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Kellogg’s Breakfast Council Gaffe

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It’s as simple as adding a “sponsored content” tag on a blog post, an adequately transparent product plug by a YouTube celebrity or even a rapid-fire reading of the fine print — anything that informs the audience that what they’re consuming isn’t completely impartial. Disclosure of sponsored content isn’t difficult. So, what’s the big deal?

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Google’s Pixel Event: The Good, The Bad And The Weird

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Whatever else one can say about the slew of products Google set loose yesterday at its big event in San Francisco — no one will ever say that Google did not think big enough, or that it has decided to wade into the wildly competitive world of devices by half-measure or two. So what was seen — and what were the early reviews?

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Going Truly Over The Top For Christmas

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But not every over-the-top gift can be measured by the size of the price tag. Then there is the less touching version of parents willing to engage in acts of physical violence to get their child a much-wanted toy. And the competition for most over-the-top gift this year was particularly fierce.

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

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Consider the fact that the Competition Commission of India ordered an inquiry last month that would look at the discounting policies of Amazon and Flipkart , as well as the agreements struck with third-party sellers. The law allows for fines of more than $5,000 per violation. ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Practices Examined.

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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

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From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies. YouTube Video

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. You can put those tags in there but still take a professionally managed strategy… RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

Barry Ritholtz

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. And they need it because when they conduct interviews, it’s undertaken under this police and criminal evidence act (ph) thing. You’ve managed to distinguish yourself in a very competitive field. RITHOLTZ: I — I have been looking forward to this for a while.