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Netflix Shares Shoot Up On Stronger Than Expected

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“It’s been a good year for Netflix,” wrote CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells in a letter to shareholders. “People around the world want what we offer: consumer-in-control Internet television.”...

The App That Zaps Sales Reps, SuperSolver Takes Cues From Apple’s Sales Playbook

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David Montoya didn’t like being a lawyer and hated being a CPA. In rapid succession, the MBA with a law degree cycled through a white shoe law firm and a Big Four accounting firm before finally...

Tesla Sales Blow Past Competitors, But With Success Comes Scrutiny

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To get a sense of how successful the Tesla Model S is, consider this: In 2012, the bestselling full-size luxury sedan nationwide was the Mercedes S-Class. It sold 11,794 units total. For 2013, the...
    






Drought Fighting Tool: Using Water Data To Change Behavior, Promote Conservation

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Does blending personalized water consumption data, conservation tips and competitive spirit create the right formula for getting people to use less water? That would be “yes” for the East Bay...
    






Mosaic Plans Overseas Expansion With Its Kickstarter-Style Solar Campaigns

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Mosaic, a California startups that raises solar project investments through kickstarter-like campaigns, plans to expand overseas to communities with little or no access to electricity. The company...
    






The Risk Management Race Goes To Nvidia GPUs

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A combination of two NVIDIA GPUs and 2 Intel Xeon E5-2660 @ 2.20GHz (SandyBridge) CPUs was six times faster in a risk management benchmark then CPUs alone. The Securities Technology Analysis Center (...
    






Former Football Coach’s DataStax Doubles As It Beats Oracle

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One of the oldest cliches in the book is that if you can win at team sports, you can win at business too. You don’t have to look much farther than the spectacular failure of former Red Sox pitcher...
    






Five Of The Smartest Retail Moves In 2013

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Retailers reeled from all manner of missteps, blunders and outright fiasco’s this year – from Abercrombie & Fitch’s image battering no-large-sizes ethos to J.C. Penney’s sales hemorrhaging coupon...
    






First Look At SketchFab: A Youtube For 3D Files

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SketchFab is a web service to publish, share and embed interactive 3D models in real-time. Put simply, the site is part of a growing network of online 3D software to enable artistes, designers, and...