Category: Business
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Leslie Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein: anatomy of an unprecedented financial relationship
How L Brands founder Leslie Wexner gave Jeffrey Epstein sweeping power of attorney and a Manhattan townhouse, and what the arrangement reveals about elite finance.
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Communication plans are often overlooked
Most project failures are communication failures, not technical ones. Here’s why teams skip the plan and what a working one actually contains.
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Job hopping isn’t a red flag anymore
Hiring managers still mention job hopping as a concern, but the data and the modern career structure both say it’s no longer the disqualifier it used to be.
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Personal guarantees make business entities mostly theatrical
LLCs and corporations promise liability protection, but personal guarantees on loans and leases punch holes through it. The shield is thinner than founders think.
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Cyber insurance is fueling the ransomware industry
Cyber insurance was supposed to make organizations safer. Instead, it underwrote a ransom payment market that criminal groups now treat as predictable revenue.
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The Reality of Negotiation Behind the Scenes
Negotiation in the real world is mostly preparation, patience, and information asymmetry — not the dramatic exchanges popular culture sells. Here’s what actually moves deals.
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How Ore-Ida Became America’s Frozen Potato King
From a 1949 startup on the Oregon-Idaho border to Heinz acquisition and grocery aisle dominance, Ore-Ida’s rise reshaped how Americans eat potatoes.
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Small companies are easy targets
Small businesses face a stack of threats — cyber, legal, supply chain — without the budgets larger firms have to absorb them. Here’s the honest picture.
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The business of gas station sunglasses and why they all look the same
Gas station sunglasses look identical because they basically are. The supply chain behind those spinning racks is a fascinating exercise in commodity branding.
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More data doesn’t always mean better decisions
Bigger datasets and more dashboards can degrade decision quality. Here’s why information overload and false precision often beat ignorance for the wrong reasons.