As we speak, business leaders and heads of state are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, for their annual dose of brainstorming and cocktail partying. Bloggers have been placing bets on whether the U.S. or hobbled Europe will get …
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‘Developer Bob’ and His Illicit Work-Around: What’s Wrong with Outsourcing Your Job to China?
I’m hardly the only American worker who has spent precious moments of work time in the past few days fantasizing about outsourcing his or her job. Why a lot of people are hailing the mysterious Developer Bob as a 21st century labor hero
Aaron Swartz’s Suicide Triggers Response from Top U.S. Lawmakers
Aaron Swartz, the brilliant and mercurial young programmer who killed himself in Brooklyn last Friday, was memorialized in his hometown of Highland Park, Ill., Tuesday, as the shockwaves from his death reached Washington, D.C.
Outrageous Job Interview Questions
Hiring is one of the toughest things a manager has to do, so asking provocative questions in interviews is one way to try to determine what (and how) a candidate really thinks.
Aaron Swartz’s Suicide Prompts MIT Soul-Searching
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal investigation into the school’s involvement in the suicide of 26-year-old computer programmer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, MIT’s president L. Rafael Reif …
The Top 5 Tech Biz Stories of 2012
Lessons from Facebook’s Instagram Photo Flap
If you don’t follow tech news, you may have missed a bit of a kerfuffle this week involving Instagram, the popular photo service purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in April. Earlier in the week, Instagram announced plans to …
LIBOR Scandal: Yep, It’s as Bad as We Thought
Two Rules for Keeping Employees Happy and Engaged
Every manager wants a team of dedicated employees. And yet, many bosses fail to do their part to make this happen. Here are two things you can do for your employees to earn their commitment:
- Put their needs before yours. Treat them justly and do what’s right for them and the organization, not just what works for you personally. Give
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Banking’s Really Bad Day
Four years on from the financial crisis, new banking scandals still seem to break out every few months. But this week has been particularly bad for the industry. There was HSBC’s $1.9 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over laundering money for Latin American drug cartels and helping countries like Iran, Cuba, Sudan, …
Can the Federal Government Really Deter Insider Trading?
It’s been two decades since Michael Milken, a.k.a. the junk-bond king, pleaded guilty to securities fraud following a blockbuster insider-trading investigation that shined a light on bad Wall Street behavior during the go-go …
Top Three Flawed Arguments of the Anti-College Crowd
The anti-college movement has been the subject of increasing media coverage over the past few years. Worry about rising debt loads, soaring default rates, and high unemployment rates among recent college grads — combined with the high-profile success stories of a few dropouts-turned-billionaires — has generated a cottage industry of …
