Read more business stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2391/business.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:52:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74216/health-care-reform-foes-outspend-friends-21.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBusiness foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill. Led by the US Chamber of Commerce, opponents of the Democratic health care drive have dropped $24 million on TV commercials over the...http://www.newser.com/story/74216/health-care-reform-foes-outspend-friends-21.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 6:53:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73602/some-like-it-haute-and-cheap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBudget-minded entrepreneurs are utilizing the strategy of Netflix in high fashion. Now working girls can afford some of the priciest haute couture frocks by renting them on the Internet. The new mail-order service, Rent the Runway , allows shop-aholics to rent top designer fashions for a tenth of their retail cost....http://www.newser.com/story/73602/some-like-it-haute-and-cheap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 4:25:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72605/bartering-turns-into-10b-recession-buster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe global recession has made bartering hot, but don’t go thinking it’s all a backrub for a plumbing fix. Big money—though no cash—is changing hands through the world’s largest barter service, Bartercard. The worldwide service’s transactions are valued at $2 billion this year, up 20% over last year....http://www.newser.com/story/72605/bartering-turns-into-10b-recession-buster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 13:19:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71839/disney-grumpy-about-ho-white-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce upon a time an Aussie ale company ad turned Snow White into "Ho White," and made Disney officials as angry as wicked witches. The not-so-virginal disheveled beauty blows smoke rings in bed with her little naked buddies including Filthy, Smarmy and Randy in the controversial ad for Jamieson's Raspberry...http://www.newser.com/story/71839/disney-grumpy-about-ho-white-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 2:32:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71200/ditch-your-trashy-avatar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith businesses increasingly making use of virtual worlds like Second Life for long-distance training and conferences, it’s important for employees to show a little discretion with their choice of avatar, warns a report from tech advisory firm Gartner. “Because 3-D environments add the visual dimension, they will need to make...http://www.newser.com/story/71200/ditch-your-trashy-avatar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag50 Cent is the first rapper to pen a book of management advice. It’s a shame, then, that The 50th Law , co-written by Robert Greene, boils down to the worst kind of “be authentic” self-help boilerplate, writes Lucy Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times . As a former drug dealer, 50...http://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 17:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69649/how-50-cent-built-his-empire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBelieve it or not, it might do you good to take some business advice from shot-nine-times rapper 50 Cent. After all, it was business savvy more than rap music that helped build his $150 million empire. Business Insider takes a look at how he did it: His endorsement with Vitamin...http://www.newser.com/story/69649/how-50-cent-built-his-empire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 11:44:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69290/post-lehman-washington-is-the-new-wall-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor decades, more than just 228 miles separated Wall Street from Washington, as financiers cast a casual eye at government regulators. But a year after Lehman Brothers’ dramatic implosion, the nation’s financial and political capitals are forging a new, closer relationship that has some concerned, David Cho, Steven Mufson, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69290/post-lehman-washington-is-the-new-wall-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Sep 2009 11:38:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66953/hold-music-improves-but-slowly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe may have Erik Satie to blame for hold music—the composer “developed a very cynical attitude” toward a distracted listening public and decided modern music would be more like a chair than an intellectual pursuit—but the science behind it is state-of-the-art, Newsweek reports. Studies on the intrusion of...http://www.newser.com/story/66953/hold-music-improves-but-slowly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 18:40:00 CDT