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Now that Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the U.S., all eyes are turned to his economic policy. How is our next president going to fix our economy? What are his current economic policy views, and how will they change when he takes office? This topic discusses the news surrounding our Obama’s economic policy.

President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to spend billions over the next two years to create millions of new jobs and get the economy back on track. How will he spend the money? How should he spend the money? This topic will collect stories and blog posts on the subject.

Office Depot, Inc. is the world’s second-largest office supply store with 1,200+ company-owned and licensed stores throughout North American and about 150 locations worldwide. It offers an assortment of merchandise, such as general office supplies, computer supplies, business machines and related supplies, and office furniture through its chain of office supply stores under the Office Depot, Niceday, Foray, Ativa, Break Escapes, Worklife, and Christopher Lowell brand names.

OfficeMax, Inc., is the third-largest office supply retailer in North America, behind Staples and Office Depot, with some 1,000 superstores in the U.S., Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The company also markets and sells office supplies and paper, technology products and solutions, and office furniture directly to large corporate and government offices. Through its ImPress store-within-a-store, OfficeMax provides printing and document services.

Ohio University College of Business has offered business courses since 1893. Today, the Athens, Ohio-based school offers 10 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration (MBA) program. The collge enrolls about 1,800 undergraduate and 90 full-time resident graduate students annually. The school emphasizes communication, information technology, global awareness, and leadership skills. Its 13-month integrated course is considered the school's flagship program.

As the oil and gas industry continues to change, so does its recruitment methods. This topic aims to cover how oil and gas industry recruitment companies work and the sites they use. It will also include news, information and tips for candidates with a recruiter’s insight into the industry and recommendations on how best to gain exposure when looking for work.

Are oil prices being pumped up by speculation, or are prices mainly affected by the forces of supply and demand? Should the government try to curtail speculation, or is it an important part of the way markets function? This topic will keep you abreast of the latest research and commentary on oil speculation.

With a class size of roughly 140 students, a tight-knit community and personalized attention are strong selling points for Washington University’s Olin Business School. But applied learning is what makes the program special. Olin’s Center for Experiential Learning connects students with companies seeking help in devising new strategies, faculty members enliven lectures with their latest research, and top executives are brought into the classroom to impart corner-office wisdom.

Olympus Corporation is best known for its cameras, though it is a world leader in endoscopes and other medical equipment. Its medical systems group also manufacturers other imaging devices. Olympus is neck-and-neck with Sony as the world’s No. 1 digital camera maker. Its products vary from traditional cameras and binoculars, to microscopes and measuring equipment, to printers and barcode scanners. Founded in 1919, Olympus is based in Toyko.

Onboarding is the process of integrating employees into their new work environment. This includes employee orientation, training, knowledge sharing, and ensuring the employee has the tools and technology to successfully execute their roles and responsibilities. Onboarding begins with the offer letter to the potential employee and may run 6 months, a year and/or through their tenure with the organization, at the discretion of the organization.

Publishers need to find more efficient ways of executing online display advertising campaigns. Recent acquisitions of aQuantive, 24/7 Real Media and DoubleClick could help. What other solutions are on the horizon?

Online brand marketing covers all the strategies used to build brand equity on the Web, on mobile phones, or other digital platforms. This includes discussions on how brands can best capture the attention of multi-tasking Web-surfers before they click away. This topic follows leading-edge work in digital brand marketing.

Successful business development -- online or off -- requires uniquely positioning your brand for the intended customer. Online business development includes information on online partner programs that emphasize driving traffic (beyond linking), improving SEO, alternate revenue/monetization streams, and new advertising opportunities.

Online dating businesses are among the most lucrative businesses on the Internet. This topic will discuss the business of love and dating on the Internet. The discussion will include how social networking services may have affected the business, what the latest trends are, and what the future may hold. Online dating business will also discuss general issues and challenges within the industry.

This topic covers subjects ranging from online advertising, online business models, trends in online media, trends in how traditional media companies are migrating online and many other related subjects.

The online retail channel, despite still representing a relatively small percentage of overall retail sales, is a high profile channel in which many payments alternatives attempt to establish themselves and usurp transaction volume from financial institution-controlled credit and debit cards. Several once online payment alternatives are now becoming mainstream. This topic covers the latest.

This topic is focused on the news that affects online real estate technology and marketing companies. It includes talk of companies like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, and Roost, as well as the industry standards like Realtor.com and NAR.

The online video advertising market is still emerging but is expected to be over $3B by 2010. Leaving us to discuss what's next, what are the challenges facing both publisher and advertisers and, most importantly, how to succeed in this evolving market.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Counties (OPEC) is a permanent international body, formed in Baghdad in September of 1960. OPEC plans and orchestrates the petroleum policies of its 13 member countries – and, by default, most of the world’s gas and oil prices. This topic covers the latest news on OPEC’s plans.

Open Social Networking is the notion that disparate social networks can interop between each other and facilitate the free movement of user's data between systems. With the rise of social networking, end-users are demanding that they control and "own" their data. This has led to Google Friend Connect, Facebook Connect and MySpace's data availability efforts. Even Microsoft is now opening up and providing APIs into their Live Contacts service.

Open source is a development method that harnesses the power of peer review and transparency. The results are often better quality, higher reliability, more flexible and lower cost solutions.

Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones, but must be paid for when using with other devices. It features tabbed browsing, page zooming, and an integrated download manager. In addition, Opera has built-in phishing and malware protection and runs on most operating systems.

According to the SEC, options are contracts giving the purchaser the right to buy or sell a security, such as stocks, at a fixed price within a specific period of time. This topic tracks strategies and ideas for options traders.

A far cry from the old food co-ops, wheatgrass, tofu, and alfalfa sprouts options, organic food and the industry supporting it has grown up. Consumers’ desires to live healthier lifestyles have widened the variety of organic foods, goods, and services available. In fact, most major grocery chains across the U.S offer organic options. We track the organic food industry as it continues to become more mainstream.

Organizational development refers to any effort made to improve a company’s problem solving and renewal processes, through more effective and collaborative management of organizational culture. This topic tracks stories of success, trails, and failures with various systematic methods of improving business performance, and pursuing organizational excellence.

The Otis Elevator Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies, is the world's largest manufacturer of elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and all other vertical transportation systems. Otis also is involved in the installation and maintenance of these systems. It is known for installing elevators in many famous structures, such as the Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, and World Trade Center. Founded in Yonkers, NY in 1853, the Otis Elevator is now based in Farmington, CT.

Outdoor advertising refers to signs that are meant to catch the consumer’s attention as they travel throughout their day. It includes billboard, bus/train posters, architectural signs, and more. This topic covers the news and opinions about the tools and methods society communicates with, by way of the myriad visual communication systems built into, and onto, the structures we inhabit.

Overstock.com, Inc. operates as an online closeout retailer that offers discount brand-name merchandise. It features a combination of surplus, returned, and new items and offers its products and services through its Web site, overstock.com. The company was formerly known as D2—Discounts Direct and changed its name to Overstock.com, Inc. in October 1999. Overstock.com, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City.