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21 People Besides Kanye Hailed as the Steve Jobs of, Well, Everything

By Aaron Rutkoff
businessweek.com — Kanye West, whose new album Yeezus leaked onto file-sharing portals late last week before making its official debut last night, sees himself a visionary and world-changing figure-but it's not as if his greatness is incomparable. "I think what Kanye West is going to mean," he told the New York Times
Claudia Parsons Deputy Editor, Reuters @claudiaparsons
21 People Besides Kanye Who Are Just Like Steve Jobs businessweek.com/articles/2013-… via @BW
Alex Pearlman Blogger, GlobalPost @lexikon1
Ha! Love this. “@JJColao: Pretty sure I'm the Steve Jobs of intermittent blogging businessweek.com/articles/2013-…”
Janet Paskin Assistant Managing Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @JPaskin
What am I, @joshuabrustein, the Steve Jobs of chopped liver? From @aaronrutkoff (aka the Steve Jobs of @BW) ... buswk.co/16Fh80z
Jim Aley Technology Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @jimaley
Steve Jobs of Wine, Yogurt, Meat, Police Devices, Plastic Trinkets, Philadelphia, & 15 other Steve Jobses buswk.co/16Fh80z @BW
Aaron Rutkoff Deputy Digital Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @aaronrutkoff
RT @joshuabrustein: From @aaronrutkoff (aka the Steve Jobs of @BW): 21 people who are the Steve Jobs of __. buswk.co/16Fh80z
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California's Latest Budget-Cutting Target: Public Records

businessweek.com — Jerry Brown, California's straight-talking two-time governor, is known for making hard and often unpopular choices in the name of fiscal discipline. The Democrat cut child-care subsidies for working mothers and pensions for the elderly. He raised taxes on the rich, which no one thought California voters could stomach.
Herman Wong Social Media Editor, Quartz @hermanywong
California's Latest Budget-Cutting Target: Public Records businessweek.com/articles/2013-…
Nathan Olivarez-Giles Staff Writer, Wired @nateog
RT @jackgillum: California's Latest Budget-Cutting Target: Public Records businessweek.com/articles/2013-…
Jason Dearen Environment Reporter, Associated Press @JHDearen
RT @jackgillum: California's Latest Budget-Cutting Target: Public Records businessweek.com/articles/2013-…
Jack Gillum Investigative Reporter, Associated Press @jackgillum
California's Latest Budget-Cutting Target: Public Records businessweek.com/articles/2013-…
Lizza Dwoskin Staff Writer, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @lizzadwoskin
California is dismantling its public records law because all those document requests are "too expensive" to process businessweek.com/articles/2013-…

AOL’s Patch Limps Toward Profitability

By Edmund Lee
businessweek.com — After more than five years of reporting on school-board meetings and community bake sales, AOL Inc. (AOL)'s Patch is now at the center of another story: whether the company's bet on local news can be profitable.
Trey Barrineau Production Editor and Blogger, USA Today @treybarrineau
"Patch now faces a do-or-die year in 2013." ow.ly/ma8LZ
David Folkenflik Media Correspondent, NPR @davidfolkenflik
RT @joepompeo: Good @edmundlee piece on the state of Patch, which "faces a do-or-die year in 2013" buswk.co/10tec7S
Joe Pompeo Media Reporter, Capital New York @joepompeo
Good @edmundlee piece on the state of Patch, which "faces a do-or-die year in 2013" buswk.co/10tec7S
Kira Goldenberg Associate Editor, Columbia Journalism Review @kiragoldenberg
The story on #patch's questionable "limp" toward profit doesn't mention its shift from news to "community" buswk.co/10tec7S

BofA Should Face Foreclosure Probe by TARP Watchdog, Waters Says

businessweek.com — Bank of America Corp. ( BAC), the second-biggest U.S. lender, should be investigated for its treatment of distressed homeowners, said Representative Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.
Shahien Nasiripour Chief Financial and Regulatory Correspondent , Huffington Post @nasiripour
RT @cr_harper: Bank of America should face foreclosure probe by TARP watchdog, Waters says buswk.co/19OJutd via @BW @Hugh_Son $BAC
Christine Harper Chief Financial Correspondent, Bloomberg News @cr_harper
Bank of America should face foreclosure probe by TARP watchdog, Waters says buswk.co/19OJutd via @BW @Hugh_Son $BAC

Bernanke Saying He’s Dispensable Suggests Tenure Ending

businessweek.com — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he's "spoken to the president a bit" about his future and that he feels no personal responsibility to stay at the helm until the Fed winds down its unprecedented policies to stimulate the economy.
Tom Keene Host, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg News @tomkeene
RT @JoshZumbrun: Hard to see how Bernanke was "fired' when he's been hinting he wants to leave for months: businessweek.com/news/2013-03-2…
Matthew Klein Columnist, Bloomberg View, Bloomberg News @Matthew_C_Klein
RT @JoshZumbrun: Hard to see how Bernanke was "fired' when he's been hinting he wants to leave for months: businessweek.com/news/2013-03-2…

The Genetically Modified Burrito: Chipotle Tells All

businessweek.com — If you're horrified by the prospect of eating food containing genes that were altered by some industrial food giant, Chipotle Mexican Grill will tell you what's what on its ingredients. Just don't expect to eat much on the menu, at least for now. Go with the pork carnitas, sour cream, and guacamole.
Stephanie Strom Philanthropy Reporter, New York Times @ssstrom
@Chipotle labels items on its online menu that contain GE ingredients: businessweek.com/articles/2013-… h/t @BW
Dhanya Skariachan Retail Reporter, Reuters @DhanyaTweets
RT @BW: Chipotle is embracing the genetically modified burrito | buswk.co/1apCa5T

Spying for the NSA is Bad for U.S. Business

businessweek.com — The National Security Administration (NSA) dealt a blow to Google (Facebook (Microsoft ( GOOG), FB), MSFT) and other U.S. corporations. In addition to forcing them to engage in the PRISM spy program, the agency made it difficult for these companies to defend their reputations by limiting disclosures of their involvement.
Kirsten Salyer Social Media Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @kirstensalyer
RT @scottbix: The FISC court has overturned only 11 surveillance requests since 1979 -- just 0.03% of all cases buswk.co/18X97Zj
Scott Bixby Social Media Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @ScottBix
The FISC court has overturned only 11 surveillance requests since 1979 -- just 0.03% of all cases buswk.co/18X97Zj

Keystone XL Pipeline Shuns High-Tech Oil Spill Detectors

By Mike Lee , Rebecca Penty
businessweek.com — TransCanada Corp. (TRP), which says Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline ever built, isn't planning to use infrared sensors or fiber-optic cables to detect spills along the system's 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) path to Texas refineries from fields in Alberta.
Elana Schor Energy Politics Reporter, Greenwire and Environment & Energy Daily @eschor
141-mile high consequence area est'd for #KXL here - buswk.co/19exVsk - doesn't count the reroute in Nebraska.
Adam Wilmoth Energy Editor, The Oklahoman @awilmoth
RT @OKenergybeat: .@TransCanada shuns high-tech #oil spill detectors for #KeystoneXL pipeline. buswk.co/12RYOnf (via @BW)
Jay F. Marks Business Writer, The Oklahoman @OKenergybeat
.@TransCanada shuns high-tech #oil spill detectors for #KeystoneXL pipeline. buswk.co/12RYOnf (via @BW)

Millionaires in North America Regain Top Rank, Report Finds (1)

businessweek.com — North America reclaimed the top spot with the most millionaires last year as the world's ultra-rich led the way in raising global wealth to a record high, according to a report by Cap Gemini SA and Royal Bank of Canada.
Christine Harper Chief Financial Correspondent, Bloomberg News @cr_harper
North America has more millionaires than Asia again, study finds: tinyurl.com/mc9pbqn @BloombergNews @dscrybe @mkmcollins

They're Telling Small Employers Not to Fear Obamacare

businessweek.com — Nevada communications officer C.J. Bawden and his 10-person team publicizing the upcoming rollout of the Silver State Insurance Exchange, created under Obamacare, have been busy. Over the last 15 months, they've held hundreds of meetings with thousands of Nevada small business owners, local Chamber of Commerce members, and insurance brokers about how the exchange will work when it launches in October.
Helaine Olen Freelance Journalist @helaineolen
RT @nickleiber: “The shock of the initial portion of the law is the scariest thing.” @kareneklein on the Obamacare education push http://t.…

Sudden Stock Crashes Mostly Show Human Error, SEC’s Berman Says

By Sam Mamudi
businessweek.com — Concern that American stock markets have become more susceptible to split-second crashes due to computerization isn't supported by the data, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said. Most "mini-flash crashes," a term sometimes applied when an individual U.S.
Alan Goldstein Team Leader, U.S. Corporate Finance, Bloomberg News @alanmgoldstein
Sudden Stock Crashes Mostly Show Human Error, SEC’s Berman Says businessweek.com/news/2013-06-1… via @BW

NASA Seeks Private-Sector Posse to Hunt Asteroids

By Kyle Stock
businessweek.com — Forget sentient glasses and self-driving cars, "asteroid transportation" may be the hottest thing in engineering. NASA summoned captains of industry to Washington this morning to pitch its plan to harness earth-bound asteroids with spacecraft. The briefing, along with a request for information from potential private-sector partners, is part of the government's "enhanced focus on planetary defense."
Kyle Stock Senior Correspondent, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @KyleStock
The companies that could help save the world in an asteroid/"Armageddon"/Aerosmith situation: buswk.co/16eJTk4 #NASA

France Wants the Profits From French Innovation

businessweek.com — In 1973, Frenchman François Gernelle built the world's first microcomputer equipped with a microprocessor. In the decades after, France looked on as and spawned a multitrillion-dollar industry around it. French business history is strewn with similar examples of missed opportunities.
Alan Goldstein Team Leader, U.S. Corporate Finance, Bloomberg News @alanmgoldstein
France Wants the Profits From French Innovation buswk.co/13FqpVn via @BW
Jim Aley Technology Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @jimaley
chien mord l'homme: "France has repeatedly failed to turn ideas into money-making global products" buswk.co/13FqpVn @BW

Why Yahoo! Partnered With the 49ers' New Levi's Stadium

businessweek.com — Yesterday, Yahoo! joined the parade of companies attaching themselves to the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.-or "Levi's Stadium," as the local denim company would prefer it to be called. While Levi's is paying $220 million to rivet its name to the stadium for 20 years (an
Jim Aley Technology Editor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek @jimaley
49er Fans: Flickr™ Foto-Sharing Booths outside the Yahoo!™ “fantasy football lounge” in Levi's™ Stadium! buswk.co/1apBOw7 @BW

Companies from GE to Staples Cash in on CO2 Cuts: Report

businessweek.com — General Electric Co. (GE) and Staples Inc. (SPLS) are among companies cited by an environment group for acting to cut emissions tied to global warming after Congress failed to pass climate-change legislation. The World Wildlife Fund issued a report today, written in part by McKinsey & Co., that named GE and Staples as companies that improved by financial performance by tackling climate change.
Jessica Coomes Air Pollution Reporter, Bloomberg BNA, Bloomberg News @jessicacoomes
GE and Staples among companies that improved by financial performance by tackling climate change, report says businessweek.com/news/2013-06-1… via @BW
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