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PwC's 2013 Top 10 Technology Trends for Business Report Reveals the Emerging and Disruptive Technologies that Are Reshaping Strategies, Business Models, and Enterprise Investments The Issue: Congress postpones action on the debt limit until May. The Opinion of the Reading Eagle in Reading, Pa.: The delay will do nothing to resolve the problems. Chesapeake Energy Reveals SEC Probe into CEO Perks Chesapeake Energy Corp. and outgoing CEO Aubrey McClendon are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission about a perk that allows McClendon to invest personally in the company's oil and gas wells. Executive Pay Among Corporate Governance Issues for 2013 Wall Street isn't far from its record highs in 2007, but shareholder activists continue to keep management and boards of directors on their toes. Studies Question Tax-Cut Link to New Jobs Some studies and a number of progressive groups say that when one dives deeper into the numbers, the correlation between income-tax cuts for small-business owners and more jobs is strained at best. Economy 'Makes Entrepreneurs Scared of Failure' More than half of entrepreneurs have put off making important decisions in the past year because of fear of failure, a new study has shown. Company Finance Professionals Could Benefit from Additional Training Sources Business executives reported they would value new training options for their finance professionals, citing declining levels of confidence in the effectiveness of existing programs.

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