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February 25, 2011 | ||
Insider NewsletterA weekly summary of the best in Bloomberg Businessweek and Businessweek.com | ||
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| COVER STORY USA Inc: Red, White, and Very Blue Mary Meeker says that if the U.S. were a corporation, it would be sick—but fixable. Ideas for solving the U.S.'s long-term fiscal mess FEATURES Trapped The Republic of Georgia wants the world to know it's on a campaign to wipe out corruption. So why is Rony Fuchs—a businessman Georgia owes $100 million—sitting in a Tbilisi prison? COMPANIES & INDUSTRIES From Brewing, an Indian Biotech Is Born Biocon's chief, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, used her beermaking savvy to build a global force in insulin, including a Pfizer deal TECHNOLOGY Hewlett-Packard's Shares Plunge After Forecast Misses Estimates HP tumbles as much as 13 percent in late trading after a shortfall it blames on sluggish demand for services and consumer products GIGAOM • From GigaOm Verizon Contract May Hinder Xoom Sales Will consumers who anticipate a flood of rival Google Android 3.0 tablets—plus an iPad upgrade—spring for Motorola's pricey Xoom with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract? Goldman Sachs Boosts Web Wager With AppSense Stake After its investment in Facebook, Goldman pays $70 million for a minority stake in AppSense, bolstering a bet on growth at private Internet companies SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money VIEWPOINT How Tax Reform Might Affect Small Corporations Owners of C corporations should be wary of an effort to reform corporate taxes, which would make them a prime target to pay more SMART ANSWERS Must Women Entrepreneurs Learn to Bluster? There's no consensus on whether a mastery of bluster advances a venture's prospects. An ability to communicate one's ingenuity certainly makes a difference Cost of NZ Quake May Hit $12 Billion http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-23/new-zealand-quake-may-be-costliest-disaster-since-2008.html GLOBALITY: HAROLD L. SIRKIN Africa's Hidden Wealth of Business Opportunities Look past the continent's reputation for social problems, and you'll see emerging consumers and businesses ripe for M&A, partnerships, and B2B relationships THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS Hot Rods, Hot Bods: The 2011 Daytona 500 and NBA All-Star Game Both the NBA and Nascar are using star-studded events to help win back fans lost during the recession WINE OF THE WEEK No Rushing This Russian Hill Wine Unlike many New World wines, the 2002 Russian Hill Windsor Oaks Summit Syrah was designed to improve with age FINANCIAL AID Tuition Benefits Drying Up More business students receive employer tuition assistance, but fewer employers offer the benefit and fewer still will pick up the whole tab THE INNOVATION ENGINE The Innovation-Deficit Tax: Advertising Want an easy way to know whether your product or service qualifies as sufficiently innovative to get people talking about it? Look no further than your ad budget Plastyc, a Checking Alternative, Takes on Banks and Wal-Mart Plastyc's mix of services unavailable on other cards, such as mobile-phone access and checks for paying bills, persuaded CIC to invest $2 million VIEWPOINT China: The Intellectual-Property Battleground Entrepreneur and inventor James Dyson warns that the U.S. is in danger of losing the patent race to China RETIREMENT Deficit Could Reshape Retirement Funding Mandatory savings accounts could help workers prepare for retirement while backing up a shaky Social Security safety net INVESTING Looking for a Stock Market Top Technical analysts weigh threats to the bull market, from rising oil prices to the exuberance of individual investors Price Momentum + Value = Tempting Stocks Many people wonâ?Tt buy a stock unless it has been outperforming its peers. John Dorfman looks for some winners
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