Name Index
3D Systems Inc., 156
3M Innovation Center, 95
4food, 86
A
AARP, 229
Tax-Aide, 229
Abercrombie & Fitch, 200
Acacia Federal Savings Bank, 253
Accenture, 9
Ace Hardware, 188
Acme, 270
Activision Blizzard, 109
Activision Blizzard Distribution, 109
Activision Publishing, Inc., 109
Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH), 184
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), 219
Advertising Age, 200
Air Canada, 40
Air France, 263
Albertsons, 270
Allstate Insurance, 55
Alzheimer's Association, 228
Amazon.com, 12, 69, 102, 174, 183, 200
American Airlines, 78, 158, 271
American Cancer Society, 165, 228
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, 125
American Heart Association, 165
American Idol, 198
American Marketing Association Board of Directors, 165
American National Standards Institute, 159
American Red Cross, 3
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 108
Amgen, 252
Anderson & Associates (A&A), 133
Android, 216
Apex Hotel, 175
Apollo Global Management, 127
Appalachian Mountain Club, 100
Apple, 1, 5, 8, 12, 26, 53, 84, 90, 149, 165, 167, 182, 183, 204, 249, 267, 268
iPad, 7
iPhone, 216
iPod, 198
Ariba, 153
Art Institute of Chicago, 229
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), 60
Aurthur Murray Dance Studios, 84
AutoZone, 150
B
BancVue, 248
Bank of America, 174, 248, 257
Barnes & Noble, 183
Nook, 216
Nook Color, 183
Baskin-Robbins, 93
Bed Bath & Beyond, 265
Bejeweled, 91
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, 18
Beneschott, Breanden, 107
Ben Franklin, 84
Berkshire Hathaway, 12
Bernabe, Franco, 261
Birchwood Paper, 241
BKD Foundation, 228
BlackJack, 216
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 109
Bloomberg Businessweek, 200
Blue Ocean Institute, 105
BMW, 266
Bon Appétit, 172
Bose Corporation, 77
Box, 251
Brin, Sergey, 103
British Airways, 127
Buckley, George, 95
Budweiser, 167
Bumble Bee Foods, 158
Business Works, 233
C
Callaway Golf, 72
Canadian Airlines International, 40
Canon, 150
Capital One, 198
Carnegie, Andrew, 7
Central Maui Landfill, 27
Cerberus Capital Management, 270
Charles Schwab, 188
Check Point, 219
Cheerios, 185
China Southern Airlines, 263
Choice Books, 188
Christian Louboutin, 204
Cisco Systems, 252
City Year Youth Corps, 76
Clearasil, 200
Coca-Cola Company, 8, 12, 182, 185, 198, 241
Comcast, 76
Commerce Business Daily, 90
Community College of Denver, 229
Cooper, Cynthia, 22
Costco, 72, 102, 106, 107, 229, 264
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), 228
Craftsman, 185
Craigslist, 54
CVS Caremark, 79
D
DakotaPro.biz, 140
Datamonitor, 266
Davis, Shawn, 204
Deere, John, 84
Deere and Company, 84
Dell, Michael, 86
Dell Computer, 86, 102, 216, 252
Deloitte & Touche, 230
Deloitte Consulting, 228
Department of Commerce, 214
Department of Defense (DOD), 90
Department of Energy (DOE), 90
Deutsche Bank AG, 257
Dick's Sporting Goods, 190
Discovery Channel, 150
Disney, Walt, 104
Disney Corporation, 78
Dollar Financial, 255
Dollar General, 42
Dollar Tree, 42
Dow Chemical, 111
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW), 252
Downey, Robert, Jr., 92
DreamWorks Animation, 79
Droid, 216
Drucker, Peter, 124
Dunkin’ Brands, 93
E
Economic Development Administration, 72
Edison, Thomas, 84
education, 85
Edward Jones, 253
Elle, 197
Emirates, 263
Enron, 22
Enterprise Holdings, 132
Enterprise Rent-a-Car, 131–132
Etude, 7
European Union, 42
ExxonMobil, 68
F
Facebook, 70, 86, 105, 117, 167, 169, 199, 251, 271
FalconStor, 220
Family Dollar Stores, 204
Farmers Insurance Group, 200
Febreze, 184
Federal Communication Commission (FCC), 39
Federal Express (FedEx), 12, 55, 72, 86, 156, 216
Fiete, Brian, 91
Fifth Third Bank, 249
Fisher, Eileen, 111
Fitch, 250
Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 90–91
Fogle, Jared, 26
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 28
Ford Credit, 255
Ford Motor Company, 8, 75, 84, 251, 266
Forest Stewardship Council, 171
For the Love of Dogs, 91
Fossil, 185
Fox, 220
Foxconn Technology, 85
Frito-Lay North America, 169
Fromm pet food, 38
Fujitsu, 201
G
Gardener's Supply, 200
Garnet, 217
GE Healthcare, 78
General Electric (GE), 8, 79, 84, 158, 249
General Mills, 27
General Motors (GM), 28, 51, 172, 251
Genesis Grants, 95
Global Payments, 220
Goodyear blimp, 200
Google, 8, 12, 20, 70, 86, 95, 103, 134, 182, 183, 185, 220
Google Voice, 219
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 40
Gorsky, Alex, 21
Gou, Terry, 85
Grum, 220
Hay Group, 12
Heinz, 158
Hendricks Motorsports, 200
Hewlett Packard, 216
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd., 85
Hood, Dana, 91
Hoover Dam, 76
HP, 263
Hughes, Chris, 70
Hull, Chick, 156
Humtown Products, 107
I
Iger, Robert, 116
inDinero, 5
Infosys Technology, 222
ING Direct, 254
Instagram, 271
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 3, 229
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 125
International Franchise Association, 93
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 159
iRobot Roomba, 197
Iron Man, 92
J
Jaguar, 197
Jared Foundation, 26
J. C. Penney, 165
Jewel-Osco, 270
Jiffy Lube, 197
Jimmy John's, 165
John Deere Capital Corporation, 255
Johnson & Johnson, 9, 21, 232, 267
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 198
K
Kaiser Permanente, 26
Kansai International Airport, 218
Kapalka, Jason, 91
Kasasa, 248
Kate Aspen, 188
Kaymen, Samuel, 92
Kelly Services, 181
Kennedy, John F., 27
Kia, 42
Kickstarter, 90
Kidron, Adam, 86
Kieretsu Forum, 89
King, Kelly, 27
King, Robert, 27
King Diesel, 27
Kohlberg, Lawrence, 20
Kohl's Department Stores, 101, 102
Kor, Jim, 157
KPMG, 230
Kyodo America Industries Co., 198
L
Lamoncha, Mark, 107
LawnBott, 198
Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, 133
LinkedIn, 117
London Stock Exchange, 252
Lucas Films, 78
Lufthansa, 263
M
Macy's, 69
Mah, Jessica, 5
Make-a-Wish Foundation, 165
Mall of America, 190
March of Dimes, 228
Marie Claire, 197
Marine Stewardship Council, 105
Marx, Karl, 39
Mary Kay Cosmetics, 185
Maslow, Abraham H., 123
Massachusetts General Hospital, 229
Mattel, 70
McAfee VirusScan, 220
McCormick, Cyrus, 7
McCormick, Robert, 7
McDonald, Bob, 168
McDonald's, 8, 55, 88, 93, 102, 185, 241, 249, 266
McGladry & Pullen, 230
McGregor, Douglas, 124
MCI, 21
Medicaid, 22
Medicare, 22
Menard's, 69
Mercedes, 204
Merck, 39
Metropolis & Co., 127
Microsoft, 5, 8, 39, 79, 134, 214, 222, 252, 263, 268
PowerPoint, 217
Windows, 217
Monterey Bay Aquarium, 105
Moody's, 250
Morgan, J. P., 7
Morgan Stanley, 251
Moskovitz, Dustin, 70
Motorola Mobility Holding, Inc., 271
Motorola Solutions Inc., 271
Musk, Elon, 92
N
Nantucket Nectars, 198
Napster, 86
NASA, 90
NASCAR, 200
NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation), 252
National Do Not Call registry, 201
National Education Association (NEA), 125
National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), 33–34
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 138
Natura, 28
Naturalizer, 197
NetJets, 165
New York Life, 255
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 248, 251, 252
New York Times, 220
NeXT, 1
Nickispy, 221
Nill, Elizabeth, 151
Nobis Engineering, 11
Northwestern Mutual, 253
Norton AntiVirus, 220
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, 9
Nugget Market, 119
O
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 216
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 22
Ocean Spray, 76
Ohio Savings Bank, 253
Oil & Gas Journal, 200
Olive Garden, 42
PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications, 214
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 39
Oriental DreamWorks, 79
Ouchi, William, 124
P
Pacific Biodiesel, 27
Pacific Bridge Medical, 63
PacSun, 200
Page, Larry, 103
Pampered Chef, 189
Panama Canal, 179
Panera Bread Foundation, 18
“Panera Cares” restaurants, 17–18
Paramount Pictures, 240
Parker, Doug, 271
Pavlo, Walter, 21
Paypal, 92
Peachtree, 233
Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority, 76
Pepsi, 76
Pinkerton security, 181
Pixar Animation Studios, 1
Planet Water Foundation, 173
Plants vs. Zombies, 91
PNC, 254
PopCap Games, 91
Popular Science, 172
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), 9, 230
Prima Cinema, 201
Principal Financial Group, 165
Procter & Gamble, 9, 26, 109, 111, 168, 184
“Profits for the Planet” program, 92
Prudential, 255
Prudential Financial, 9
Purina pet food, 38
Q
Qantas Airways, 263
Qualcomm, 121
QueueBuster, 175
Quicken, 217
R
Rapid Response SMART Teams, 135
Rapleaf Inc., 169
Reader's Digest, 200
Reece, Daryl, 27
Regions Bank, 249
RE/MAX, 188
Research and Markets, 198
Riley, Britta, 90
Sam's Club, 189
SAP, 233
Saverin, Eduardo, 70
Schultz, Howard, 239
Seagate, 158
Sears, 158
Craftsman tools, 185
Seattle's Best Coffee, 165, 166
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 28, 111
Serv-a-Palooza, 173
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 125
ServiceMaster, 181
Shaich, Ron, 17
Shark Tank, 204
Shaw's, 270
Shibui Designs, 151
Silpada, 189
Singapore Airlines, 263
Six Sigma, 158
Skype, 165
Small Business Administration (SBA), 72, 88
Smith, Adam, 5
smsPREP, 107
Sodexo, 9
Southwest Airlines, 12
SpaceX, 92
Sports Illustrated, 200
Sprint Nextel, 218
Standard & Poor's (S&P), 250
Starbucks, 12, 55, 106, 239, 266, 268
Stark, Tony, 92
Star Market, 270
Star Trek, 156
State Employees’ Credit Union of North Carolina, 253
Steinway, Henry Engelhard, 7
Steinway Musical Instruments, 7, 201
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 149
Stonyfield Farm, 92
Stouffer's, 167
Sullenberger, Chesley, 103
Sun Trust, 253
Supervalu, 270
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 27
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, 204
T
Take Care Clinics, 173
Tampico Beverages, 182
Tata Motors, 57
Taunton, Peter, 91
Taunton's Snap Fitness, 91
Tax-Aide, 229
Taylor, Jack, 132
Taylor, Sandy, 132
TD Ameritrade, 253
Teen Vogue, 200
Telco, 79
Tesla Motors, 92
ThinkEco, 70
Tide, 185
Tiffany, 197
Time, 200
TITAN supercomputer, 216
TOMS Shoes, 87
TopShop, 201
Toyota Motors, 8, 51, 135, 138, 151, 266
Toys for Tots, 228
Treasury Bills, 249
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 22
TRU (Teenage Research Unlimited), 168–169
TurboCAD, 157
Turning Technologies, 87
Twinkies, 126
Twitter, 165, 167, 169, 199, 251
U
Unified Grocers, 189
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 125
United Food and Commercial Workers, 125
United Parcel Service (UPS), 216
United Technologies, 240
United Way, 228
UNIVAC I, 215
University of Arkansas Bud Walton Arena, 77
University of Idaho, 27
Unix, 217
US Airways Inc., 271
U.S. Army, 184
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 11
US Bancorp, 253
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 42
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 43, 214, 228
U.S. Census Bureau, 169, 214, 215
U.S. Department of Commerce, 42, 61
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 249, 255
U.S. Federal Reserve System, 248
U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 28, 94
1996 Telemarketing Sales Rule, 201
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 163–164
U.S. military, 158
U.S. Postal Service (USPS), 3, 39
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 231, 256
U.S. Small Business Administration, 68
U.S. Treasury Bills, 249
V
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 7
Vechey, John, 91
Velcro, 90
Verizon, 28, 127, 218, 219, 240
Visa, 220
Vonage, 219
W
Walgreens, 173
“Walk for the Cure,” 198
Walmart, 38, 44, 53, 68, 77, 84, 135, 163–164, 185, 191, 204, 266
Walmart International, 53
Walmart Supercenters, 190
Walt Disney Company, 2, 12, 55, 104, 115–116
Walt Disney World, 152
Walton, Sam, 84
Warm Hearth Village, 133
Whitney, Eli, 7
Whole Foods Markets, 18, 70, 105, 135
Windowfarms, 90
Windows Phone, 217
Winfrey, Oprah, 92
W. L. Gore & Associates, 77
WorldCom, 22
Y
Yahoo, 220
Yoplait yogurt, 27
YouTube, 199
Z
Zappos, 104
Zoom Shop, 189