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Jerk perks: 5 secret benefits of having a difficult boss
By Robert Half International A difficult relationship with your boss can make every aspect of your work more challenging. It’s a tough situation, but it’s not necessarily a hopeless one. Yes, in cases of true ineptitude or incompatibility, it might … Continue reading
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Tagged boss, business, career, employment, job, leadership, learning, management, Robert Half International, work
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Your mortgage documents are fake!
By David Dayen If you know about foreclosure fraud, the mass fabrication of mortgage documents in state courts by banks attempting to foreclose on homeowners, you may have one nagging question: Why did banks have to resort to this illegal … Continue reading
It’s Time to Do Something When a Corporation Like WalMart Won’t Pay a Living Wage: Or Else We All Pay
By Thom Hartmann Last week, thousands of fast food workers from across the country walked off their jobs to demand a living wage of $15 an hour. Ever since, the Republican talking point machine has been running on all cylinders. … Continue reading
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Tagged business, fast food, jobs, Living wage, minimum wage, poverty, United States, wages, Walmart
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After Post sale, Times seems thin
By Aaron Elstein A lot of folks in my profession have spent a lot of time assessing what the sale of The Washington Post means for the fate of The New York Times. Its impossible to resist, isnt it? Clearly the papers … Continue reading
Wells Fargo: Your Neighborhood Mega-Money Laundering, Drug War Profiteering, Prison-Industry Enlarging Bank
By Andrew Gavin Marshall Just recently, in late July, Wells Fargo surpassed the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. This followed Wells Fargo reporting a 19% increase in profits over the … Continue reading
No recovery for the middle class
By Anthony Mirhaydari The recovery is now officially in its fifth year. Sure, the stock market is back. And housing is getting off the floor. But for middle class Americans, the pressure is still on. This has been an uneven … Continue reading
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Tagged American dream, business, Economic Inequality, economy, employment, middle class, money, United States
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BlackBerry Fires 250 More Employees in Turnaround Effort
By Seth Fiegerman BlackBerry (originally RIM) laid off 250 more employees on Tuesday as part of a continued effort to turnaround the company. The layoffs, which were first reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, affected employees at BlackBerry’s product testing facility … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackberry, business, Canada, jobs, mobile computing, RIM, technology, unemployment
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Being In The Minority Can Cost You And Your Company
By Shankar Vedantam The racial wage gap in the United States — the gap in salary between whites and blacks with similar levels of education and experience — is shaped by geography, according to new social science research. The larger … Continue reading
Connect, Then Lead
by Amy J.C. Cuddy, Matthew Kohut, and John Neffinger Is it better to be loved or feared? Niccolò Machiavelli pondered that timeless conundrum 500 years ago and hedged his bets. “It may be answered that one should wish to be … Continue reading
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The Privilege of Whiteness
By Paul Waldman As a biracial child who spent part of his youth abroad, Barack Obama learned the feeling of otherness and became attuned to how he was perceived by those around him. As a politician, he knew well that many … Continue reading →