#336: Revisiting Groupon from #171 and #251

Groupon's recent disappointing earnings have led to the CEO being terminated. Read more here.

#335: Rent or Own?

An interesting financial breakdown on the two options - click here.

#334: Affordable College Education

The White House College Scorecard, click here, allows students to determine affordable college options. Check out the value you receive from a KCTCS education!

#333: Breakthrough Prize to Promote Advancement in Life Sciences

Listen to this six minute segment to learn about this new prize, funded by tech notables like Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, and Art Levinson. This level of private funding is hoped to provide enough resources to cure terminal and chronic diseases and to extend human life. Zuckerberg has stated that part of the hope with this funding initiative is to attract the best and brightest mines into life science research.

#332: Facebook Paid No Taxes in 2012

So, how did that happen? It's an excellent example of how legal tax avoidance can minimize corporate income taxes, showing how employee stock options can be deductible to the corporation. Read the Huffington Post article here.

#331: Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey

This is a very interesting C-Span Book TV program where Mackey, a co-founder of Whole Foods, discusses the roles of different stakesholders in a free market economy. Lots of good discussion related to quality management principles. It's not embeddable, so here's the link that will allow you to stream the video.

#330: Drop In Birth Rate Has Wide Ranging Implications

It's not just that Baby Boomers like myself want grandchildren, but that our country needs to maintain it's population. Click here to learn more about why we need more babies!

#329: The Scary Truth About Credit Reporting

#328: Revisiting #326 and the Applebee's Social Media Meltdown

More on Applebee's and how to NOT handle a social media revolt here.

#327: MOOCs - The Future of Higher Education

While there will be lots of benefits from MOOCs, it remains to be seen whether they can take the place of credit granting courses and higher eduction degrees. It will be interesting to see how this shift will play out!

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#326: Applebees Chooses Customer Over Employees

This controversial story will certainly garner Applebee's attention it doesn't need and those reading it will likely come down on both sides. Like many issues in life, this one's messy.