Ed Ho holds his VISA credit cards at his office in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Consumers used their credit cards more in March, marking only the second increase in the more than two years since the height of the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Imagine you’re a 20-something…

A member of the Taiwan air force looks out a window from a C-130 transport plane during a visit to Taiping island in the South China Sea on Mar. 23. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images) Here is the problem, simply put: there are not enough analysts to make sense of every ship or activity at sea; nor enough…

Several thousands militants of the CGT union demonstrate near Marseille airport, on May 27, 2016 in Marignane, to protest against the government’s proposed labor reform. (BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images) The casual observer watching television news might think France today was indeed under siege:…

Home Industries Automobiles The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 30, 2016 1:51 p.m. ET Share Silicon Valley company aims to have self-driving cars on roads by 2020 By Mike Ramsey The backer of a Silicon Valley autonomous car developer called Zoox said…

It’s a mistake to think that a waiter’s job is primarily to deliver food. This is one of the primary lessons I get across in my customer service training sessions for restaurant waitstaff: that waiting tables is a multifaceted art form that includes providing guests with feelings of recognition,…

Labor advocates will tell you many things about the merits of a living minimum wage. But they won’t tell you a little kept secret: how Big Labor and Big government inflate the cost of living. In pressing their case for a $15 minimum hourly wage, labor advocates begin with calculation of a “living…

First a response to Kirsty Russell, of Fawkham in the United Kingdom. I’m not surprised you’ve heard nothing from officials with Breitling, after you complained about the inappropriate sex-toy-like display at a Breitling shop in your neighborhood. Display at a Breitling store in the UK In its…

As it happens with so many things in life, big data has not only come to human resources, but it’s also rapidly making its way from the HR executive suite to the HR trenches. What could go wrong? Whether you call it “big data,” “small data” or “HR analytics,” odds are that HR pros in your…

The pricing of five initial public offerings late Wednesday marks the busiest day for IPO activity this year and experts say it’s a strong signal of a rebound in the market. U.S. Foods Holding Corp. USFD, +0.31% led the pack in terms of deal size, raising $1.02 billion. The food distribution company…

It’s been an intense week, now that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel was revealed to have been secretly funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuits against Gawker, a move that critics say raises concerns about press freedom. Google had a victory in court over Oracle, when a federal jury determined that…

Shutterstock Today’s professionals glorify busy. But understandably: collectively, our busyness is responsible for most modern solutions. Individually, our booked calendars generate our everyday and lifelong progress, income and fulfillment. On the other hand, busyness can cause overwhelm, anxiety…

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It’s conjecture as to when the next flash crash might occur. But with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) coming into force on 3 July 2016, investment firms and operators of trading venues are heading for yet another regulatory change. As if there were not enough regulations and red tape…

Home Industries Software The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 26, 2016 4:49 p.m. ET Share Use of Java API in Android didn’t break the law, jury finds Bloomberg News Google acknowledged using 11,000 lines of Java software code in developing Android. By…

I’m feeling a little mean today. I’m facing some sweeping tech system changes at work, which always puts me in a bad mood. So I thought I’d take this time to kvetch about something that just gets on my nerves. I’m talking eye rolling, lip smacking, facial expressions — the works. What is it that…

Zach Woods and Thomas Middleditch (Credit: John P. Fleenor/HBO) You don’t normally need a dictionary when you watch a TV show, but that’s because the vocabulary challenges involve around words like ‘smize’ and ‘fetch.’ Most entertainment’s easily decoded, and when it gets complex, for instance, in…

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has reportedly been secretly funding pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media LLC. Forbes on Tuesday reported that Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal PYPL, +0.10% and an outspoken Silicon Valley figure, has been covering legal expenses for the…

Most companies lack people in positions of power with the experience and confidence required to challenge the status quo. Here’s how companies can build the capacity for strategic leaders. For further insights, read “ 10 Principles of Strategic Leadership .” Comment on this story

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 25, 2016 8:41 p.m. ET Share $400 million deal tightens cloud-computing partnership Bloomberg News By using Amazon servers, Salesforce says it will be able to expand quicker and…

Applicant tracking systems (ATSs) have outgrown their initial function and are rapidly evolving into a recruiting resource, according to a panel of talent acquisition experts speaking at Lever’s recent inaugural Talent Innovation Summit. The legacy ATS is commonly criticized as being inefficient,…

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. suffered a historic selloff on heavy volume Wednesday, after the China-based e-commerce giant disclosed that it was being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In its annual report filed with the SEC, Alibaba said the probe, which was…

The Shack Shine team stole all the attention at our annual company conference earlier this year. They were the super young keeners, decked out in the Shack Shine logo, toting around clear jugs filled with blue liquid “moonshine” which they’d cleverly labelled “Shack Shine.” Every franchise partner…

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Some of the challenges faced by businesses are perennial – finding customers, securing investment, hiring the right people – but others are very much a product of the…

MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting articles published over the past week. 1. Here’s where President Obama will live after leaving the White House After he leaves the White House next January, President Obama and his family will remain in Washington, D.C. Sally French created a…

When Kanika Tekriwal started her private jet sharing service two years ago in India, aircraft owners weren’t going for it. They didn’t like the idea of letting other people use a prized possession even when it was idle and could make money if flown by strangers. They were billionaires and didn’t…

This article is by Anthea Kelsick, strategy director at bluemarlin , a global brand design consultancy. For two decades now, aspiration has been the watchword of branding. Sell people the story of who they want to be, the logic goes, and the brand wins an unmovable place in their hearts. At one…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 26, 2016 8:19 p.m. ET Share Communications company valued at around $1 billion Getty Images Twilio Inc. co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson appears at TechCrunch Disrupt London in…

When politics come up on a first date, the night can end abruptly. A new dating site aims to solve that problem, at least for supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I heard a story of a girl on a date who said she supported Trump and the guy got up and walked…

Samsung has registered a new trademark that suggests a new user-friendly security measure is arriving on its mobile hardware. Marks for both ‘ Samsung Iris ‘ and ‘ Samsung Eyeprint ‘ were requested last week ( reports Dutch website Galaxy Club ), indicating the South Korean manufacturer is ready to…

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Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 23, 2016 10:16 p.m. ET Share No evidence of systemic political bias found AFP/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with conservative leaders last week to discuss their…

State legislators are increasingly proposing that FBI and state fingerprint checks be a required part of employment screening, but there are potentially serious problems with this: results from these databases are incomplete, the databases include arrest records employers shouldn’t be considering…

The pain of penalties from improper activities can be significantly reduced when the penalties are tax deductible. Code Section 162(f) provides that deduction will not be allowed “for any fine or similar penalty paid to a government for the violation of any law”. An anonymous corporation, let’s call…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 23, 2016 4:51 p.m. ET Share Separate antitrust probes underway by Germany, EU AFP/Getty Images In 2015, Google and Facebook together accounted for 43% of global net advertising…

If you’ve taken a scroll through your Facebook FB +0.06% or Twitter TWTR -5.12% feed lately, you’ve likely noticed that video is everywhere. In a Q4 2015 earnings call in January, Facebook reported that consumers are watching 100 million hours of video on their platform every day! As a growing…