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November 5, 2010 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| COVER STORY Tom Donohue: Obama's Tormentor If the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has his way, the President's change agenda is finished FEATURES The New New Andreessen With Andreessen Horowitz, visionary entrepreneur Marc Andreessen is trying to reinvent himself as a top-tier venture capitalist and world-class power broker FEATURES Phosphate: Morocco's White Gold Phosphate is used in everything from fertilizer to rechargeable batteries. And Morocco's King Mohammed VI has cornered the market GIGAOM • From GigaOm Twitter: From Gawky Teen to Responsible Adult When you have 175 million users and a $1 billion market value, you have to start getting serious, and for better or worse, that's what Twitter has been doing TECHNOLOGY Kati London: Creating Online Games That Educate and Instruct The designer integrates real-world data like U.K. traffic patterns or GPS signals from tagged sharks into games CEO GUIDE TO MOBILE BUSINESS APPS Mobile Business Apps Flourish at IBM, Google As more companies let smartphones into the workplace, demand is surging for downloadable apps that let employees work on the go FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, OCTOBER 2010 Chile Aims to Attract Foreign Startups The government is dangling visas, $40,000 grants, and a business incubation program for new ventures SPECIAL REPORT The Winning Young Entrepreneurs 2010 In this year's Best Entrepreneurs 25 and Under roundup, the top five vote-getting businesses were all either profitable or cash-flow positive SMART ANSWERS How Women Business Owners Are Held Back Teri Cavanagh, a former banker who heads the Global Banking Alliance for Women, says progress has stalled. Obstacles include limited access to credit and a poor understanding of how leverage helps CHINA'S RED GOLD China Boss in Peru on $50 Billion Peak Bought for $810 Million China will gobble up a mountain and relocate a town in its hunger for mineral treasures Israel Risks ‘Dutch Disease’ as Shekel Boosted by Gas While Israel celebrates its anticipated emergence as a fuel-producing nation, record offshore gas discoveries are creating an unwanted side effect for the export-reliant country REAL ESTATE For Jobseekers Starting Over, Mobility is the Key Many metro areas have jobs for jobseekers willing to put up with the expense and hassle of relocating Swiss School at $71,760 Is Bargain for Some When Skiing Is Free Swiss boarding schools may be the most expensive but the chance to hobnob with children of the super-rich may pay off down the road REVIEWS Review: 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD If you need a powerful heavy duty pickup—or just really, really want one—the 2011 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD is the best in its class MARSHALL & FRIENDS What Have You Done Lately? How do you judge your achievements? By how the world sees you, or by your contributions to the world? Make peace with your choice, advises Marshall Goldsmith IDEAS & INNOVATION Part-Time MBAs: Greater Expectations UT-Dallas' Monica Powell explains why today's part-time MBA students want more from their degrees—and the career-management office—and what this means for academic programs THE INNOVATION ENGINE Co-Creation Innovation Companies are embracing a simple truth that is improving the way they innovate: People and enterprises support what they create, so creative cooperation is a big winner VIEWPOINT Joint Ventures: Creating Value Against the Odds Accenture's Tom Herd on how to maximize the likelihood of success with joint ventures, which pose the integration challenges of mergers and the management challenges of alliances PAYING FOR COLLEGE College Costs Are Up Again The College Board says this time students at four-year public schools are taking the biggest hit. The good news? Financial aid is up, too EMERGING MARKETS Emerging Markets: Bubble or Growth Leader? Emerging markets are bubbly, unless you believe a huge shift is under way
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