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The Dan L. Duncan Family Foundation was started by cancer survivor and Dan L. Duncan and his family. Last year, Duncan and his family gave $50 million to Texas Children's Hospital. This builds on a $100 million gift in 2006 to the Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Dan Duncan and his family were named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the 50 Top American Givers, which recognizes the most generous U.S. philanthropists.

In order to keep with decreased IT budgets, many companies are looking at options for data center automation. This topic covers the most relevant content and trends in data center automation.

Data mining explores how companies and individuals are creating new businesses and services by searching out patterns in electronic data. It focuses especially on how people’s lives increasingly are data mined and modeled, as analysts study the behavior of shoppers, voters, patients, workers and potential terrorists.

The world today is extremely reliant on its data. From business databases, company web sites, hospital records, and more, organizational data maintenance has become intense and extremely important. This topic covers the latest on data storage, including the challenges companies face and the best way to store data for the long and short term.

Dimensional Fund Advisors CEO David Booth and his wife, Suzanne Deal Booth, gave $300 million to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in November. The gift to bolster the school's endowment is among the largest ever to a U.S. university and the most ever to a business school. David and Suzanne Deal Booth were named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the 50 Top American Givers, which recognizes the most generous U.S. philanthropists.

The David Rockefeller Fund manages the charitable giving of its namesake, who in 2008 donated $100 million to Harvard University – the largest single donation by an alumnus to date. To mark his 90th birthday in 2005, the grandson of John D. Rockefeller Sr. gave $100 million apiece to New York's Museum of Modern Art and Rockefeller University. David Rockefeller was named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the 50 Top American Givers, which recognizes the most generous U.S. philanthropists.

Day trading is the activity of engaging in frequent purchase and sale transactions and is generally viewed as short-term investing. Originally an occupation for bank or investment firm employees, day trading, also called active trading, has become a common informal practice with the development of margin trading and electronic trading.

The debit card industry is a multi-billion dollar machine that helps drive bank profits and point-of-purchase consumer sales. Growing in popularity, debit cards are also redefining traditional payment options in the business and government sectors, with things such as food stamps, unemployment, benefits, and payroll being dispersed through debit cards. This topic covers the debit card industry’s growth, as we move to an even more digital society without less need for paper money.

Debt elimination is top of mind with many people defaulting on their mortgages and other loans. Eliminating consumer and mortgage debt can be done many ways -- through consolidation plans, refinancing the debt, making bi-weekly payments, and the more controversial money merge accounts. This topic tracks the latest news on debt elimination.

Debt workouts are strategies that eliminate or reduce debt without filing for bankruptcy. The best strategies include preserving assets while eliminating debt. These procedures are appropriate for Small Business Association guaranteed debt workouts, 941 payroll defaults, and other secured or unsecured debt obligations in default. Debt workouts primarily focus on business debt issues, allowing small business owners a second chance without losing all they have built up.

Deere & Company is one of the world’s two largest makers of farm equipment and is also a leading producer of construction, forestry, industrial, and lawn-care equipment. The company is famously known by its most popular brand, John Deere, with its “nothing runs like a Deere” slogan. Deere & Company was founded in 1837 and is based in Moline, Illinois.

Many companies are changing their employee retirement and pension plans. This topic follows the decline of traditional pensions and rise of alternatives, such as 401(k) plans and hybrid plans.

Delphi Corp. is one of the world’s largest suppliers of auto parts, making everything mechanical and electrical/electronic that goes into cars. Delphi’s primary business divisions are electrical/electronic architecture; power train systems; electronics and safety; and thermal systems. Spun off from General Motors in 1999, 37 % of the company’s business still comes from its former parent company.

Denver real estate tracks news and information on the real estate market in Denver and its suburbs. This topic will include information important to buyers and sellers in the Denver area as well as market statistics, general real estate information, and more.

Design management is an approach whereby organizations make design-relevant decisions in a market and customer-oriented way as well as optimizing design-relevant (enterprise-)processes. It is a long-continuous comprehensive activity on all levels of business performance that effect design, from the fuzzy front-end to the design execution. Design management acts in the interface of management and design and functions as link between the platforms of technology, design, design thinking, corporate management, brand management and marketing management at internal and external interfaces of the enterprise.

Design Thinking is a popular catch phrase for a more multi-disciplined approach to solving problems and tapping into authentic innovation -- the 'HOW' we do business. Unlike analytical thinking, design thinking is a creative process based on the "building up" of ideas. There are no judgments or fear of failure. This topic will cover that latest on design thinking, including efforts to redefine the idea of capitalism by blending the conversations around design thinking and social enterprise.

Deutsche Bank, one of the largest banks in the world, offers retail services in Germany. Its investment bank and asset management business spans Europe, the Pacific Rim, and the Americas. Deutsche Bank operates in three divisions; corporate and investment bank, private clients and asset management, and corporate investments. Deutsche Bank has about 1,900 locations worldwide, more than half of which are in Germany.

DHL is one of the world’s largest global delivery networks. Working in more than 220 countries and territories, DHL specializes in providing customers with innovative and customized transportation solutions. Founded in San Francisco in 1969, DHL is a Deutsche Post World Net brand. This topic cover the latest news and information on DHL.

Diageo plc, formed in 1997 by a merger of GrandMet and Guinness, is the world's leading premium beer, wine and spirits company with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands. It is a global company, trading in over 180 markets around the world. Diageo’s popular brands include Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Ketel One, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Baileys and Seagram’s.

As the nation looks to alternative sources of energy to fuel its cars, clean burning diesel cars have been touted as “greener” than some hybrid cars. Diesel cars tracks news and commentary about diesel automobiles.

Digg.com is a site where people can discover and share content from anywhere on the Web by submitting links and stories. Users can then vote (or Digg) stories up and down, the most popular appearing on the front page of the site. Digg has many additional features like the Diggbar and Digg Dialoggs, where users can suggest and vote on questions to be asked of high-profile individuals during Digg interviews.

Digital asset management consists of tasks and decisions surrounding ingesting, annotating, cataloguing, storing, and retrieving digital assets, such as photographs, animations, videos and music. As technology continues to drive business, more companies are realizing the need to manage their digital assets. This topic covers the latest news, information, and trends on digital asset management.

This topic covers the digital transformation of our movie houses, including discussions of live digital performance (digital broadcast of live entertainment to theaters and digital cinemas); the real-time distribution of music, theater, dance, opera and other arts events to audiences gathered in remote locations; Cinecasting; 3-D; and more. Can this revive the movie business?

Digital media management will discuss effective ways to manage digital content and how that differs from traditional media, and will include information on how to manage secure and cost-effective storage. This topic also delves into the best ways to share or transfer content across different locations, both internally and externally for syndication; monitoring digital rights and royalty information; and content preparation that can be delivered on various platforms.

As we all use the Internet for more things in our lives, digital privacy continues to be a hot button issue. This topic looks at just how much online companies know about you, who they are selling the info to, and the effort to keep what they know under wraps.

Whether you are in newspapers, magazines, books, or textbooks, new media are changing the publishing landscape. Digital publishing options abound, and some media houses are now choosing the all-digital route. This topic tracks the latest news and information on content creation, content development, delivery, intellectual property issues, content management, and technology as it relates to digital publishing.

Google has a patent on it; and Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Adobe have entered the game. Digital signage (DS) is the fastest growing new media behind the Internet and branded entertainment – it enjoys double digit growth even in today's tough economy. Digital signage is used to lower costs, increase revenue, and create high impact messages for corporate communications, campuses, health care facilities, retail outlets, banks, government, military, etc. DS is also a green option to paper media.

Digital printing is the reproduction of digital images on a physical surface. It is generally used for short print runs, and for the customization of print media. The process differs from lithography, flexography, gravure, and letterpress printing in several ways: * Every print can be different, because printing plates are not required, as in traditional methods. * There is less wasted chemical and paper, because there is no need to bring the image "up to colour" and check for registration and position. * The ink or toner does not permeate the substrate, as does conventional ink, but forms a thin layer on the surface and may in some systems be additionally adhered to the substrate by using a fuser fluid with heat process (toner) or UV curing process (ink).

Direct marketing is a form of marketing most commonly done via leaflets, brochures, letters, catalogs, or print or digital ads mailed, emailed, or distributed directly to current and potential consumers. The direct marketing process should also include database management, telecommunications, and digital media access. Marketers should take full advantage of the technological advancements made to enhance direct marketing outreach.

Disability insurance pays an insured person an income when that person is unable to work because of an accident or illness. Does it make sense to buy disability insurance on top of employer-paid short-term sick leave and/or longer-term employer-paid disability coverage?

Englewood, CO-based DISH Network, formerly EchoStar Communications, is the No. 2 provider of direct broadcast satellite TV in the U.S. (behind DIRECTV). The company serves more than 13 million subscribers -- both home viewers and business customers. DISH has partnerships with ISPs and voice communications providers, including Earthlink, Qwest, and Sprint Nextel, to offer bundles services. Co-founder and CEO Charlie Ergen owns about 50% of DISH’s equity and about 80% of the vote.

Domain Names are, very simply put, an individual's or company's identity online. Unlike the offline world where many of us can have the same names, on the online world this isn't possible. Online, there can only be one unique identifier for each one of us. This topic follows the domain name industry and the ongoing struggle to best identify oneself and the services we offer in this digital world.

The Dow Chemical Company is the second largest chemical manufacturer in the world. This topic covers the latest on Dow Chemical including strategy implementation, financial performance, and stock performance.

Pharmaceutical companies are bombarding the airwaves with TV ads, showering doctors with gifts to get them to prescribe more of their drugs, and practicing other marketing tactics that can get them into hot water. The topic of drug marketing will examine the myriad ways the industry pushes its products -- and the inevitable controversies that result.

Dry cleaners are viable businesses that are needed throughout the country. This topic covers the news and information on the dry cleaning industry, including challenges to opening a store and the trends to more organic methods.

Dubai’s economy was built on the back of the oil industry, yet revenue from petroleum and natural gas account for less than 10% of the countries GDP. Dubai has large banking and tourist industries that contribute to the country’s economy. In last 2009, Dubai’s economy has faced similar troubles seen in the Western world. This topic tracks the latest news and information on Dubai’s economy.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) is the world’s second-largest chemical company in terms of market capitalization and fourth-largest based on revenue. It operats in five business units, which produce coatings, crop protection chemicals and genetically modified seeds, electronic materials, polymers and resins, and safety and security materials. In recent years, DuPont has slimmed down its units, exiting the pharmaceutical business and spinning off its fiber operations.