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Turning special projects into full-time positions is not the best idea.

I worked for a guy who thought of employees as squirrels. I know, because he told a reporter that he often needed to drop into the office "wildfire" to pick them up and save them from being burned alive. Seriously, I cou...

Female comedians like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have spent the past few years firmly putting to bed the idea that women, and feminists in particular, can't be funny. Now Amy Schumer's Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schume...

A common saying is you can tell a bull market has run it's course when your taxi driver starts recommending which stocks to buy. In China, everybody seems to be an expert today.

Startup founders have just a few seconds to impress potential investors. Unfortunately, most squander the opportunity.

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Put down the 10-K filings and the stock screeners. It's time to take a break from the traditional methods of generating investment ideas. Instead, let the crowd do it for you. From hedge funds ...

With the increase in the popularity of emoji around the world, smiley faces and sad faces are firmly entrenched within our social messaging lexicons. Mobile keyboard company SwiftKey aggregated more than 1 billion emoji ...

Here are 13 ways to take advantage of life's lucky breaks and succeed.

Good morning. Here's everything you need to know before you head into your first meeting. 1. Check out these 20 crazy, beautiful ad agency staff photos. From the agency that turned their staff photo into an action movie ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors seeking the safety of the U.S. Treasury market should consider the 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF . Exchange-traded funds are a basket of U.S. Treasury bonds with maturities of 20 to 30 ye...

Here are some of the best ways to capture a users attention with phenomenal graphic on your website.

Kip Tindell, founder of The Container Store, says that the more you communicate across different levels of operation in your company, the more productivity you will be able to achieve.

Fortune Magazine this week published its list of "Worst Jobs for 2015". Top of the list: Newspaper Reporter. And not far behind, Broadcaster and Photojournalist. The old-school journalism business is not looking too prom...

It’s no secret that blogging is more difficult than shooting out a tweet or snapping a photo to share on Instagram. It takes five seconds—maybe thirty if you’re particularly fastidious—to create a tweet. It takes...

Don't pull a 180-degree shift overnight

Ahead of the Tape: AT&T hasn't created much shareholder value and is showing some financial strains.

There are too many apps in the App Store to notice when each one goes on sale. Luckily we've collected the best iPhone apps on sale at this very moment so you don't have to. From gorgeous games like Pursuit of Light and...

A week after the call from the assistant, I was sitting in the center of daily operations for this mid-sized agency, which employed up to eight modeling agents. Finally, I was called into the director's office. On a des...

They're actively looking for your product ideas.

Mr. Carlock is the national real estate practice leader at PwC. His division provides audit, tax and advisory services to managers of real estate assets.

A drone laced with radiation was found on the roof of the prime minister's office in Japan. Authorities say the levels of radiation detected from the drone were not harmful to humans, but they contained the device for fu...

Most websites that catered to the car shipping industry way back in 2007 were lead generating ones. In short, if you wanted some information, then you’ll have to type in your name, address, phone number, and several ot...