Business: Legacy Costs
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Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein will be online to talk about his latest column, which looks at the possibility that the "Big Three" automakers may wind up in the throes of a "death spiral."
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A Forrester Research study finds that corporate users are becoming increasingly frustrated with the license and maintenance costs of enterprise applications.
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Rip up those obituaries. The club you thought had passed away still has more than enough life left in it. Enough to beat the champions.
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Nip problems in the bud before they blossom into big expenses.
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How much would you pay to get a loved one on his feet?
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To charge fares that approach those of the low-cost competitors, national carriers may not be able to afford the legacy of $200,000 pilots and highly paid mechanics and baggage handlers.
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Get a handle on what debt may mean for a prospective investment.
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The things that kill us in IT center around being forced to work within the confines of legacy infrastructural decisions and processes, and more importantly, how any change that occurs (for good or bad reasons) will at best fix one tactical issue, but that will more than likely cause other problems.  We hope the new problem will be better than the old, or at least will become someone else's issue.
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Sometimes, buying new is worth the expense.
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Electronic Data Systems' early-retirement plan aims to save hundreds of millions of dollars, but saying goodbye to veteran employees could be hard on the firm.
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Are you making this costly mistake with your investments?
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Should businesses replace post-mortems with âpre-mortems?â Adopt âcounterintuitive management practices?â And more...
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These funds are going for a song, but are they worth the price?
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Your assumptions about building a long-term growth portfolio that requires no maintenance could be costing you money.
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Your 401(k) plan may be costing you more than you think.
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In London society, Leigh Sebba is a man to be reckoned with. His family's century-old real estate company was valued last year at almost $380 million, with most of its offices, apartments and shops located in ...
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As more of our personal lives go digital, family members, estate attorneys and online service providers are increasingly grappling with what happens to those information bits when their owners die.