping 44 cents. Then, talk of five-day delivery service and fewer post offices began to percolate. What’s next? Full-scale privatization? A buyout by FedEx (FDX) or UPS (UPS)? Or perhaps fishing licenses and stamp sales […]
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Getting a Raise
2011
21
Oct
Not too long ago the prevailing corporate buzzword was “synergy.” Combine one business with another, eliminate redundancies, and watch the profits accumulate. Not all mergers would succeed, of course, but two heads would usually prove better than one, particularly at companies where revenue and innovation had stagnated. In 2011, however, a growing number of large […]