Clinton Global Initiative: Can Companies Be Good and Do Well?

When it comes to determining the best approaches to the world’s economic and social ills, rational people can, and do, disagree. But there’s one point on which something approaching unanimity has emerged: That private enterprises – companies – must be part of the solutions. So when some big thinkers gathered at this week’s Clinton Global Initiative, the question wasn’t whether companies need to help, but how to make that happen. TIME managing editor Richard Stengel, who moderated Tuesday’s panel on “Creating Value for Business and Society,” made plain the core challenge: That the profit motive is sometimes at odds with the broader interests of society at large.

Questions That Could Inspire Innovation

The Next Big Thing could be just a thought away, but arriving at that insight requires you to see your business in a new light.

Home Prices Rose in July in 20 Major Cities

WASHINGTON — Home prices kept rising in July across the United States, buoyed by greater sales and fewer foreclosures.

Get Feedback, Even If You’re the Boss

The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you are to receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. But you need input from others to get better.

Will Banning or Taxing Soda Really Make Us Healthier?

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The taste of soda may be sweet, but the potential consequences of those empty calories — obesity, diabetes, higher mortality, and skyrocketing health care costs — are not. In response, many states and cities in recent years have proposed taxes or other measures intended to reduce consumption of sodas and other sweetened drinks.

Out of Time? Give Some Away

It’s counterintuitive but true: Spending time helping others leaves you feeling as if you have more time, not less. Research shows that giving to others can make you feel more “time affluent” and less time-constrained than if you choose to waste your extra time or spend it on yourself.

Helping Employees Adapt to Strategic Change

Strategy shifts are almost inevitable in business, but how you communicate that change and carry it out could be the difference between success and failure.

Are Average Investors Getting Bilked by Wall Street Supercomputers?

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While high-frequency trading has propped up volume in the market, the method rewards shortsighted investors looking to make a quick profit

10 Best & Worst Sports-Team Relocations in History

There’s no shortage of speculation about which NFL team might relocate to Los Angeles, despite recent news that Anschutz Entertainment Group, a leading force in the development of a downtown stadium, has been put up for sale by its billionaire owner. But for all the excitement in the nation’s second-largest media market about the return of the pro game after nearly two decades, history suggests that not all franchise moves work out quite as planned. Exhibits A-J: The five best and five worst pro franchise relos.

 

American Airlines vs. the Pilots Union: The Flying Public Loses

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Wonder why your American flight's been delayed or canceled? Could be because the airline is warring with the pilots union