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Ventures in Babysitting
Today's kids are busy and their parents demanding. Twenty-five-year-old Vanessa Wauchope has cashed in on their needs with a million-dollar child-care business.The Bottom 10
BY Liz Gunnison
Portfolio.com salutes the most embarrassing business escapades of the year.Oh, Behave!
Who to talk to, when to leave, and how to manage an office-party crisis.Mirror, Mirror, at the Mall
BY Sophia Banay
A high-tech looking glass could be a dressing-room innovation or an annoyance.All Aboard
BY Sophia Banay
How can do-gooder execs find, and join, the right nonprofit board? Turns out there are as many different ways as there are boards.Should You Ever Take a Pay Cut?
Most of the time the answer is no, but there are exceptions.Google Goes Mobile
Dominant Web-search and advertising company is poised to rock the cell-phone industry.User-Generated Soccer
What if everyone in the stadium owned the team? An English soccer fanatic shoots for a new sports business model.Chocolate Wars
BY Alexandra Wolfe
Warren Buffett gets stirred up; candymakers battle. A proposal to redefine chocolate is roiling the nation's $16.3 billion industry.Eco-Friendly Extravagance
From eco-couture to the Monaco Yacht Show, the new face of luxury is green.The $3 Flight
Tony Fernandes had no aviation experience when he founded his no-frills carrier, AirAsia. It's now among the fastest-growing airlines in the world.Giving Makes You Rich
New proof that it pays to be charitable.Masters of Invention
BY Kevin Maney
We rounded up the world's most prolific inventors alive-three of them have more patents than Thomas Edison-and asked them the big question: Where do the big ideas come from?Rethinking the Brain Business
Why a mental-fitness program may be the start of something big.Smallsourcing
BY Kate Murphy
Even small businesses can benefit from tapping low-cost resources abroad. But how to start?Beware the Ultra-Nice Boss
A passive boss can wreak just as much havoc in the workplace as a bullying one.All Together Now
Tear down those cubicle walls! Now there is furniture for the collaborative office.Napping Your Way to the Top
BY Sophia Banay
Even professionals who work 24/7 need their sleep. Can businesses help?The Ralph Nader of the Skies
BY Joe Sharkey
Kate Hanni's persistence, paired with public outrage over air-travel horror stories, got a Passengers' Bill of Rights to Congress.Where Deals Are Regularly Dished
BY Kate Murphy
Making an important business call in an unfamiliar city? Every town has at least one place that locals love but visitors never try. Here is a guide to some legendary dealmaking eateries across the country.C.E.O. Survival Guide: Your Kid's Internet Postings Are Landing You in Hot Water
BY Caroline Waxler
What to do when your kids' Myspace page affects your business.How to Count What You Can't See
For a growing number of companies, their reputation is worth far more than their physical assets. A new firm focuses on what those reputations are really worth.Hearing the Buzz Before It's Buzz
What's the next hot thing? For these market researchers, the future is now.Lost in Translation
BY Joe Brancatelli
Foreign A.T.M. and credit-card transactions cost more than ever before, thanks to big new bank fees.Google's Secret Formula
In the past 12 months, Google doubled its staff, tinkered with its search engine to speed up results, and now answers more queries than Microsoft and Yahoo combined. But there's one query we had to answer ourselves: How does Google work?The Laser's Edge
BY Kevin Maney
It's the coolest toy you can't get-yet. Researchers are working on movie projectors so tiny they can fit in your cell phone.Don't Miss
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