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How to Write a Cover Letter
Harvard Business Review - 4 Feb 2014 21:00
Focus on why you're right for the job and how badly you want it.
CHART: The One-Year Move Of Every Major Emerging-Market Currency
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2014 04:12
The global market sell-off continues. And the emerging market continues to take the worst of it. For some context, Oppenheimer's John Stoltzfus offers this chart of emerging market currency moves relative to the U.S. dol...
Kellogg to close NC plant, cut nearly 200 jobs
News Observer - 4 Feb 2014 22:31
Kellogg Co. says it plans to close its Charlotte snack factory as part of an effort to cut costs, eliminating nearly 200 jobs.
Another swoon on Wall Street, as the world adjusts to life without QE
Washington Post - 4 Feb 2014 05:14
U.S. stock markets continued a dreary 2014 with another broad decline as investors hedged against the possibility that the economic recovery is on shaky ground. Major indexes in the United States are down between 4 and 7...
The Mommy-Track Myth
The Atlantic - 4 Feb 2014 15:00
Workers with kids are just as productive as those without, according to a new study.
Europe's Banks Resume Deals Hunt
Wall Street Journal - 4 Feb 2014 06:21
European banks, still nursing their wounds from the continent's financial crisis, are starting to look for opportunities to expand internationally through acquisitions.
The business potential of Iraq
CNN - 4 Feb 2014 04:45
Becky Anderson speaks to British Trade Envoy to Iraq Emma Nicholson about business opportunities in the war torn country.
Europe's job creation problem
CNN - 4 Feb 2014 04:45
CNN's Richard Quest and experts discuss the role of structural reform in the job market.
Stock Market's Plunge Lights Up Two 'Buy' Indicators - Now What?
Forbes - 4 Feb 2014 08:46
That was fast. In one day, the market and the media triggered the two indicators discussed in “Stock Market Support Is Fragile - 2 Indicators And 2 Strategies For Success If 2nd Shoe Falls.” All it took was a 326-poi...
Target To Speed Up Smart Cards After Security Breach
Time - 4 Feb 2014 20:58Tech Founders: What I Learned From Mark Zuckerberg
Forbes - 4 Feb 2014 19:15
How time flies. Today is the 10-year anniversary of Facebook. What started as just one of many web projects for Mark Zuckerberg – while coding away in his Harvard dorm -- has turned into something that has changed the ...
Michael Kors Is Fashion's Newest Billionaire
Forbes - 4 Feb 2014 19:13
The longtime Project Runway judge has flirted with billionaire status for over two years.
Satya Nadella named Microsoft CEO
Chicago Tribune - 4 Feb 2014 19:02The Wall Street Journal: UBS returns to profit after hefty year-earlier loss
Market Watch - 4 Feb 2014 09:04
Swiss banking giant UBS swings sharply to profit, as a bid to operate in a slimmer fashion pays off.
Stocks dive on fresh growth worries
L.A. Times - 4 Feb 2014 06:52DealBook: Detroit Turns Bankruptcy Into Challenge of Banks
The New York Times - 4 Feb 2014 06:15
Financial institutions that helped raise money for Detroit's pension system are dismayed now to see themselves portrayed as shady characters in the city's lawsuit.
Buffett, Bezos, Brin: Top Execs Ride 2013 Rally
Wall Street Journal - 4 Feb 2014 06:14
The 20 executives with the largest ownership stakes in companies that are part of the S&P 500 reaped paper gains of $80.9 billion last year.
Internet firms release new data on U.S. spy agency requests
L.A. Times - 4 Feb 2014 05:24Google executive chairman expects U.S. approval of Lenovo-Motorola deal
Reuters - 4 Feb 2014 04:16
WASHINGTON
Apple, Verizon, Microsoft, Others Pledge $750 Million To Bring High-Speed Internet To Schools
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2014 19:10
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming progress in his campaign to get American schools wired for the future, President Barack Obama is announcing commitments from U.S. companies totaling about $750 million to connect more student...
Here's Why The US Doesn't Need To Panic About An Emerging-Market Meltdown
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2014 19:03
January saw emerging market currencies take a beating. Investors have been pulling out of emerging market stock and bond funds. And now some are worried that this along with deterioration in those economies will do serio...
11 Teenagers Who Could Be Breakout Stars At The Olympics
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2014 15:10
You may have heard of The Selfie Olympics, an absurd trend sweeping Twitter and Facebook in which teenagers compete to take the most ridiculous and dangerous selfies. Fortunately for the future of this nation, there are ...