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Common Sense: Will Google Survive Facebook? – WSJ.com

February 8th, 2011
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Google and Facebook are the two biggest internet sites, as everyone knows; but, there’s some news here: Facebook is now the most visited site in U.S., leaving Google in the second spot.

The war between Google and Facebook is at an all time high. The question is: How will they compete?

The goal of each is to be the point of entry for Web users, the theory being that whoever controls the gateway will deliver the most effective advertising platform.

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Common Sense: Will Google Survive Facebook? – WSJ.com.

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When the Folks Give You the Business – WSJ.com

July 30th, 2010
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But when sales fell short of his goals, he relented and asked his dad for advice. “I told him, ‘I’m going to follow what you say verbatim. Tell me what to do.’ From that point on, I started to have a lot of success,” Drew says. Drew has hired two employees, his income has risen and the business is growing.

Some parents look farther ahead, hoping their child’s business will support them in retirement. After supporting his own father in old age with proceeds from his Canton, Ohio, restaurant, Walther’s Cafe, Mr. Walther says he hopes his daughter will do the same for him.

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Social-Mapping Method Helps MWH Uncover Gaps

February 4th, 2009

The interest in social-network analysis comes as many companies search for innovative ways to manage amid new business challenges. Work teams are dispersed globally. More companies depend on employees for creativity and initiative. Bureaucracy bogs down decision-making even as intensifying competition favors the nimble.

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