Times Online : Goldman’s reputation is suddenly as toxic as the credit default swaps and other inexplicably exotic financial instruments it used to buy with glee. That’s bad for the one thing it values more than anything else: business. Being the prime target for popular and political outrage could put Goldman first in line for draconian new regulation.

Business mistake #1: Don’t have a strategic business plan. I learned this the hard way when I was dipping my toes into the entrepreneurial pond for the very first time.

As I take a seat at the small table facing a packed room at L.A.’s Writer’s Guild for a panel on new media, I’m aware of three things. First, that there are two seasoned entertainment business executives seated who feel strongly about their views on the Internet.

Attention airline passengers: Not only do you have to pay extra for your luggage, your meal, and your headphones, you now have a dress code on United Airlines . But that shouldn’t surprise you.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the national unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in the month of October, its highest point in 26 years. Small business advocates like the American Small Business League (ASBL) believe the unemployment rate continues to soar because the Obama Administration’s economic stimulus plan has virtually ignored middle class firms

I live on Wall Street. I’m not saying this metaphorically. I moved to the corner of Broad & Wall (the old JP Morgan bank turned residential a few years ago.