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Ready to Quit Your Job? Make Sure You Do It Right
inc - 13 Sep 2016 21:22
Leaving a job well will serve you for the rest of your career.
Even Top 0.1% Starting To Sweat
Forbes - 13 Sep 2016 21:44
F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong when he wrote “The rich are different than you or me.” Hemingway’s retort was “Yes, they have more money.” My two cents is they have the same problems as you or me compounding inve...
Go From Wannabe to Being With This Important Mindset Shift
inc - 13 Sep 2016 11:30
'Wannabe syndrome' is common, especially in younger people. It also perpetuates the belief within you that you haven't yet grown up. Just believing that goal achievement is possible at some point in the future isn't good...
An IPO wave is just starting
livemint.com - 13 Sep 2016 20:50
While the Indian markets have seen a pick-up in new share sales in 2016, the market for initial public offers (IPO) worldwide has been in a slump
Time Inc names Rich Battista as CEO
Reuters - 13 Sep 2016 16:50
(Reuters) - Time Inc , publisher of Sports Illustrated, People and Time magazines, appointed Rich Battista as its chief executive, succeeding Joe Ripp.
Middle class Americans get a big raise ... finally!
CNN - 13 Sep 2016 16:41
Median household income rose $56,516 in 2015, up 5.2% from a year earlier, according to new Census Bureau figures.
Annual Miami Passport Day set for Sept. 17
Miami Herald - 13 Sep 2016 20:19
If you keep forgetting to set an appointment for updating or renewing your passport, here's your chance. Saturday, Sept. 17, the U.S. State Department's Miami Passport Agency will welcome walk-ups …
16 things the best employees do every day
Business Insider - 13 Sep 2016 19:36
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/Flickr If you're being honest with yourself, you probably have a decent sense of how you're doing at work. If you're struggling, your boss has likely already let you...
This new iPhone feature helps you get enough sleep
Business Insider - 13 Sep 2016 17:14
Apple introduced a new feature in iOS 10 called "Bedtime." It can be used to remind you to go to bed and make sure you get the amount of sleep you want. It also has some much nicer alarm sounds than the standard iPhone r...
How Starbucks' New Line Hopes to Win Customers in the 'Land of Tea'
Time - 13 Sep 2016 06:25
The company is rolling out a new tea line across all its 6,200 stores in Asia
One group is hurting wage growth in some of the world's biggest economies
Business Insider - 13 Sep 2016 06:07
REUTERS/Thomas Peter Wage growth has been stagnating in Europe and Japan recently. And, notably, an underlying demographic issue seems to be contributing to that slowdown in both economies: the rising number of older wo...
A Global Battle Plan: Social Entrepreneurs Needed to Accomplish UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Forbes - 13 Sep 2016 06:00
Almost a year ago, the world’s governments came together and made a commitment that will profoundly shape the future of our planet. It was an unprecedented collaborative process, a historic moment of global consensus t...
Is Wells Fargo Management Crooked or Clueless?
inc - 13 Sep 2016 05:11
Hard-sell tactics with escalating quotas and penalties for failure always result in either failure or fraud.
GOP Rep.'s Wife Slams Prostitution Claims Against Him As 'False Attacks'
TPM - 13 Sep 2016 20:31
A Louisiana congressman's wife is fighting back against allegations, laid out in a book published Tuesday, that he fraternized with prostitutes who were later murdered in a string of mysterious killings that rocked a sma...
The Voluptuous Brain - Shifting away from size 2 business models
The Huffington Post - 13 Sep 2016 20:11
Time to stop squeezing ourselves into size 2 business models and start re-shaping our economy. Soft skills. What concepts, images, thoughts, and feelings come up for you while reading this phrase? In general "soft skills...
How Two American Airlines Employees Fought Back Against the Machines
inc - 13 Sep 2016 19:39
Computers don't know everything. Sometimes, they know nothing. But can humans override them?
Layoffs Accelerate at Comerica
American Banker - 13 Sep 2016 17:15
Comerica in Dallas has sent layoff notices to about 450 employees – nearly half of them in managerial roles – as part of a major cost-cutting initiative.
Fancy Dorms Aren't The Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing
FiveThirtyEight - 13 Sep 2016 17:03
In 2000, Temple University was primarily a commuter school. On-campus dorms could house fewer than 4,000 students out of a total student body of more than 30,000. Most facilities were badly outdated, and the average stud...
Barroso accuses EU of discrimination over ethics probe: FT
Reuters - 13 Sep 2016 16:57
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Trump: Janet Yellen should be 'ashamed of herself'
CNN - 13 Sep 2016 16:52
Donald Trump is criticizing Janet Yellen for keeping interest rates low and has accused Yellen, a Democrat, for trying to help President Obama and Hillary Clinton. But this era of low rates began under a Republican presi...
Wells Fargo, Ethical Culture, and Profitability
inc - 13 Sep 2016 16:48
Goals Gone Wild
Global glut forecast puts pressure on oil prices
CNN - 13 Sep 2016 16:33
Oil prices fell after the International Energy Agency said the global glut will last well into next year.