Ten Corporate Social Media Mistakes

Problems include poor communication with users and lack of top-level buy in.

Michigan city pinning hopes on new Nicklaus course

This city on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is beset with troubles: violent crime, racial strife, steep unemployment, and neighborhoods dotted with vacant homes and businesses. In short, Benton Harbor is no one's idea of a vacation destination. But local leaders are looking for hope from an unlikely source: a huge luxury golf resort under construction just a tee shot away from the...

European shares hit 2-week high on China, M&A talk

LONDON: European shares advanced on Wednesday to a near two-week high on Wednesday, Sept 1, lifted by a manufacturing rebound in China and corporate takeover talk in the market. Mining shares gained after China's manufacturing sector regained momentum in August, with Rio Tinto rising 1.4 percent and BHP Billiton up 2.4 percent. Merger and acquisition talk, buoyed by several deals in the pipeline ...

Letters to the editor: Labor Day is holiday honoring workers

Recently released national unemployment figures for July indicate about 14.6 million people are jobless in the U.S. Add approximately 8.5 million part-time workers who want full-time employment. It's estimated 181,100 workers gave up looking for work in July, even though they want employment. This last group, no longer counted as unemployed, is thought to total 5.9 million since our Great ...

Mommra yenko ooo – travelling in the new Ghana

Anytime I visit Ghana, I never fail to wonder at the enormous improvements in the transport sector – specifically the transportation of persons. My reference point is the early days of Rawlings’ so called “revolution”. Anyone old enough will remember it all. Inner city transport was hell.