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| Entrepreneurs: Now's The Time To Target Teachers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:31 GMT Big budget cuts in schools is creating a new playground for entrepreneurs. |
| The Next Big Disruptor In Photography? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:43:35 GMT Entrepreneur creates new type of ink that can be used on any surface. |
| Most And Least Effective Super Bowl Ads: Ace Metrix Final Results Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:56 GMT This article is by Peter Daboll, CEO, Ace Metrix. After what can only be described as a puritanical Super Bowl in 2011, this year's ads certainly returned "sexy" to the Super Bowl. Thirteen percent of the Super Bowl ads were "sexy" this year, up from 2% in Super Bowl 2011.?? That said, early consumer reaction ... |
| Why the Military Hates Fossil Fuels: Part Two, Alternatives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:41 GMT Last week this series started off with a look at why the military wants to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and some of the ways in which it plans to do that. Today we?ll take a closer look at some of the specific technologies and products the military is pursuing and the various plans ... |
| How To Have A Frugal (And Fabulous) February Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:14 GMT We?re all watching our wallets these days, but Natalie P. McNeal is watching hers a little more closely than most. The blogger and?? author of The Frugalista Files: How One Woman Got Out of Debt Without Giving Up The Fabulous Life is marking her fifth annual No-Buy Month, a project which has garnered her national ... |
| Taglines Round Two Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:58:50 GMT Have I mentioned that entrepreneurship is a new endeavor for me? Two years ago, if someone suggested I start a company, I would have RUN from the conversation. However, with regards to the employment numbers for people with disabilities, the need was compelling, so here I am. I'm learning as I go. Quite to my ... |
| Everyone Needs To Seriously Calm Down About MIA's Halftime Gesture Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:34 GMT It?s a finger, people. She held a finger up in the air for a second. But that?s apparently enough to drive some of the ?professionally perpetually outraged? to demand action, demand punishment, demand fines. Because they can?t tolerate someone showing their finger to a camera during an otherwise wholesome family affair of men hitting, shoving, ... |
| InterDigital Issues Q1 Warning; Shares Sink In Late Trade Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:13:49 GMT Mobile technology IP licensing company InterDigital this afternoon said it expects to post Q1 revenue of about $69 million, well below the current Street consensus of $74.2 million. "The projected revenue for first quarter 2012 reflects a shift in market share from certain of our per-unit licensees to licensees with other types of agreements," CFO ... |
| Veeco Q4 Misses; Guidance Soft; Shares Slip In Late Trade Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:07:43 GMT Veeco Instruments shares are trading lower in Monday?s after-hours session following a disappointing Q4 financial report. For the quarter, Veeco posted revenue of $191.7 million, with non-GAAP profits of 61 cents a share; Street consensus had been for $193.4 million and 68 cents. The company noted that business conditions in the LED manufacturing tools business ... |
| Pepsi Peppy Going Into Earnings, Snacks Driving Stock To $71 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:05:46 GMT We anticipate the company to maintain profitability as it has raised the prices of Frito-lay products and Gatorade drink last quarter. |
| Conoco Stock Good For $79 With Gas Prices Scraping Bottom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:58:55 GMT Low domestic prices are also forcing players to consider exporting surplus production to Asian markets by converting gas into LNG. |
| Yum! Brands And The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Chinese Demand Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:52 GMT Yum closed 2011 with a bang, as its Q4 earnings show, delivering solid growth in China and internationally, beating top and bottom-line estimates, and promising more to come. |
| Birthdays For Reagan And Marley, Earnings For Coke, Cisco, Disney Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:41:24 GMT Big day for birthdays and a big week for company earnings. |
| Chief Vatican Astronomer: Big Bang Is Compatible With Catholicism Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:36:04 GMT According to Vatican astronomer Father Jose Gabriel Funes, 'The Big Bang is not in contradiction with the faith.' |
| Kenexa Shares Slide As Q1 Profit View Disappoints The Street Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:35:55 GMT Shares of HR software vendor Kenexa are trading sharply lower after-hours Monday on weaker-than-expected guidance or the first quarter. For Q4, the company posted non-GAAP revenue of $79.6 million, up 24% from a year ago, and ahead of the Street at $77.3 million. Non-GAAP EPS of 27 cents a share topped the Street consensus by ... |
| How body language can help ??? or hurt ??? how you lead Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:09 GMT I coach people like you - successful managers, team leaders, entrepreneurs, and senior executives who are looking for ways to become even more effective in their ability to relate with and influence others. I "shadow" these leaders, observing them as they run meetings, interact informally with employees and colleagues, consult with customers, negotiate business deals, ... |
| NCR Q4 Tops Forecasts; Full Year Outlook Above Street Ests Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:18:33 GMT NCR shares are trading higher after hours Monday on better-than-expected Q4 results. For the quarter, the maker of ATMs and point-of-sale terminals reported revenue of $1.64 billion, up 17% from a year ago, and ahead of the Street at $1.58 billion. Non-GAAP profits of 65 cents a share topped the consensus at 56 cents. For ... |
| After Facebook's IPO, Payments Business Is Poised For Major Growth Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:13:25 GMT In April 2010, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg formally announced its Facebook Credits payments system at its f8 developer event. Zuckerberg downplayed the revenue potential for Facebook. In response to a question, Zuckerberg emphasized that generating revenue from Credits wasn't the immediate goal, it was mainly to help developers and users. "We're doing this primarily for developers, not primarily for us anytime soon." Well, things have changed. |
| Gisele's Super Bowl F-Bomb: She Knew It Would Go Viral Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:06:19 GMT After Sunday?s Super Bowl loss, Tom Brady?s wife was taunted by a few hecklers at the stadium, shouting ?Eli owns your husband.? The supermodel didn?t go after the unruly fans. Instead, she paused, smiled and dropped an f-bombs while pointedly dissing the team?s receivers, aka her husband?s teammates. ?I can?t believe they dropped the ball ... |
| Coinstar's Redbox To Buy NCR's Video Kiosk Unit; Q4 Tops Ests Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:39 GMT Coinstar?s Redbox DVD kiosk unit has agreed to buy NCR?s entertainment line of business, which includes DVD rental kiosks and related assets, for up to $100 million. As part of the deal, Coinstar will buy products and services from NCR that are expected to generate $25 million in profits for NCR over the next five ... |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 06, 2012 is:
propinquity • \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ • noun
1 : nearness of blood : kinship 2 : nearness in place or time : proximity
Examples:
Many of the retirement community's residents cite the propinquity of the area's various cultural offerings as a significant reason for their choice of the facility.
"Canada was faced with the overwhelming propinquity of the United States; it was just next door -- for almost nine thousand kilometres." -- From Derek Lundy's 2011 book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America
Did you know?
"Propinquity" and its cousin "proximity" are related through the Latin root "prope," which means "near." That root gave rise to "proximus" (the parent of "proximity") and "propinquus" (an ancestor of "propinquity"). "Proximus" is the superlative of "prope" and thus means "nearest," whereas "propinquus" simply means "near" or "akin," but in English "propinquity" conveys a stronger sense of closeness than "proximity." (The latter usually suggests a sense of being in the vicinity of something.) The distinctions between the two words are subtle, however, and they are often used interchangeably. "Propinquity" is believed to be the older of the two words, first appearing in English in the 14th century; "proximity" followed a century later.