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March 18, 2011 | ||
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| FEATURES Apple, Google May Profit on a Tax Holiday Those companies and others say they'll bring home billions in earnings—but only if they get a big tax break FEATURES A Boom Behind Bars Private jail operators like the Corrections Corporation of America are making millions off the crackdown on illegal aliens FEATURES Are Four Words Worth $25 Billion for Groupon? Inside Andrew Mason's plan to remake Groupon, fend off copycats, and change your spending habits forever Apotheker Pushes HP into Cloud, Software CEO Léo Apotheker plans to get Hewlett-Packard's products working together as "a service," particularly WebOS software and cloud computing offerings. Dividend rises 50 percent Zillow to Hire Citigroup to Manage IPO The online real estate information service is joining a growing list of U.S. Internet companies preparing initial public offerings Apple Delays IPAD 2 Launch in Japan Amid dire problems caused by the earthquake and tsunami, no new date has been set for the iPad 2 tablet's release in Japan, which accounted for 6.1 percent of Apple's 2010 revenues Making $50,000 Mattresses, Selling in Buffett's Furniture Stores As founder and chief executive officer of luxury mattress manufacturer E.S. Kluft & Company, Earl Kluft tests many of the $2,000 to $50,000 beds—each of which are made by hand in his Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., factory VIEWPOINT 'Startup' Visas Could Boost U.S. Entrepreneurship New legislation aims to keep skilled workers in the country if they start companies that create American jobs, Vivek Wadhwa says HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW • From Harvard Business Review Do Younger Customers Even Like Your Company? When dealing with financial services companies, children of the digital age aren't feeling the love GLOBAL ECONOMICS Special Report: Crisis in Japan A look at how the disasters will affect the crippled Asian nation—and the world Japan's Economic Pain Deepens The damage from the earthquake &uqot;is much, much larger than we originally thought," says the chief Japan economist at JPMorgan EATING AND DRINKING Saint Patrick's Day Guide to Cult Irish Whiskey: John Mariani The production and consumption of high quality Irish single malt and blended whiskey is booming—and not just on March 17 CULTURE China's Art Market Overtakes U.K. Auction and gallery sales in China market totaled almost $8.3 billion in 2010, making it the second-biggest after U.S. THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS It's Golf and Tennis Time—Where Are the Americans? After years of dominating golf and tennis, no U.S. contestants show up among top-ranked players in the ATP, the WTA, the PGA, or the LPGA VIEWPOINT How to Plan Innovation The ability to be innovative isn't some genetic gift you're born with. We all have the necessary skills THE INNOVATION ENGINE A Shout-Out for Segmentation Data Quit yawning and start seizing on the wealth within segmentation data. Every department should demand to see this information DORM ROOM MOGULS B-School Startups: Block Six Looks to Score NYU Stern MBA entrepreneur launches a company aimed at increasing revenue for sports organizations VIEWPOINT How to Turn Stock Speculators into Investors Tweaking circuit breakers or demanding further trading disclosures won't take the casino out of Wall Street. Instead, public stock ownership should be treated more like a private investment MANAGEMENT Five Keys to Profiting in China For foreign companies doing business in China, the country's booming economy by no means guarantees success Fed Signals Further Stimulus is Unlikely In a relatively optimistic statement, the Federal Open Market Committee said the U.S. economy is on "firmer footing," so a third round of so-called QE 2 bond purchases is not anticipated
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