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President Obama's second inaugural moved past a vague message of compromise and charted a progressive course toward the future. Four years ago, I stood in the cold listening to President Obama’s first inaugural address. I remember it leaving me cold. This year, in the warmth of my den, the president’s clear projection of progressive values as core American values warmed my heart.

Kyle Bowman submits:On the surface, Descartes (DSGX), LinkedIn (LNKD), and Facebook have very little in common. Descartes is a B2B company and they are B2C. However, there is one important common denominator, but before that is discussed, let’s take a look at what Descartes does to make money.

MONTREAL — Bachelor No. 1 boasts about his “bad-boy body and sweet-guy attitude” and Bachelor No. 2 wants a woman to join him as he closes a dark chapter from his past. Bachelor No. 3, meanwhile, says he can’t be available for a first date for awhile — at least not before 2021. Not only do these men share a quest for love, they have something else in common: they’re all in prison for murder.

It’s not just sales people who need critical presentation skills, nor is it a skill which is only required when standing in front of the board sharing your department’s key milestones and achievements for the past 12 months. We need this vital skill in so many other circumstances.

Sean Lowe started cycle 17 of "The Bachelor" with 26 tanned, toned, buffed and puffed women literally lined up for his choosing.

A good story can offer critical business insights and motivate your employees, but how can you find these telling anecdotes?

Central bankers Debating the Limits of Power in Jackson Hole are wondering what's holding back the economy. "What is holding the economy back? Why is it that we've had such incredibly accommodative monetary policy for so long (but) we've had so little growth? I think it remains a puzzle," said Donald Kohn, who is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington.