Websites that rely on user reviews and ratings often use filters to screen out opinions that are likely to be fraudulent. But the filters can only do so much. This week, Edmunds.com decided to file a lawsuit to get alleged spammers to stop flooding its ratings service with fake reviews of car dealerships.
Craft Beer Wants to Be Less Filling, Taste Great
In the increasingly crowded field of craft beers, new brews are trying to stand out not for hops or bold flavors — but because they’re highly drinkable, tastier versions of Budweiser or Miller.
Retirement Relevance: 8 Ways to Stay Hip Without Embarrassing Yourself
What makes a person old? Is it their decreasing mobility and slumping posture? The bad hearing and regimen of medications? Physical attributes certainly may be part of the answer, especially for folks who resist exercise, diets, and procedures that could forestall decline.
But too often old age isn’t something that is forced upon …
Congress Nears Deal on Student Loan Rates. Spoiler Alert: They’re Going Up
The Senate hammered out an agreement last week to keep rates on some new student loans from doubling. It’s welcome progress, but the compromise guarantees that rates will go up in the future.
Take Active Steps to Become More Global
Most companies recognize the benefit of having leaders with international experience, but few offer the developmental opportunities to gain it. It’s up to you to take responsibility for improving your cross-cultural chops. Here’s how:
- Strengthen relationships. Cultivate the contacts and friends you already have across
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Can Games Drive Productivity?
Big companies such as Intel and Accenture incorporate gaming elements into the work process to improve employee achievement. Could gamification apps work for small business?
Busting Steve Cohen: How a Minor Charge Threatens a Major Figure
After years of investigations, wiretaps, and coercing cooperation from numerous witnesses, the government’s big insider trading case against hedge fund impresario and long-time target Steve Cohen may come down to a single …
Fewer Americans Will Work: What That Means for the Economy
With last year’s presidential election so focused on jobs and the economy, the American public probably knows more about the nuances of the unemployment rate than they ever have before. One particular of the official unemployment rate that received attention last year is that the Labor Department counts someone as unemployed only if he …
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Rewiring the Banker Brain
A culture shift is still needed to reconnect finance with the real economy.
U.S. Regulators File Charges Against Hedge Fund Billionaire Steve Cohen
The SEC is seeking to bar the reclusive hedge fund titan from managing investor funds.
Little Girls Losing Love for Barbie: Is Body Image to Blame?
As sales of too-perfect Mattel’s Barbies shrink, the company’s Monster High dolls find success in appealing to children’s flaws
5 Ways to Get and Keep Motivated
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources, and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com.
I’ve posted about motivation many times, but I recently ran across this short and sweet recipe from Omar Periu, one of the world’s top motivational …