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Home Sales Crash to Lowest Level in Almost 30 Years - TFPP Wire The American housing market is experiencing a slump not seen in decades, as existing home sales are projected to reach their lowest point since 1995 for the second year running. Persistent high prices and soaring mortgage rates are deterring buyers, […]

A beautiful 1930's stone home in East Hampton is on sale for $26.5 million.

Robert David Lion Gardiner, a descendant of the prominent Long Island family that has owned Gardiner's Island for nearly 400 years, lived in the home for years. Now, Shahab Karmely, a New York-based real-estate investor, is selling the home because he and his family plan to spend more time in Europe, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Karmely invested nearly $10 million into the renovations of the house.

The home itself sits on 5.5 acres and has 10 bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms.

HOUSE OF THE DAY: A Breathtaking Estate In East Hampton Can Be Yours For $26.5 Million The ultimate summer home.

Corporations are catching up with how consumers and employees like to interact with companies. As a result, the pressure’s on for corporations and brands to digitize and adapt -- instilling "engagement" as a primary tool throughout their operations.

After decades of top-down corporate management, this shift identifies increased use of social media as important to tapping into the intelligence of an organization and the wants and needs of customers. When properly managed, customers and employees alike can offer fresh solutions and ideas that directly affect profit and growth.

New CEO Success Buzzword: 'Openness' Openness, transparency and employee empowerment have become key to business success, a survey of global CEOs say. Social media can help you unlock it.Get the...

Things never stay the same, so the ability to lead in times of change is vital. We often resist change because it takes us out of our comfort zone, but change can be exciting, healthy, and profitable.

How to Lead Your Company Through Change Your employees will react differently to change. However they feel about a new situation, you can help all of them adjust.

Too often companies assume that their sales people maximize the full power of LinkedIn. Even expert users can squeeze out more productivity and sales with LinkedIn’s ready-made tools for prospecting and sales. Sales teams can meet to compare notes and build customer models together. When you use the power of LinkedIn to maximize your sales performance, you’re sure to outrun—and outsell—your competition.

11 Ways to Maximize Sales With LinkedIn Think you know all there is to know about LinkedIn? Even expert users can squeeze out more productivity and sales with LinkedIn’s ready-made tools.

When you sign up for a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, do you realize that you just helped an entrepreneur-in-training? And that she and the 100-year-old Girl Scout organization may have some ideas that could help your business.

Every year, Girl Scout troops across the nation set up small businesses and learn some timeless lessons in basic entrepreneurship. Maybe that’s why 80% of women business owners were Girl Scouts.

What’s in those cookies anyway?

6 Lessons the Girl Scouts Can Teach Entrepreneurs By Geri Stengel, creator of Guiding Women Entrepreneurs When you sign up for a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, do you realize that you just helped an entrepren

Our industry veteran explained the difference between Apple and the rest of the pack pretty simply: "If it weren't for Tim Cook the iPad would cost $5,000."

Cook was able to figure out logistics and manage the supply chain so Apple could earn those fat margins.

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'If It Weren't For Tim Cook, The iPad Would Have Cost $5,000' An industry veteran weighs in on Tim Cook...

Dennis grew Stratus revenue from $15,200,000 to more than $100,000,000 in less than four years. Click to discover how they did it!

SUCCESS SECRETS OF AMERICA’S FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES – Dennis Jarrett of Stratus Building Solution Dennis Jarrett is CEO of Stratus Building Solutions. Stratus Building Solutions is an international building services company recognized as the fastest-growing company of its kind ( #1 Fastest Growing Franchise, Entrepreneur Magazine, 2011). They are setting new standards in the building services and...