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SmartPlanet Member | August 18, 2009

Why your credit card is about to cost you even more

August 17, 2009 -- Own a credit card? Has your APR risen lately? If it hasn't, it probably will soon. That's because the rules for credit cards are about to change dramatically. Read the full story

Getting serious about social in the exec suite

August 18, 2009 -- A number of companies are putting social media smack dab in the middle of executive strategy and responsibility. Read the full story

After the pep rally: how to keep the passion for change burning

August 17, 2009 -- Long-distance runners and presidential candidates know that the essence of successful change is in staying power -- not in an overblown burst of energy in the beginning. Read the full story

Forrester's 5 best practices for applying social media to better customer service

August 18, 2009 -- How much do we all hate being put on hold on the telephone or pushing prompts to get through a customer service maze? Enter the social media solution. Read the full story

How to get 100 mbps FiWi even if you are at land's end

August 17, 2009 -- Rather than wait an eternity for the local ISP to deliver 100 mbps service, lifeboat crews of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in northern England, dug trenches to speed the delivery of FiWi. Read the full story

The 10 Biggest Killers of Daily Life

August 14, 2009 -- Forget the big health reform debate being waged in Washington. The reality is that American lifestyles are killing us. Here are 10 reasons why. Read the full story

EU to invest more on LTE 4G wireless networks

August 18, 2009 -- The European Union said that it will invest a fresh $25 million in next generation mobile broadband network research. Read the full story

How to build chips with DNA and why

August 17, 2009 -- Gregory Wallraff and his IBM Research colleagues at Almaden in San Jose have developed a chemical scaffold that will let them build chips with components just a few nanometers apart. Read the full story

Even if you don't intend to use social media, your employees will

August 17, 2009 -- The world will not end if your CEO doesn't start Tweeting this week. But if your top executives aren't discussing what to do about Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other applications that are invading your employees lives, you're going to be left behind.  Read the full story

Enterprise Rent-A-Car removed airbags from fleet cars, sold them, didn't inform customers

August 17, 2009 -- Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the nation's largest private buyer of new cars and seller of used ones, is in hot water after the company chose to sell customers vehicles without telling them that the side-curtain airbags had been removed. Read the full story

How low-fare airlines undercut the major players

August 17, 2009 -- If the airline business is so financially tight, ever wonder how budget, low-fare airlines manage to conduct a profitable business? Here's how. Read the full story

You are probably a binge drinker

August 17, 2009 -- A martini before dinner, a split bottle for two, and a libation with coffee can easily be defined as a binge. It's not just college students that binge drink -- it's Baby Boomers, too. Read the full story

Women in Tech: Why aren't there more?

August 17, 2009 -- An impressive panel of Silicon Valley female executives explore the question of women in tech and offer suggestions as to fix the situation. Read the full story

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