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Former NBA guard, Stephon Marbury will not play this season. The reason that Marbury cites is that he has businesses to tend:
“Although Stephon Marbury says he’s not ready to announce his retirement, the for Knicks guard said yesterday he has “shut everything down,” taking the season off to work on his businesses and claims [...]

Football is as American as Mom, the flag and apple pie. There are some communities that come to a complete standstill for an important high school football game. Football players are the modern day gladiators and many youngsters, with just a hint of athletic ability, dream of college teams and then the National [...]

It was over ten years ago. Scott McNealy was then the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems. He was quoted as saying “there is no privacy… get over it“.
There are two news stories this week that illustrate the validity of Scott McNealy’s quote.
The first example is the liver transplant that Steve Jobs [...]

It seems that there is no loyalty in professional basketball. It seems that the Boston Celtic general manager, Danny Ainge, is placing some of the blame for not reaching the NBA finals on Rajon Rondo:
“… After telling reporters Tuesday that he does not intend to trade any of the Celtics core players this offseason, [...]

There are some organizations that are holding costs. For example, the Los Angeles Lakers will not be increases ticket prices for the next basketball season. Usually, there is a single digit percentage increase from year to year. Next year will be an exception.
Nevertheless, there are education institutions that want to increase tuition [...]

The reported replacement for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is Carol Bartz. She is no stranger to the technology sector, as she guided the growth of Autodesk:
“…A former Yahoo executive yesterday told us that inside the company, Bartz is consider an ally to Yahoo president Sue Decker and Yahoo ad sales boss Hilary Schneider — [...]

There are some air carriers, like Air Canada, that are no longer taking pets in the baggage compartment. Air Canada set this pet policy in June of 2007. JetBlue, however, is welcoming pets with JetPaws, a pet travel program:
“…”With more than 80,000 pets traveling on JetBlue each year, the JetPaws program is designed [...]

To many people, Twitter is a means of connecting to inform “what are you doing?”. That network of people can be used in many ways - from connecting to a small group of friends to incorporating it into an active business model.
Chris Brogan is using Twitter and has developed a following that [...]

It matters not that there have been a string of losing seasons - or lawsuits, or off-court drama or paying a player millions of dollars not to play. None of that has diminished the worth of the New York Knicks. The Knicks franchise remains increasingly prosperous and the NBA most valuable team:
“…The Knicks [...]

The news that college education has become unaffordable comes as no surprise to any college student. Unless a student is supported by scholarship or financially secure parents, the college experience is the beginning of debt:
“…In the United States, by contrast, college costs keep rising; more students are dropping out of high school; and large [...]