Word has gotten out that men do more of the household shopping nowadays. Accordingly, we’re being asked to shop in “man aisles” in supermarkets, and we’re even being subjected to an awful new made-up term: “mansumer.”
Is a $1 Trillion Coin a Good Way to Avoid Another Debt-Ceiling Impasse?
The summer of 2011 is not a time any of us would like to revisit, economically speaking. It was during this time that the European Debt Crisis had reached it’s most volatile stage, with many believing that a Greek exit from the …
What’s Getting Cheaper – and What You’ll Pay More for – in 2013
It’s the time of year when lists are made forecasting the rise and fall of household expenses, big and small. Accordingly, it may also be time to tweak the family budget.
Create Dramatic Tension to Persuade Your Audience
All good presentations — like all good stories — convey and resolve some kind of conflict. The sense of discord is what makes audiences care. Create conflict by juxtaposing what is with what could be.
What to Do When Sales Prospects Turn Cold
If sales prospects who once seem excited about your product or service turn cold, you may be doing a few things that turn them off.
U.S. Economy Adds 155,000 Jobs in December; Can We Expect a Better Labor Market in 2013?
With the Labor Department’s announcement today that the U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December and that the unemployment rate held steady at 7.8%, one comes to a depressing realization: the average monthly job creation in …
5 Steps to Keep Those Spring Break Pictures From Costing You a Job
Realizing that students today post every dumb thing they do on the Internet, colleges now are starting to help them “erase” those digital mistakes before they become a barrier to employment. Since new grads need all the help they …
Reports of the Death of the Movies Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
For quite some time, the assumption has been that year in, year out, fewer and fewer people would bother seeing movies in the theater. Then a funny thing happened in 2012.
Google’s Federal Antitrust Deal Cheered by Some, Jeered by Others
Mississippi River Could Close to Barge Traffic Within Days
Traffic on the Mississippi River – which transports everything from grain to petroleum to coal – could come to a halt as soon as this weekend.
At Long Last, a Permanent Patch for a Dreaded Tax
The Alternative Minimum Tax has threatened the middle class for decades. Now it won’t. Score one for the fiscal-cliff deal.
Wendy’s Doubles Down on Dollar Menu
Although it bumped Burger King out of second place by positioning itself as a more upscale fast-food burger chain, now Wendy’s is supersizing its value menu by adding a second tier of under-$2 items in addition to a core group …