More From Geoff Weiss
Growth Strategies
Game On: China Lifts 14-Year Ban on Video Game Consoles
Leading video game manufactures are cautiously optimistic on China's easing of a ban on gaming consoles such as PlayStation, Xbox and Wii.
Ready For Anything
Report: Hot CEOs Bolster Stock Values, Earn Better Salaries
A new study claims that attractive CEOs are more likely to garner higher stock returns, negotiate more lucratively and take home bigger paychecks.
Marketing
What You Can Learn From Michael Bay's Embarrassing Presentation Mishap
'Transformers' director Michael Bay abruptly walked off stage in Vegas yesterday after his guest spot during a Samsung product intro became fraught with teleprompter issues.
Social Media
Pinterest Buys Startup Specializing in Visual Search Technology
Pinterest has announced its acquisition of VisualGraph, a San Francisco-based purveyor of image recognition and visual search technology.
Marketing
Who Owns Your Feed? Film Reviewer's Tweet Becomes Full-Page NY Times Ad
CBS Films turned a film critic's tweet into a full-page newspaper ad, calling into question the legalities of content appropriation on Twitter.
Ready For Anything
Monster or Mastermind? 3 Business Takeaways from Wall Street's 'Wolf'
While 'The Wolf of Wall Street' may seem like a cautionary tale of precisely what not to do in business, much can be learned from Jordan Belfort's story.
Technology
No Apologies: On Hack, Snapchat Founder Says 'We Thought We Had Done Enough'
On the 'Today' show, the 23-year-old discussed the inevitabilities of hacking while reassuring users.
Growth Strategies
Report: U.S. Business Mergers at Highest Levels Since 2001
With deals totaling more than $1 trillion last year, the U.S. accounts for more mergers worldwide than it has in more than a decade.
Finance
France Approves 'Millionaire Tax' Targeting Businesses, Not Citizens
Business owners are fuming at a legalized super tax of roughly 75 percent on the portion of any salaries exceeding 1 million euros.
Growth Strategies
Top Tech Innovations For Your #FirstWorldProblems (Infographic)
A fork that vibrates when you eat too much, and an e-ink touch tablet for those who find the texture of paper to be too...papery.
Technology
Apple Seeks Bigger Bite of China's Massive Mobile Market
Apple has struck a long-awaited, multi-year deal with China Mobile to make its illustrious devices available to the largest mobile network in the world.
Technology
Doomed BlackBerry Bombs in the Third Quarter With $4.4 Billion Loss
The once-ubiquitous handset manufacturer announced a $4.4 billion loss in its first quarterly earnings report under the stewardship of interim CEO John Chen.
Starting a Business
Back to the Future: Barneys to Open New Store in Building Where it Was Founded
In a serendipitous twist, the ultra-luxe retailer will reopen a second New York City flagship store in the very building where its business was founded in 1923.
Entrepreneurs
Holy Cow: Bill Gates Plays Secret Santa in Reddit Christmas Miracle
Imagine if Bill Gates was your Secret Santa? One lucky Reddit user was unknowingly paired up with the Microsoft chairman and billionaire, who gave her a cow - sort of.