#79 Toyota Halts Sales Over Safety Issue

Toyota has long enjoyed a reputation for high quality vehicles, but that reputation is taking a hit as problems with accelerators result in halted sales. Consider the four costs of quality and how these relate to this massive recall. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704905604575027671658649384.html?mod=djem_jiewr_OM_domainid

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#78 State of the Union Recognizes Importance of Small Businesses

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#77 Apple Announcement Set to Push Stock Price

This video gives a good example of how it's not just past earnings that drive market price of a stock, but future expectations (in the case new product performance expectations).

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#76 Supreme Court Decision Will Allow Corporations to Wield More Political Power

And according to this segment, unions may also potentially gain more political influence.

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#75 Rewards for Extra Work Come Cheap in Lean Times

An article from the WSJ that discusses non-compensation based rewards:
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#74 World's Factories Rebound

A bit of good news from the WSJ citing the importance of manufacturing for both the U.S. and global economy:
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#73 The Time Value of Money

Thanks, Kiplinger for helping to describe this important concept!