The Macy’s-JCPenney-Martha Stewart squabble has quickly gotten personal, even reminiscent of high school—with accusations of backstabbing, betrayal, and months of deception among executives who once considered themselves “friends.”
Learn to Be Charismatic
Inspirational leaders have charisma. People want to hear what they have to say and do what they advise. But can you learn to be inspiring? Sure. Here are three things you can do to build your charisma
Make Customers See Your Point
The web has become a very visual medium, which means that your company’s “image” is more important than ever.
Home Prices Jump Again. Are We Out of the Woods Yet?
Home prices as measured by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index jumped 6.8% year-over-year last December, closing out 2012 with a strong showing, as they’d risen 5.5% on the same basis the month before.
Memo Read Round the World: Yahoo Says No to Working at Home
New CEO (and new mother) Marissa Mayer says there will be no more working from home at the Internet pioneer. Puff goes two decades of workplace reinvention.
Haven’t Saved Enough? Here’s How to Catch Up
Boomers are famously under-saved. Fewer than half say they are confident that in retirement they’ll be able to afford basic expenses like housing and utilities. The average boomer is about $500,000 short on savings. Here’s how …
Millennials Are Paying Off Debt — but That’s Not Necessarily Good News
A new study suggests that millennials are getting serious about paring down their debt. But a closer look at the numbers shows some troubling signs
Google Hits ‘Glass’ Pedal as Apple Returns to Earth
The U.S. technology industry is one of the most dynamic in the world, particularly with respect to mobile and Internet-based computing, two areas that are evolving at breakneck speed. Things can happen very quickly in the tech …
Italy’s Political Mess: Why the Euro Debt Crisis Never Ended
Updated: Feb. 26, 2013 at 11:45 a.m. EST
Over the last few months, Europe seemed to be proving its doubters wrong. Thanks to a timely intervention by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in mid-2012, yields on Spanish …
Is Asia Heading for a Debt Crisis?
Amid worries of Asia’s rising debt, an HSBC study notes that, based on ratios of bank credit to GDP for the region, “leverage is now higher than at the peak before the Asian crisis in 1997”
What the Library of Congress Plans to Do With All Your Tweets
The Library of Congress is archiving every public tweet ever posted, and it’s now becoming clearer what research opportunities that data might present.
What’s It’s Really Like to Have a Quirky Job Title? The ‘Ambassador of Buzz’ Has His Say
Hey, if nothing else, having an offbeat job title helped the Ambassador of Buzz generate enough buzz to be featured in a Q&A at Time.com.