Trading in shares of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and the approximately 3,700 other companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange was suspended for much of Thursday after a technical glitch forced the market to shut down. Trading halted …
Refuse to Participate in a Cutthroat Environment
It’s demoralizing to have a boss who pits you against your colleagues. Don’t give in to this dynamic. Instead, collaborate with coworkers to find your own ways of working together that don’t ratchet up the competition. Tell your boss how you feel about the situation, but be diplomatic and constructive. If she thinks you’re …
Don’t Play Hard to Get
As a small business CEO, you manage hundreds of projects and details, and your marathon meeting schedule would probably kill a horse. Under those circumstances, it’s all too easy to lose touch with the people who matter the most: your employees and customers. Are you an accessible CEO? If not, have you considered what being hard to get …
7 Things Really Persuasive People Do
Sometimes you absolutely have to make your point. Here are 7 tips on how to do it effectively with style and grace.
Price Matching ‘R Us? Another Giant Retailer Says It’ll Match Online Prices
The vast majority of retailer say they’re not worried about “showrooming.” But their actions indicate differently: Toys R Us joins the group of stores matching prices with online competitors.
The Weird Reason Consumers Write Bad Online Reviews for Products They Never Bought
It’s not complicated why people write fake online reviews: The goal is to help a company out, either by praising its services or products and pumping up its ratings, or by bashing the competition with a scathing critique. But researchers have another theory about why some consumers—with apparently no axe to grind or financial interests …
5 Hurdles an “Occupy”-Branded Banking Product Must Clear
The news that an Occupy Wall Street-affiliated group wants to launch a prepaid debit card has generated some media chatter lately, mostly centered around whether or not an antiestablishment, anti-bank group can (or should) try to offer financial services. The more fundamental question to ask is: Can it succeed? There’s a lot of appeal to …
AT&T and Verizon Stay Silent About NSA Internet Snooping
The telecom giants don’t have much to say about their role in NSA surveillance programs
Intern’s Death Leads to Debate About Work Hours
Intern was found dead in his shower after pulling eight all-nighters in two weeks
Increasingly, the Prototypical ‘Cop Car’ Today Is an SUV
When Ford decided in 2011 to discontinue the boat-like Crown Victoria—long the standard for police cruisers and taxi cabs alike—police departments were forced to go shopping for a new model to take on patrol. And more and more nowadays, police say that the most useful and sensible “car” for them is actually an SUV.
Impress Your Foreign Boss
If you think that it’s hard to impress your boss, try doing it in an unfamiliar culture – where the natural methods that work at home may fail you. In these circumstances you need to be more deliberate. Start by doing great work, showing loyalty to the organization, and helping your boss accomplish his or her professional goals. Of …
Lead Management Leads to Business Growth
Don’t lose business simply because you don’t have an efficient way to track your prospective customers. Getting organized is easier than you might think.