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JOB OF THE WEEK: Director of Financial Planning, TOMS Shoes
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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Why Best Buy Shouldn't Even Try To Match Amazon's Prices (BBY)
Best Buy matched the prices of its online competitors, including e-commerce steamroller Amazon, for the holiday season this year.But that's not what it should be doing, according to Harvard Business...
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We're Jealous Of This Startup's Hammock-Filled Treehouse Office
Braintree is an e-commerce startup that processes payments – $5 billion annually – for more than 3,000 marketers including Fab.com, AirBnB, LivingSocial and Rovio's Angry Birds.The company just moved...
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Monster Energy CEO Says Critics Who Say His Drinks Kill People Are Ignorant...
Monster Energy CEO Rodney Sacks has spent the last few days telling Wall Street that, contrary to media reports and an FDA investigation, there is no science to link 18 deaths to energy drinks sold by...
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Google Is Working On A Fix For People Accidentally Clicking On Mobile Ads (GOOG)
If you've ever fat-fingered an ad on a smartphone or tablet, the thought must have occurred to you: Do people ever click on these ads on purpose?Google, a major seller of mobile ads, has tacitly...
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Kmart Is Getting Slammed For A Tweet About The Newtown Shooting
Just hours after the horrifying massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT this morning, Kmart released this tweet:Not exactly the most appropriate time to stick in a promo plug, and...
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ENDING SOON: Subscribe To A Newsletter For A Chance To Win An iPad Mini
Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: What It's Like To Be In A Tornado As It Wipes Out A Concert Venue
Today's ad of the day uses amazing special effects to show what it might look and sound like in the center of a tornado as it wipes out a concert theater.The commercial, which plays in movie theaters,...
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6 Things Local Businesses Can Do To Survive Any Disaster Short Of The Apocalypse
While companies might not be able to prepare for the impending Mayan end of the world, there are many ways to safe-proof local businesses for disasters on a smaller-than-apocalyptic scale.1. Make a...
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SEX, LIES, AND PHOTOSHOP: These Ads Were All Banned In 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to remember the ads that were deemed too risqué, disingenuous or gratuitous to make it to glossy magazine pages or commercial breaks.These are the most...
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Here's The Last Thing The NRA Tweeted Before The Newtown Massacre
The National Rifle Association's Twitter account -- normally an active stream of pro-gun tweets -- has been silent for more than 24 hours in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting...
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The NRA's Facebook Page Disappeared Right After The Newtown Massacre
The day before the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre the National Rifle Association celebrated a milestone: It had accumulated 1.7 million fans on Facebook. It even tweeted a joyful graphic...
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Yelp's CEO Must Fix These 6 Unsolved Problems Before He Can Get Profitable
Yelp is still not a profitable. In Q3, it lost $2 million on revenues of $36 million.But CEO Jeremy Stoppelman says don't worry: He's sitting on a pile of cash from the IPO ($123 million at the last...
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These Are The Best (And Worst) Ad Agency Twitter Accounts
Advertising agencies constantly stress the importance of a social media presence to their clients.Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest, agencies hope their clients realize the...
View ArticleVictoria's Secret Christmas Ad Shows The Models Are Horrible At Singing
The Victoria's Secret Christmas commercial is pretty much what you think it's going to be -- the angels pretend to decorate a tree while dressed in red and white lingerie. The twist this year is that...
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McDonald's Wants Its Stores Open On Christmas Day [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Ad Age reports that an internal McDonald's memo from USA COO Jim Johannesen urges franchises to stay open during Christmas to boost sales...
View ArticleSamsung's New Ad Has Mrs. Claus Sending Santa A Sex Video
Someone's making the naughty list this Christmas.A new holiday-themed Samsung Galaxy spot touting the phone's wireless transfer service implies that Mrs. Claus made making Santa some naughty videos to...
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Amazon Launches An Ad Exchange To Rival Facebook And Google (FB, GOOG, AMZN)
Amazon has created a real-time bidding ad exchange, according to Adweek, putting it in a head-to-head battle with Facebook and Google for so called retargeting dollars.Here's how it will work: If...
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Newspaper Runs Huge Gun Ad Next To Newtown Shooting Coverage
Readers who opened the pages of South Carolina's Rock Hill Herald were in for a shock. (Photo below.)Embedded in coverage of the Sandy Hook shooting, which took the lives of 20 children under the age...
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How Facebook Gave Walmart A Mobile Ad Monopoly On Thanksgiving (FB, WMT)
If you were wondering why you only saw ads for Walmart on Facebook's mobile app over the Black Friday weekend, here's the answer: Walmart pre-purchased a "road block" of 50 million Facebook mobile ads...
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