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We all know the standard things we should do on a job interview: show up on time, research in advance, prepare for possible questions, and make sure you have your own questions to ask the interviewer. It may be more diff...

Yesterday we mentioned how the smog in Shanghai was so bad, it was looking like the end of the world. By all accounts today is also terrible, which of course produces some absurd images of the sun. Join the conversation ...

A reader sent us the above before-and-after photo from his office in Shanghai. The clear picture on the right is from mid-October. The photo on the left is from today. According to various measures, the city's smog level...

The New Yorker's cover next week pays a powerful tribute to the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95: The cover was drawn by artist Kadir Nelson.  “From looking at ...

Today only, you have the chance to pay $50 for the privilege of spending another $400 at Starbucks. But only if you act fast! Almost exactly a year ago, the deal site Gilt launched a curious sale, offering a special stai...

Happy customers become your company's best brand evangelists.

A business school drop-out from Los Angeles wants to build what he calls the "Anheuser-Busch of marijuana," readying for the day when pot's "prohibition" ends in the U.S.     

Microsoft plans to encrypt data flowing through all of its communication, productivity and other services as it seeks to reassure users in the United States and beyond that it will guard their personal information from s...

If you've cruised Wikipedia lately, you've probably noticed that it's fundraising for its massive knowledge database. Well-timed with these efforts is the release of WikiGIFS, a website created by developer Joël Farunsi...

Politicians are addicted to taxes that they swear aren’t really taxes--not ones paid by locals anyway. In the near future, one of the many taxes paid by air travelers could double. In the aftermath of 9/11, the governm...

The unemployment rate fell to 7 percent, the lowest level since 2008, as the U.S. economy added 203,000 jobs in November, according to government data released Friday. November’s employment gains, released by the Burea...

European Union antitrust regulators have raided the offices of several companies that make and sell consumer electronics and domestic appliances online, in an investigation into whether they artificially boosting the pri...

The Air Force planned to stop buying and flying the Global Hawk drone to save about $2.5 billion over five years. Lawmakers backed by the defense lobby have scuttled that and other cost-cutting efforts.When the Air Force...

A philanthropist says he's willing to donate $5 million to help protect the Detroit Institute of Arts' collection amid the city's bankruptcy.

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Not only do more than half of U.S. retirees expect to leave an inheritance, they expect to leave around $175,000 on average, according to a new study from HSBC, which surveyed 16,000 people in 15 countries. The study als...

New York City's Chinatown is an enclave of concentrated Chinese businesses, schools, religious outlets and culture, all focused in a downtown area of Manhattan. In another NYC borough, Queens, pockets of Chinese communit...

(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) -- The price of oil was steady Friday after being buoyed by stronger economic growth in the world’s largest economy. Benchmark U.S. crude for January delivery was up 2 cents at $97.40 a barrel ...

Leaders need others' trust. But it's equally important for them to trust themselves and those who work for them.

Meet the woman who's behind growing your mental muscles.

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