What do high achievers do before breakfast? Perhaps surprisingly, the focus doesn’t seem to be on work.
Fast-Food Chains Want You to Eat More than the Usual Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
You’d think that McDonald’s, Taco Bell and other chains would be satisfied to draw in crowds who come during the normal meal hours and who order food and beverages that are normally enjoyed during those hours. Instead, in the …
Does Not Having a Facebook Page Make You ‘Suspicious’ to Employers?
Remember when the debate over “shoulder surfing” — that is, companies requiring job applicants to log into their social-media accounts so the interviewer could examine the applicant’s page in full — flared up earlier this …
Is Your Leadership Showing?
You’re the CEO of your company. But do you look and act like a leader? Here are five ways to get started.
Reveal Your Intentions to Build Trust
High Frequency Trading: Wall Street’s Doomsday Machine?
Another week, another Wall Street scandal, and another opportunity for pundits to bemoan the incompetence and venality of America’s financial professionals. Last Wednesday’s near collapse of Knight Capital Partners – in which a …
How Not to Sabotage Yourself at Work
To paraphrase the old saw about suckers at a poker table: If you can’t spot the sneaky gossip at the office, it’s probably you. But you probably shouldn’t be looking for him or her at all. That’s the conclusion of an interesting …
Bernanke: Kids Will be Better Off Than Parents, But…
Speaking at a Fed town hall meeting with educators, Chairman Ben Bernanke said kids today will have it better than their parents. But they’ll also need to be financially astute, and Bernanke said every student should be exposed …
Auto Screen Overload: Is There Too Much Tech in Cars?
In a column for Automotive News, Larry P. Vellequette risks getting labeled as a cranky old-fashioned fuddy-duddy by calling for a halt to the arms race for more and more video screens in cars. In the column, which he presumably …
Why the Market Loves LinkedIn — and Hates Facebook
LinkedIn trumps Facebook on vision and karma—and investors don’t mind that it’s so much more expensive
#NBCFail? Not Quite. Prime Time Olympics Coverage is Surprising Success for Network
It’s more than a week into the London Olympics, and Twitter users are still hammering NBC for its tape-delayed coverage, its glitchy streaming online video, and the endless commercials in between and during the competition. But …
Why It’s Time for Central Bankers to Say: ‘No More!’
Easy money and central-bank intervention are not the answers to the stumbling global recovery