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Facebook is a social network founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. After allowing users outside of school networks to join, the site has been gaining ground and members. NOTE: This topic is for stories about Facebook -- this is NOT the Facebook site. To access your Facebook account go to http://www.facebook.com
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Facebook advertising covers how businesses can drive traffic to both their business fan pages on Facebook and to their own Web sites. Facebook ads can be used for lead generation (PPC), traditional brand advertising (CPM), and for branded contests, sweepstakes, coupons, and quizzes for businesses of all sizes. Facebook also provides advertisers with deep behavioral targeting because of its access to more than 300 million user profiles. This topic covers the latest on how to maximize your Facebook ads and effectively market your company through the site.
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Family Dollar Stores, Inc. operates a chain of self-service retail discount stores in the U.S. True to its name many items are $1, though there are other price points as well. It offers consumables, including household chemicals, paper products, candy, snacks and other food, health and beauty aids, hardware and automotive supplies, pet food, and supplies; and home products, which comprise domestics, housewares, and home décor. Family Dollar was founded in 1959 and is based in Charlotte, N.C.
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Some of the greatest success stories in American business started with a family-owned business. But family businesses have their own unique set of challenges, not the least of which is the complex dynamics among family members who are both inside and outside the company. This channel will track news, information, and research on these entrepreneurial families and their businesses.
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The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has signaled an economic crisis for many. How are the mortgage finance companies faring as the housing market slumps? What will the government do to prop them up and keep them operating effectively?
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Farmer School of Business is a part of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The mission of the school is to be a premier business program committed to providing students with a lifelong ability to seek and acquire knowledge and translate it into responsible action in a competitive global environment. Farmer School primarily focuses on undergraduate education, but does offer three small graduate programs.
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With an unstable economy and consumers spending less on designer labels, the fashion industry must re-evaluate their marketing strategy to increase sales and draw consumers into stores. Can the fashion industry survive the slow demands of consumers?This topic delivers insights on the business side of fashion.
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Fastenal, the largest fastener distributor in the U.S., owns and operates more than 2,160 stores worldwide. The company offers premium construction products along with a wide range of services. This topic tracks news and information on Fastenal.
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As the main U.S. communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets policy on telecommunications, broadband, wireless, cable, satellite, and other forms of public communication. This topic covers the latest news coming out of the FCC.
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This topic covers the controversial announcement that the Federal Reserve Bank and J.P. Morgan are orchestrating the acquisition of Bear Stearns by J.P. Morgan to stave off a classic run on a major investment bank. The thinking is that Bear Stearns is 'too big to fail' and must be backed by the federal government -- at least for the short-term to fend off a domino effect in failures.
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The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. Created in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act, the Fed’s chief function is to regulate the country’s fiscal policy in order to maintain economic success in a fluctuating market. Ben Bernanke has been head of the Federal Reserve since 2006, and Timothy Geithner will head up the bank in the Obama Administration.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. The FTC is an independent agency of the U.S. government and its main mission is to eliminate and prevent anti-competitive business practices. This topic tracks the latest news on the FTC, including its latest regulations.
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FedEx Corporation, founded as Federal Express in 1971, provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. FedEx was the first cargo company to computerize package routing in 1978 and introduced tracking seven years later. The company expanded to offer print and office services through its acquisition of Kinko’s (2003), which was originally called FedEx Kinko’s and is now FedEx Office.
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Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has enjoyed great success. Ferrari also has an internally managed merchandising line that licenses many products bearing the Ferrari brand, including eyewear, pens, pencils, electronic goods, perfume, clothing, high-tech bicycles, watches, cell phones, and even laptop computers.
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Fertilizers are chemical compounds that are applied to promote plant and fruit growth. The fertilizer industry has grown as more farmers are looking to grow more crops faster. The industry produces organic fertilizers made of decayed plant and animal matter and inorganic fertilizers that are makes of chemical and minerals This topic covers the latest news on the fertilizer industry.
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Fidelity Investments, a leading financial services company, provides a large family of mutual funds, distributors, and investment advisors, as well as offering discount brokerage services, retirement services, wealth management, securities execution and clearance, and life insurance, among other things. This topic covers the latest information on Fidelity Investments.
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A financial adviser provides investment advice and financial planning services to individuals as well as businesses. Ideally, the financial adviser helps the client maintain the right asset allocation mix to reach goals such as saving for retirement or a college education. Financial advisers use stocks, bonds, mutual funds, REITS, options, futures, ETFs, and insurance products to meet the needs of their clients.
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Financial literacy programs have sprung up around the world, but experts say financial education doesn't start early enough and is not taught regularly. Some experts believe behaviors about money also need to be learned to create good financial skills and behavior later in life. Lack of money skills is also believed to have contributed to the 2008 credit crisis. One of the largest and oldest financial literacy programs is Junior Achievement, which uses simulated work environments to teach students about how to run businesses.
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Financial performance management (FPM) is a collection of processes that help ensure that the finance department of a corporation achieves optimal efficiency while maximizing the effectiveness and performance of the entire organization. This topic covers the latest news on how corporations are including financial performance management techniques into the jobs of the finance department and the difference it makes. .
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In Washington and across the globe, the effort to re-regulate the markets is underway. These financial regulations include broad and sweeping changes that affect every participant in the financial markets. Congress may pass new laws to create a systemic risk regulator, protect consumers, oversee hedge funds and derivatives, limit leverage, modify capital requirements, regulate securitizations, and perhaps control executive compensation.
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The credit crunch has shaken the financial services industry -- from big Wall Street firms to small-market banks -- to its very core. This topic covers the most important developments and analysis on the financial services industry and many of its key players.
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Financial software refers to the software used by big and small businesses to make their companies work well. This topic covers the latest news and information on financial software, including new products, best practices, and more.
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Created by the non-profit Mozilla Corporation and worked on by hundreds of volunteer developers, the Firefox Web browser is steadily gaining grown on its bigger rival, Microsoft's Internet Explorer. In fact, the free, open source Web browser is the second most popular browser in terms of current worldwide usage. This topic explores all things Firefox.
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Buying your first home in any market can be confusing. This topic offers insights for first time home buyers with information on how to get the best mortgage in this economy,
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Making that first investment can be daunting. First-time investing covers the news information you need to know about as a first-time investor. This includes investing tips, analyst reports, and more to help business professionals make the most our of their investments.
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Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University is a deliberately small program, with approximately 150 MBA students admitted per session to foster a personal learning environment. Undergraduate admissions are also selective and competitive, limited to around 200 students. Located in Columbus, Ohio, Fisher's academic specialties include innovation, risk management, corporate finance, brand management, and supply chain management.
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The fitness and nutrition industry continues to boom as more Americans are looking to get in shape and look fit. From health clubs to nutritional supplements, this topic covers news on the fitness and nutrition industry.
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When they run out of land space, people start thinking outside the box and start to build on the sea. This topic is to get articles about the growing industry in the Netherlands and Dubai.
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Florida real estate was one of the USA's hottest residential and commercial investment markets, particularly from 2004 through 2007, when the bottom fell out of the market. While the challenges vary from one geographic area to the next, many conditions are identical. A healthy exchange of out-of-the-box solutions to the task of rebuilding investor confidence in the Sunshine State is in order, both domestic and foreign investors.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the government body responsible for regulating foods, dietary supplements, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, veterinary products, cosmetics, and more. The FDA also enforces section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and the associated regulations, including sanitation requirements on interstate travel and specific rules for control of diseases. The FDA’s regulations affect thousands of businesses across the globe.
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The business of food often seems a slow one. Not these days, with food for fuel debates, soaring demand in developing nations, climate change, and scientific innovation. A look at the promise and challenges that the market faces now.
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Exponential increases in food prices in recent times have created enormous challenges to governments, national and international organizations, and aid agencies everywhere in the world. The World Bank has estimated that the rising food prices could push an additional 100 million people into poverty, thereby undermining the current efforts geared towards poverty reduction. This topic covers the latest news of food prices worldwide.
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This topic will explore how government and industry are addressing the changing business of food safety. It will look at health issues, food safety, foodborne illneses, securing the global food trade, and how businesses are proactively (or not) addressing the impact food safety has on their bottom line.
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Foot Locker Inc. (FL) is a leading retailer of athletic shoes and apparel with about 3,700 specialty stores in some 20 countries in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Its eponymous Foot Locker chain is the No. 1 athletic footwear retailer in the U.S. The company also runs Lady Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker; Champs Sports; Eastbay; and Foot Action stores. Formerly Venator Group, Foot Locker is the successor company to the F.W. Woolworth Company and is based in New York.
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Football Business will focus on the business side of America's largest and most profitable spectator sport. Users of the Business Exchange can expect to find articles and blogs pertaining to the NFL and its various number of contracts. Contracts between the NFL and their business partners as well as individual contracts between a team and its players will be discussed.
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Once an innovator in the automobile industry, Ford Motor Company, like its crosstown rivals General Motors and Chrysler, is rapidly attempting to retool and reinvent itself as a manufacturer of fuel efficient and exciting new cars and crossover vehicles. This topic will examine the latest information on this American institution.
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Fordham University, a Jesuit-run university in New York, offers business education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Its Graduate School of Business Administration offers customizable part-time and full-time MBA programs, four specialized MS programs, and dual degree options. For undergrads, Fordham offers G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning Opportunities and Business Experiences), which combines a major program of business study with international business courses and internships.
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Communities across the country are being devastated by foreclosures as home prices sink and homeowners struggle to prevent repossessions. Find the latest and best coverage of the home foreclosure crisis.
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country and can be extended to include hospitals, schools and colleges. Economic growth and development in transitioning global economies need support and participation from the developed world. This topic tracks the latest news on foreign direct investments.
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The forestry industry works to manage our nation’s forests, tree plantations and related natural resources. Forestry also assists with providing timber as a raw material for wood products, while also maintaining wildlife habitats, natural water quality, landscapes and community protection, and more. Forest ecosystems have come to be seen as an important componentsof the biosphere, and so forestry has emerged as a vital field of science, applied art, and technology. This topic covers the latest news on the forestry industry.
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Foreign exchange, Forex or FX are all used to describe the trading of the world's many currencies. The Forex market is the largest market in the world, with trades amounting to $3 trillion USD a day. This topic takes a look at the latest news and views on the Forex trading.
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The Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington is the second-oldest institution of management education on the West Coast and consistently ranks among the top business schools in the U.S. The school enrolls more than 1,600 undergrads and the full-time MBA program had 214 students in 2008. The Foster School of Business is on the main University of Washington campus in Seattle.
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France Télécom (Euronext: FTE, NYSE: FTE) is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe, and one of the largest in the world. At the end of 2008, the Group had 122 million mobile customers worldwide and 13 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers in Europe.
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Franchise ownership covers the best things one needs to know about what franchising is, what it isn't, and how to tell the great ones from the average ones. This topic does not need to include any type of franchise bashing form angry ex-franchisees, as it serves no purpose. Let's discuss facts, and keep it on that track. It will also discuss financing a franchise, researching a franchise, and legal tips.
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Credit and debit card fraud cost cardholders and issuing companies hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The protection offered by specific cards can differ tremendously. With the ubiquity of debit card use and given that there are certain misconceptions about fraud coverage on both debit and credit cards, consumers should be offered a comparison centered around the level of protection and convenience both types of accounts provide to those who have been exposed to fraud. This topic covers the latest news on fraud protection.
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Free trade refers to a trade policy that allows two or more nations to act and transact without government interference, restrictions or tariffs. The NAFTA agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is an example of a free trade agreement. Does free trade really exist? Are these types of trade agreements equally beneficial to the partner countries? This topic covers the latest information free trade.
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The term frontier markets is commonly used to describe the equity markets of the smaller and less accessible, but still "investable", countries of the developing world. The frontier, or pre-emerging equity markets, are typically pursued by investors seeking high, long-run return potential as well as low correlations with other markets. The implication of a country being labeled as frontier, or pre-emerging, is that the market will begin to develop.
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The frozen food industry is getting a boost from the economic downturn, as consumers are looking for cheaper options to fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. This topic covers trends in the frozen food industry.
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Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is the world’s largest photographic and imaging company. It operates some 223 subsidiary companies for research, manufacture, and distribution of products, with manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. FujiFilm makes a range of digital imaging products, medical imaging products, office automation, systems, and industrial films and chemicals. Formerly known as Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd, and founded in 1934, it changed its name in 2006.
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The Fund for Wisconsin Scholars was established in 2007 with a $175 million endowment from John Morgridge and his wife, Tashia. The chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems and his wife, who both graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, also support their alma mater and donated $10 million to Cisco’s Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The Morgridges were named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the 50 Top American Givers, which recognizes the most generous U.S. philanthropists.
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Funds management is the process of managing balance sheet and off-balance sheet instruments to maximize and maintain the spread between interest earned and paid. This topic will cover funds management -- how it works, who the leaders and unknown leaders are, and most importantly, how it benefits you as a researcher, information provider, and investor.
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Duke University's Fuqua School of Business is located in Durham, N.C. Duke's full time MBA is one of the South's leading programs. Recruiters rave about graduates' communication, teamwork, and analytical skills, while students give the program high marks for teaching quality and career services.
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BRIC is used in economics to refer to the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, and China which make up over 42% of the world's population. These nations are going to play a major role in the future of global economy.
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FutureGen Alliance refers to a public-private partnership of domestic and international companies that aim to create the first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant. This 501 (c) (3) non-profit consortium is comprised of major national and international energy companies. FutureGen intends to prove the validity of the clean coal concept by using coal to create low-cost electricity and hydrogen while maintaining zero emissions.
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Futures markets is a segment focused on how world economic factors affect the futures markets. This includes both fundamental and technical analysis of stock index futures and interest rate futures, as well as the metal and agricultural commodities.
