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Three Reasons Performance Management will Change in 2013
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 23:23
Is there any organizational practice more broken than performance management? Not if you concur with Marc Effron & Miriam Ort who state “perhaps no talent management process is more important or more reviled than p...
Google debuts hilarious videos about how terrible online shopping can be
Venture Beat - 16 Dec 2012 22:54
Google has introduced hysterical new videos that show how online shopping sites frustrate users by not giving them accurate search results, making them input awful captchas, or suggesting items not related to what you're...
After a Landslide Election Victory, Japan's Conservatives to Pursue Keynesian Stimulus to Boost the Economy and Strengthening of the U.S.-Japan Alliance vis-a-vis China.
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 22:33
Speaking on the evening of his landslide December 16 election victory, in which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)/New Komeito (NK) conservative coalition captured a 2/3 majority
Farmers Take On The Colonel
The Huffington Post - 16 Dec 2012 19:30Serious Entrepreneurs Master Media Training Early
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 18:52Power 20: Wade D. Pfau
Investment News - 16 Dec 2012 13:01
Reassessing retirement and other client puzzles
Foreign firms seek retail therapy in Australia
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 23:44
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Americans are coming. And the Japanese and Europeans.
China Plans on Continuity in Economic Policy in 2013
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 23:31
An annual conference that helps set economic policy ended with the government warning about difficulties in the global economy, but suggesting few policy changes.
Analysis: Boehner opens door to tax hikes, shifts U.S. fiscal cliff talks
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 23:17
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's offer to accept a tax rate increase for the wealthiest Americans knocks down a key Republican road block to a deal resolving the year-end "fisca...
Don't Let Your House Sale Fall Through
Wall Street Journal - 16 Dec 2012 23:09
Too often, deals come apart at the last minute. Here are some ways to improve your odds.
How To Talk To Children About What Happened In Newtown
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 23:03
While grown-ups sort through Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., those of us with children are grappling with the delicate question of how to talk to them about this tragedy. Sadly, this is the s...
Media Decoder Blog: Group Aims to Be a Conduit for WikiLeaks Donations
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 23:029 wearable gadgets that’ll help you get in shape
Venture Beat - 16 Dec 2012 23:00
Fitness gadgets are getting better at tracking your activity and sleep. Here's the rundown on a bunch of options.
‘Fiscal cliff’ talks take back seat to shooting
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2012 22:35
Continuing talks to end a U.S. budget standoff took a back seat on Sunday to a debate over gun control after the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
Mexico's Gruma buys back 23-pct stake from ADM in $450 million deal
Reuters - 16 Dec 2012 22:28
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican corn flour processor Gruma has purchased a 23.2 percent stake of its own stock that was previously held by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland , part of a $450 million deal Grum...
President Obama: 'Our Hearts Are Broken' (And Other Quotes Of The Week)
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 22:24The Media Equation: Buffeted by the Web, but Now Riding It
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2012 21:53
Digital technology has overwhelmed many of those who sought to master it. Brian Lam was both a prince and casualty of it.
Here's How Smart Investors Made A Killing On IPOs In 2012
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2012 15:00
2012 turned out to be a very good year for investors who bet on new enterprise-tech companies. This year, companies such as Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday had extremely successful opening days in spite of the Fa...
BWC StarCraft II Champion PartinG Hopes ESports Become Recognized Like Real Sports
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 21:49Didn't Get Everything Done Today? Here Are Four Things You Can Do About It
Forbes - 16 Dec 2012 21:42Slide Show: 10 U.S. cities where crime is soaring
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2012 21:30
In a minority of U.S. metropolitan areas, violent crime has been on the rise.
Obama to join school massacre mourners at vigil
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2012 21:28
President Barack Obama on Sunday planned to visit with grieving family members in Newtown, Conn. in the wake of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.