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Printing books, newspapers, and magazines has an enormous effect on both the environment and the cost of doing business. E-book readers have made their way into the hands of more than 500,000 readers and that number is expected to grow as the technology improves. This topic covers the latest news on the new category of e-book readers.

This Topic looks at online marketplaces of eBay, Amazon, and other competing e-commerce sites. It aggregates articles about trends in e-commerce and others stories specific to eBay's role in e-commerce.

E-waste, discarded electronics, from computers to cell phones to TVs, are now the fastest-growing waste stream in the U.S. It is also big business: Hundreds of companies buy and sell the discarded components and materials, generating a $6 billion market in the U.S. But e-waste, which contains such toxics as lead and mercury, is often dumped illegally in the U.S. or shipped to developing countries by shady dealers.

E3, or Electronic Entertainment Expo, is the world's premiere trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned and operated by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). E3 2009 took place in Los Angeles from June 2 through 4 and saw the debut of some innovative developments in video and computer games. This topic covers the latest news and new products coming out of the 2009 E3 show.

Eastman Kodak Co. is a global company with a rich photographic history. Known for its wide range of photographic film products, Kodak has an exciting future in two major markets: digital photography and digital printing. The company’s decision to shift focus to the digital realm has resulted in eliminating nearly 30,000 employees, and the company plans to purge up to 18% of its workforce in 2009.

E-commerce, buying and selling products and services online, continues to gain popularity among consumers and merchants. This topic covers all things e-commerce, including credit card processing, SSL, merchant accounts, PayPal, and shopping carts.

Economic development is the development of wealth in countries or regions for the wellbeing of their citizens. From a policy perspective, economic development is any efforts that seek to improve the economic wellbeing and quality of life for a community by creating and/or retaining jobs and supporting (or growing) incomes. This topic covers the latest news and information on economic development in the United States.

Good governance is on of the key ingredients of economic growth and development. The theory of economic governance is gaining momentum and was recognized in the 2009 Nobel Prize selection of two economists with research in the field. Local management is the best tool to economic governance which reduces the cost and yields the best result in comparison to governmental effort and steps taken by company. Some believe economic governance is cost effective governance, as it implies sustainable environment and good governance.

Like day follows night, recovery will follow this recession. Economic recovery tracks the signs of the rebound, reporting on bold steps businesses take to position themselves for the upturn. This topic will chronicle the economic recovery, including the economic news that sometimes doesn’t make the front page, but probably should.

American cities are in trouble, the recession is straining cities' ability to meet their financial needs causing them to cutback on essential services, implementing hiring freezes and layoffs, delaying capital expenditures.The way out is to increase taxes or fees or both. The impact to businesses and the financial markets is harsh with 80% (CNN Estimate) in trouble. Can the stimulus package or big government stop the trend? Will the further decline put a larger drag on the predicted financial recovery of the nation? Will reduction in services drive higher crime and further deterioration?

Eddie Lampert is one of the most closely watched hedge-fund managers. He grabbed national attention when his fund, ESL Investments, acquired Kmart and brought it out of bankruptcy in 2003 as a public company. He then leveraged his flying Kmart shares to buy Sears Roebuck in 2005. Now Lampert is struggling with Sears/Kmart combination as the retailers have been hit by the slowing economy. His fund posted its worst performance ever in 2007.

How will the money allotted for education be spent under Obama’s American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009? Education stimulus covers federal funding for school districts; state by state allocations; grants for programs helping students with disabilities and for schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families; grants for repairing and modernizing schools and colleges; money for the Head Start program and child care; and Pell Grants to reduce the cost of college.

As gas prices continue to rise, car companies are rethinking electric cars. In fact, many top companies like General Motors, Nissan and Toyota are announcing new electric vehicles. This topic covers the news and views regarding advancements in electric car technology.

Electronic discovery, also called e-discovery or ediscovery, refers to any process where electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case. With so much data on the Web, businesses need to be more aware of their rights within the laws governing electronic discovery. This topic covers the legal, business, and technology issues around electronic discovery.

As more and more companies are looking to cut costs, electronic invoicing is presenting itself as a viable time and cost-saving alternative. Some of the key benefits of e-invoicing are less mistakes, ease of workflow, reduced costs, less excuses over mail delivery, and more. This topic covers the latest news and information on the electronic invoicing, as more large and small companies are making the switch.

With technological enhancements coming at the speed of light, the electronics industry continues to evolve and create newer products. As a result, though, consumers are hard-pressed to keep up on the latest and greatest electronic device. This topic covers the news and information on the ever-changing electronics industry.

The Eli Broad College of Business and the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University aims to excel in the education and development of business leaders. Based in East Lansing, Michigan, MSU's business school is committed to excellence at the undergraduate, MBA, MS, PhD, research and executive (through its James B. Henry Center for Executive Development) levels.

More and more companies are utilizing email marketing to communicate their messages to consumers. This topic covers how businesses can build, target, send, and track email marketing newsletters, online surveys, and email offers effectively as a communications tool with their prospects and existing clients.

The United Nations predicts that 61% -- up from 40% -- of the population in emerging markets will live in urban areas by the year 2030. This trend will create unprecedented demand for roads, water, and other infrastructure needs in these emerging markets.

Emotional intelligence, a relatively new area of psychological research, refers to a person’s ability or skill to assess and manage the emotions of oneself and others. How are you using emotional intelligence to further your career? This topic opens the discussion on how you can recognize, facilitate, understand, and manage your emotions in the workplace.

Employee engagement is connection to our work, organization, leaders, managers, clients or customers, performance, and results. Organizations need engaged employees at all levels (leaders, managers, staff) to achieve results significant for the organization. Engaged employees stay with their employers, report higher levels of satisfaction and make significant contributions. Employee engagement is not a competitive advantage anymore it is a basic organizational requirement to achieve results.

Relocating talent both domestically and internationally is challenging for both employee and corporation. Employee relocation covers the all of the things a company and its employee need to consider when making a move.

An employment contract spells out the conditions of employment, including wages, hours, and type of work. Any item not covered in the original employment contract falls under common-law rights, which means the employee owns the rights to all ideas, inventions, or discoveries, unless he was hired to specifically to develop those ideas. If the idea is an incident of employment, the rights still belong to the employee, except when specified in the employment contract.

Employment law focuses on the myriad legal issues that arise in the workplace setting -- discrimination, harassment, whistle-blowing, disabilities, overtime, layoffs and firing, non-compete agreements, and more. The intended audience is employees and managers alike, lawyers, and human resources professionals.

Enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the firm’s operating model. Enterprise architects use various business methods and tools to understand and document the structure of an enterprise. This topic covers the latest information on enterprise architecture, including best practices.

Enterprise GP Holdings, through its partners, is a leading player in the North American natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil industries, and is in the development of pipeline and other midstream infrastructure. Based in Houston, Enterprise GP Holdings operates in two segments: Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO Partners.

Enterprise resource planning essentially maps out how business resources are acquired and moved from one state to another. There are numerous options in enterprise resource planning solutions – some offering a complete line of modules specifics to unique tasks and others offering a single component of the process. What's working? What's not working?

Enterprise storage is a centralized repository for business information that provides data management, protection, and sharing through connected (or networked) computer systems. It was developed as a solution for corporations that deal with heavy workloads of business-critical information, and therefore should be scalable for increasingly large amounts of data. This topic covers the latest news and trends on enterprise storage.

The entertainment industry is a broad term for the trade of providing entertainment, which includes the radio, television, film, music, and theater industries. This topic covers the latest news and information on the business of entertainment.

Economists say that when the economy takes a dive, it is common for people to turn to their inner entrepreneur to try to make their own work. The task of finding a job is daunting and, in turn, encouraging many entrepreneurs to make work for themselves. Even in prosperous times, entrepreneurs have a daunting failure rate. Entrepreneurship in recession is designed to capture best practices for launching a business during a recession.

Though rooted in Barcelona, ESADE Business School’s full-time MBA program offers a global learning experience. Drawing attendees from more than 40 countries, the school offers electives, such as international finance simulation and China as a consumer country, and touts a curriculum emphasizing “international vision.” Additionally, students graduate with better language skills in many cases, because classes are offered in English and Spanish. Recruiters are taking note.

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care products. Its top brands include Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, M A C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone, Bumble and bumble, American Beauty, Flirt!, Good Skin, and Eyes by Design. Founded in 1946 and based in New York, Estee Lauder is a public company (EL) with the founding Lauder family controlling 84% of its voting shares.

Etsy is a fast growing online marketplace for handmade items, which is a boon to crafters who want to sell their wares without the hassle of setting up a store and creating a market. Many craft bloggers and artists are featuring their work on Etsy and building businesses. This topic aims to collect the best tips and suggestions for crafters creating businesses on Etsy.

With a population almost topping 500 million, the European Union is one of the largest global markets. That has helped make some of the European businesses the biggest -- and most dynamic -- in the world.

A European energy policy will firmly commit the European Union (EU) to a low consumption economy based on more secure, more competitive and more sustainable energy. Priority energy objectives involve ensuring the smooth functioning of the internal market in energy, security of strategic supply, concrete reductions in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the production or consumption of energy, and the EU's ability to speak with a single voice on the international stage.

The latest news about Europe's start-ups, research labs and big companies in the fields of IT, biotech and clean energy

Excess inventory companies are booming despite the economic doom as tense consumers refuse to pay retail. Retailers who didn’t predict the market tumble are relying on these companies to clear out excess merchandise as new merchandise files in. This topic covers the latest news and information on excess inventory companies.

An exchange-traded fund (or ETF) is an investment vehicle traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs track an index, such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P; 500. ETFs may be attractive as investments because of their low costs, tax efficiency, and stock-like features

Executive education, at its best, is one of the fastest ways to improve the practice of management, an issue of particular importance in a turbulent economy. Managers responsible for staff development should be asking questions such as whether executive education is a useful tool in making well-informed strategic change in the shortest possible time. Is the return worth the investment? Does investing in management development send the right signals to employees and shareholders?

Executive MBA is a way for renew our jobs opportunities, and, moreover, to enlarge the global perspective of our work. An Executive MBA program is a way for experienced professional to earn a degree in Business Administration in such a way that it doesn’t disrupt their work schedule. It is also the preferred degree to get when you are being sponsored by a corporation. This topic covers all the information on Executive MBAs, including stats on the schools, their rankings, etc.

Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) is a market leader in online travel services. Its travel-planning tools allow users to book airline tickets, hotels, car rentals vacation packages, and cruises online. Its sites also feature travel-related content, news, and maps. Expedia’s portfolio of brands include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, the TripAdvisor Media Network, Classic Vacations, Expedia Local Expert, Egenciatm, eLong, and Venere. Chairman Barry Diller controls about 60% of the company.