Why are some people and some teams so consistent in making creative things happen again and again, and others are not-again and again?

America may "run on Dunkin," but what gets America running to Dunkin' Donuts?

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Perhaps it's fitting the man best known today as a "Shark" began his working life in a Red Lobster. He's crossed oceans since then.

There are few people who personify the power of social media more than Daria Musk, whose career was changed thanks to Google and who then who grew so big that she changed Google in return.

LEGO is all about the pieces, and the story of LEGO's rise, fall and rise again is all about how it took its own pieces apart and reassembled itself.

CHICAGO-Robert Baron of Technicolor FCU in Burbank, Calif., center, won the $10,000 CO-OP THINK Prize 13, which is co-sponsored by MasterCard. The award was presented at CO-OP's THINK 13 Conference here. Baron won for a proposal for a "virtual teller system." "I have developed [a plan for] a secure virtual teller system that would allow members to visit any branch without ever having to leave their home or office through video-conferencing from either a computer or mobile phone," said Baron.

ORLANDO, Fla.-Passersby can be seen craning their necks here to look up at an 80-foot mural of a killer robot from outer space wrapping itself around the Fairwinds CU offices, a promotion for the new "Transformers" ride debuting this summer at nearby Universal Studios.

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There aren't that many people who can get attendees at credit union conferences to put down their tablets and phones for a couple of moments. But Eric LeGrand can.

Greg Fine, a principal of Ding Communications, Inc., explains what is wrong with banks is not a good "what's right with credit unions" message.

John Potok, Product and Business Manager, Loyalty Solutions at Fiserv, explains why and how to build and effective card loyalty program.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Police are searching for a man who robbed a State Employees’ Credit Union branch Thursday disguised as a woman.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – WyHy Federal Credit Union has signed with NeighborBench for cloud-based compliance services.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carolina Cooperative Credit Union has selected TRC Interactive, Inc., provider of interactive financial institution training, to deliver online instruction through CreditUnionTrainingOnline.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Kirtland Federal Credit Union and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas teamed to refurbish the home of disabled veteran Joey Campbell, the first Housing Assistance for Veterans, or HAVEN, grant recipient in New Mexico.

ORLANDO, Fla. – There is now less than three weeks until the start of one of the most insightful, interesting and exciting two-and-a-half days in credit unions – Credit Union Journal’s Grow Show.

MADISON, Wis. – A new report issued by the Filene Research Institute said serving the immigrant population is a long-term investment that begins with basic financial products.

LIVONIA, Mich. – The Michigan CU League said its two main CUSOs, CUcorp and CU Solutions Group, are combining.

CINCINNATI – Fifth Third Bancorp said this morning it expects to record a pre-tax gain of as much as $225 million (around $145 million after-tax) in the second quarter of 2013 from the sale of some of it stake in Vantiv, but will continue to hold $1.3 billion worth of stock in the card processor it took public a year ago.