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November 12, 2010 | ||
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| COVER STORY How Baidu Won China Robin Li beat Google and made his search engine No. 1 in China. Now he wants to go global, but it will take some work to get the world to trust Baidu FEATURES A Pistachio Farmer, Pom Wonderful, and the FTC California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick own a pistachio empire twice the size of Sacramento. Now they're facing lawsuits over water control and the health claims of Pom Wonderful SOCIAL NETWORKS TaskRabbit: Now Auction Off Your Chores The startup site connects people with "runners" who compete to do odd jobs for a fee INTERNET DriverSide.com Aims for Car Owners' Market The service connects auto owners to dealerships and mechanics, and provides Internet tools that help drivers take care of their vehicles COLUMNS Why There Are So Few Women in Tech From self-confidence to motherhood and even parental discouragement, women in the technology industry confront obstacles that keep their numbers thin GIGAOM • From GigaOm What Hyperlocal News Sites Can Learn from SB Nation With hundreds of sports-focused blogs, SB Nation uses an approach that any locally focused news operation would be wise to emulate SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING Nonprofits Lend to Gulf Coast Businesses The ability to borrow through Kiva.org and Accion Texas-Louisiana is buoying cash-strapped entrepreneurs still reeling from the aftermath of the BP oil spill THE TURNAROUND ACE A Grocer Fights to Keep Its Place in the Food Chain After three years of falling sales, an independent food-store chain got its books in order, increased employee responsibility, and decentralized its supply system VIEWPOINT Cigar Guy: The Best Candidate for Small Business Gene Marks shares criteria he uses to evaluate politicians—and offers an irreverent take on his ideal congressman Mercedes Battles Audi, BMW in 'Green' Luxury Daimler's Mercedes-Benz is rolling out an S-Class sedan with a four-cylinder engine, a first in the model's 60-year history, as it vies with German rivals for eco-conscious luxury car buyers QE2 May Lead to Capital Controls in Asia A managing director for the World Bank says quantitative easing in the U.S. threatens to spur bubbles in Asian markets STARTING A BUSINESS Developing Space Tours and Car-Chargers By anticipating future demand through new technologies, today's entrepreneurs are identifying the small businesses of tomorrow Warhol’s $63 Million Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor Stuns Dealers At Phillips de Pury & Co. the seven-foot-tall Warhol painting soared past its $40 million estimate FINDING A JOB MBA Job Placement Rates Trending Higher MBA talent is once again in demand, with placement rates bouncing back from recession lows. But salaries are flat, and signing bonuses are scarce THE DRUCKER DIFFERENCE The Wall-less Office We know, you're dreaming of a corner office. But open work spaces remove barriers to communication, enable innovation, and make everybody feel important EXECUTIVE INSIGHT Hughes: The Internet's Ultimate Enabler Pradman Kaul, CEO of satellite broadband provider Hughes Communications, discusses how the company stretches the capabilities of its innovators EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Online Education's New Campus: Thunderbird In what would be an unusual public-private partnership, Thunderbird School of Global Management seeks private capital to help it launch a new online executive-education program STOCKS & MARKETS How Panera Bread Kept Rising Through the Recession Executive Chairman Ronald Shaich tells Businessweek.com the chain prospered by adding staff and boosting food quality while competitors cut back VIEWPOINT The Race to Erase Debt American households are turning away from debt and embracing thrift, says columnist Chris Farrell. Can government do the same? VIEWPOINT Investors Don't Care About Sustainability … Yet Accenture's recent study with the U.N. confirms that CEOs do, which is why they need to work on making investors understand the business case
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