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J.C. Penney fires CEO, company is on the ropes

We are addicted to sales to the point that sometimes we conspire against ourselves and actually miss out on deals. J.C. Penney has fired CEO Ron Johson, a refugee from Apple, after a series of failed experiments aimed to boost sales at the struggling retailer. But sales are down 25% ...

Teamsters Local 728 rally with truck billboard driving along Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, during Coca-Cola's annual meeting.

Burbank bans rolling billboard trucks

I got a kick out of this: The city of Burbank, Calif., is banning all rolling billboard trucks! I'm sure you've seen these popping up all across America. The newest ones have electronic signs on each side and the back. The ads continually change based on whoever buys the available ...

Stacey Dempsey, a Blue Ribbon Service Executive Case Manager at Sears Holdings Corporation, earned a promotion after six months.

Future spending by corporate America will drive economic growth

Corporate America is sitting on nearly $1.5 trillion in cash that's on the sidelines and waiting to be deployed. Back in 2011, I first brought up this stat and at that time the cash on reserve was $1 trillion. Now just about two years later, that figure has risen by ...

Can you trust the Better Business Bureau?

Can you trust the Better Business Bureau?

Can you trust the BBB? Clark tells you the right way to use BBB ratings when you're researching a business.

Two inventors develop ways to stop robocalls

Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss have won a competition hosted by the Federal Trade Commission that offered a large bounty for solving the robocall problem. Federal agencies get 200,000 complaints a month about robocalls. That’s gigantic. And they haven’t been able to come up with any way to stop the ...

Marriott + IKEA = Ultra cheap hotel rooms

Marriott + IKEA = Ultra cheap hotel rooms

Looking for cheap hotels in Europe this summer? A leading hotel chain is teaming with IKEA to create ultra-efficient rooms that will rent for unbelievably low rates.

New businesses are hot territory for baby boomers

Baby boomers are leading the charge when it comes to starting their own businesses. Whether we like to admit it or not, there's age discrimination in the U.S. If somebody gets fired or laid off, it's tougher for people once they're past age 45. So that's lead a lot of ...

Companies that value their employees are more profitable

Clark just returned from ski trip in Utah last weekend. While he was out there, it was freezing cold, but he found some hot deals! Clark nabbed a Priceline ski hotel for just $69- a great bargain. And while he was out getting his In-and-Out burger lunch, he visited a ...

Inspiration for Entrepreneurs: A childhood idea turns profitable

A man took an idea  --that he learned as a kid from his mom-- and turned it into a highly profitable idea! Clark read a story in the Detroit News about a kid who grew in the snowy climate of Michigan. To prevent slipping on ice, his Mom had come ...

Entrepreneurs launch "Outbox," a new mail-reading service

Clark respects entrepreneurs--those who find a need that's not being met, and then take action to provide that service to the public. Here's a great example. Years ago, Clark's brother -- an on-the-go lawyer who was rarely in his office -- had a contract with one of the office suites ...

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