Golfer Phil Mickelson — who once landed in this space by famously threatening to retire rather than subject his $55 million in annual earnings to rising federal and state tax rates – found himself in the news today, and not in the sports section. Mickelson was named in a federal insider trading…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 17, 2016 5:50 p.m. ET Share CEO doesn’t specify how many more brick-and-mortar outlets planned AFP/Getty Images Customers shop at the Amazon Books store in Seattle, Washington,…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By and Published: May 19, 2016 11:30 p.m. ET Share Suitors may be downplaying interest, or wary of company’s viability Getty Images Yahoo Inc. has set a deadline in the first week of June for…

Apple Inc. soared on Monday, adding some $18 billion to its market value after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a $1 billion stake in the iPhone maker. Its stock then traded lower on Tuesday. On Monday, shares AAPL, +0.56% soared as much as 4% as Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.80% BRK.B,…

More and more recruiters are turning to social media to find talent, scouring social media profiles, blogs and online communities to find information on passive candidates. Employers also use social media to advertise jobs, either through vendors or via job seekers sharing job openings over their…

Most Major League Baseball brawls don’t involve much more than a lot of pushing, posturing and harsh words. But Sunday’s brouhaha between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays woke up fans with a punch for the ages, courtesy of Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor. Vicious RT @CauldronICYMI Rougned…

Certified Self-Employed: The Certification That Would Unleash Entrepreneurship Overly complex worker classification regulations and a tax collection system designed for the 20th century economy are hampering self-employment growth, argues MBO Partners' CEO. May 19, 2016 by

While you’re having fun in the summer heat, make sure your pet does also, says Joey Teixeira, senior manager, ASPCA Adoption Center, along with his outrageously cute dog, Mervin the Chihuahua. When I met with them both it wasn’t exactly warm weather, in fact quite the opposite for the time of year.…

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Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By and Published: May 16, 2016 10:20 p.m. ET Share Firm says Pandora been unable to convert ‘great product’ into ‘great business’ Bloomberg News Pandora founder Tim Westergren returned as CEO in…

At first glance, it’s hard to believe Danielle DuBoise and Whitney Tingle ever ‘bootstrapped it.’ The airy Sakara Life HQ is monochromatic glossy-white, accented by colorful Sakara products–watermelon jerky, ‘beauty water,’ a stack of lunchtime salads not yet claimed. Megan with Whitney Tingle…

In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner speaks during the company’s second annual “Bring In Your Parents Day,” at LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) LinkedIn LNKD +0.09% has confirmed a significant breach from 2012 was worse than first…

ABC doesn't rank the top success stories to come out of its hit reality show "Shark Tank," where aspiring entrepreneurs make funding pitches to the "sharks" pictured here. We reached out to the six main sharks, combed through clips and interviewed more than 25 contestants, who track fellow Tank…

Netflix’s hiring process is just as innovative as its famously intense “freedom and responsibility” culture—one without performance reviews, expense approvals or many guidelines at all, according to Nellie Peshkov, vice president of global talent acquisition at the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company.…

Home Industries Computers/Electronics The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 19, 2016 4:57 p.m. ET Share More than 1 million Android apps will become available to Chrome OS users Google Android apps will soon be available on Google Chromebooks. By Nathan…

To give readers a deeper dive into what companies are doing to create a cool culture, Workforce asked Glassdoor Inc. to dig into its data to provide insight into what common traits employers should look to emulate to become better workplaces themselves. What do companies like Facebook Inc., Delta…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 17, 2016 11:40 p.m. ET Share Outdated national-security laws inhibit map services, tech giant claims Bloomberg News Halloween decorations are displayed around the Google Inc.…

Legal Workplace Bullying: How Two Red and Two Blue States Tackled the Issue State leaders in California, Minnesota, Tennessee and Utah addressed abusive conduct with various laws and regulations, writes Edward Stern who has studied workplace bullying extensively. May 23, 2016 by

Robin Wright told the makers of the Netflix NFLX, +1.24% series ‘House of Cards’ that she wanted to be paid the same as her male co-star Kevin Spacey after she learned that her character, First Lady Claire Underwood, was just as popular with viewers as President Frank Underwood, the character played…

Between shadowy hackers and powerful government agencies, keeping electronic communication private can sometimes feel like a losing battle. Now chemists have come up with a clever alternative that’s a little old-fashioned. They describe in Nature Communications a way to encrypt and send short…

For hedge funds, Apple Inc.’s stock went from gadget-making darling to pariah in the first quarter. Apple shares AAPL, +0.56% were the most sought after by hedge-fund managers in the fourth quarter of 2015 but morphed into an asset that investors couldn’t sell fast enough in the first three months…

One of the best ways to learn about angel investing is to listen to legendary investors speak about their experiences. Kay Koplovitz is one of those business and investor leaders. She comes to angel investing with an amazing entrepreneurial background, having founded USA Network and the Syfy Channel…

Compensation Court Rules Employers Cannot Take Overtime Credit for Paid Lunches by Jon Hyman The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require paid lunches for employees. Indeed, quite to the contrary, the FLSA provides that meal breaks (presumptively defined as breaks of more than 20 minutes during…

Valenice Balace of Manila calls herself an introvert but has an uncanny way of getting venture capital by just being around. The 27-year-old business degree holder started an online dating service with a women’s rights theme with 30,000 pesos (US$640) of her own money. She gives date seekers in the…

Every company in the known universe wants to provide great customer service and deliver an attractive customer experience. But a lot can go wrong along the way to accomplishing these goals. Below I list 19 missteps I encounter frequently when consulting on customer service and the customer…

It’s been an interesting week in hacks. Phineas Fisher, the hacker who claimed responsibility for hacking both the Gamma Group and Hacking Team TISI +% , sent €10,000 (about $11,000) in possibly stolen Bitcoin to a self-sustaining agriculture project in Rojava , a Kurdish region in Northern Syria.…

If you’re expecting war with China after Taiwan’s new kind-of, sort-of anti-Beijing president takes office May 20, step out of your closet and put the spare flashlight batteries away. If you’re expecting president-elect Tsai Ing-wen to propose dialogue with China on conditions cheered by Taiwan’s…

Employment statutes require covered employers to retain job candidates’ records—even for the candidates who aren’t hired—including applications, resumes, interview notes, assessment tests, reference checks, drug screens and background screens. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Mobile, Ala., was…

Real or not? Mocks of the Pilot system by Waverly Labs A friend sent me a link to an article this morning that captivated our attention because of the media coverage it had received seemingly without any quotes from the creators. The small Bluetooth device – eerily similar to science-fiction films…

Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +0.06% announced two products directly out of Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.’s playbooks on Wednesday, as the rivalry between the three Internet giants continues to intensify. At Google’s annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, the company…

New regulations governing overtime pay will have a significant impact on recruitment, employers say, from scaling back hiring to rebranding roles that have been downgraded from salaried to hourly. The changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1, will broaden…

Sixteen prominent conservatives met with Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday to air concerns about allegations of political bias at the world’s largest social network, in a session several attendees said was a productive start to a dialogue that should continue. The political and…

According to a recent millennial leadership survey from The Hartford, 80% of millennials see themselves as leaders today. Yet only 12% of Gen Y held management roles in 2013; and less than a third of The Hartford’s sample reported that they’re currently business leaders . Maybe we’re entitled and…