Columbia business 'honest broker' between farmers and consumers

In Michael Lewis's best-selling book Flash Boys , a group of do-good stockbrokers abscond from their cushy, high-paying jobs at big Wall Street banks to become the honest broker in what is depicted as increasingly corrupt stock market, one that rewards leaving the everyman on the raw end of the stick. Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'

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To Grow Consumer Revenue, Publishers Tap Into Communities Within Communities

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It Might Be Getting Busy Soon (shelftalker)

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How Hearst Magazines Leverages Its Scale and Innovation to Drive Consumer Value

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Criado Perez wins FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Caroline Criado Perez has triumphed to win the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award 2019 with her gender data gap book, Invisible Women (Chatto & Windus). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Manchester University Press boss Ross unveils strategic revamp of the business

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Endeavor Business Media Acquires More Than 20 B2B Titles from Informa Plc

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Digital Media’s Future Lies Beyond Ads and With Direct Consumer Revenue

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Nielsen plans a spin-off of its consumer unit

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As Big Business evolved, did it doom the American Dream?

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