Looking for your next read? Amazon.com says start with “Lab Girl.” The online retailer AMZN, -0.76% on Wednesday released its list of the best fiction and nonfiction books of the first half of 2016 . “It’s always a thrill to look back over the past six months and share with customers the books that…

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Chief Executive Steven Temares stood by the company’s decision to purchase online home-furnishing retailer One Kings Lane, but analysts question whether it was a wise move. “[W]e intend to really grow our furniture and home-furnishings business, and they really have the…

Photo credit: WOCinTech Chat These days, increasingly more millennials are opting out of the four-year college degree for a chance to work in one of the fastest growing and most lucrative sectors in history: technology. And for the millions who’ve already graduated and started out in their chosen…

Employers that outsource jobs to a third party that relies on foreign workers must make sure the contractor is not engaging in citizenship discrimination, a federal official said. Jennifer Sultan, special policy counsel in the Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for…

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Choosing not to password protect your devices is the digital equivalent of leaving your home or car unlocked. If you're lucky, no one will take advantage of the access. Or maybe the contents will be ravaged and your favorite speakers and/or secrets stolen. Not only will this slightly reduce the…

5 Minutes of Management 5MM: Microsoft’s LinkedIn Deal Great for HR In this edition of '5 Minutes of Management,' Workforce editors Rick Bell and Frank Kalman discuss the recent Microsoft deal to acquire LinkedIn. June 23, 2016 by

In an editorial piece in today’s Wall Street Journal, Alibaba’s founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma, has a clear and loud message for merchants listing their products on its sites: “Counterfeit goods are absolutely unacceptable, and brands and their intellectual property must be protected.…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 23, 2016 9:59 p.m. ET Share Update may make it easier to see how much rides cost Getty Uber is updating its app. By Douglas MacMillan Uber Technologies Inc. is making it…

(Photo credit: Substantial) From Key and Peele to Jack Black , substitute teaching persists as the butt of a big societal running joke. But there are two big reasons we can no longer afford to treat substitute teaching as a punchline and resist innovation in this area. The first reason is the sheer…

Urijah Faber has long been considered an MMA pioneer, helping to popularize the sport and its lighter weight classes as they began to garner mainstream attention. (Maxx Wolfson/Getty Images) Beginning with Gladiator Challenge (GC) back in 2003 before shifting to King of the Cage (KOTC), World…

IBM Corp. will now use its Watson supercomputing technology to spot deadly diseases. The company announced a partnership with more than 15 health systems, academic medical centers, ambulatory radiology providers and imaging technology companies on Wednesday to use Watson to extract previously…

The core development team behind advanced blockchain platform Nxt that builds on and extends the basic functionality of the first wave of pioneering crypto-currencies has announced “broadening access” to the blockchain space with a new ‘child-chain’ platform, Ardor. It will enable users to create…

Editor's Notebook SHRM 2016 Day 3: Evesdroppers, Band-Aids and Missed Cruises SHRM just might want to hear from one Hilary Constable. She has a lot to say about certification. June 21, 2016 by

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 21, 2016 5:42 p.m. ET Share Acquisition is China-based Tencent’s biggest ever Supercell Supercell's "Clash of Clans" is one of the most popular mobile games, according to…

This is a story about Randy and Dave (R&D). Today, Randy runs a small startup that has about two months worth of cash left, and he’s more than a little nervous. Dave works for a huge, famous worldwide company that is doing the same thing today as it did when your grandpa was a client, and he’s…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 20, 2016 8:39 p.m. ET Share Sharp decline may date back two years Bloomberg News Experts have noticed a drop in China-based hacking incidents. By Robert McMillan Chinese…

Do you need to be a geek to be a tech startup founder? No, absolutely not. Let me put it out there, I don’t code, I don’t hack, but I do have vision and know what I want, and I do know how to hire the right people to make it happen. It’s valuable to have a technical background, but it is not a…

Cartoon by Ed Hall As Britain ponders an exit from the European Union, or “Brexit” for short, the rest of the world nervously awaits this week’s referendum . Many never thought it possible that the Britain would ever leave the security of the bloc; considering it crazy to do so. But now, with the…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 20, 2016 5:26 p.m. ET Share Sheryl Sandberg says company studying Chinese market Bloomberg News Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc. By Deepa Seetharaman…

Shutterstock No surprise – human resources is at a distinct crossroads. Despite the critical role that human capital plays in business outcomes, the function has struggled to gain and retain its seat at the executive table. Some industry pundits have even gone so far as to predict HR’s demise…

Whatever Works SHRM Day 2: What I Didn’t Expect So Far Just some random observations from my first day and a half in Washington, D.C. June 20, 2016 by

Iran is getting ready to place an order with Boeing BA +0.09% for 100 planes, as Iran opens up its markets to US aircrafts for first time in decades. If approved by the US government, the deal will be a big deal for Boeing, as it tries to catch up with European rival Airbus, which has already landed…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 19, 2016 7:49 p.m. ET Share Goldman Sachs lead latest funding round By Telis Demos Plaid Technologies Inc., whose software allows a variety of financial-technology startups to…

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Bloomberg Slide 1 of 10 Alone doesn’t have to mean lonely — at least when it comes to travel. Roughly one in four people say they will travel solo in the next year — and that’s on the rise, according to survey of 2,300 people released last year from marketing firm MMGY Global. Furthermore, more than…

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Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh speaks onstage at CinemaCons final day luncheon and special presentation during CinemaCon. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for CinemaCon) I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13% of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more…

Unlike its tech competitors, Apple Inc. doesn’t have a venture-capital arm. The reason goes to the core of Apple itself — it’s all about secrecy. At least that’s what experts say, after Apple AAPL, +0.56% made a $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing , nearly double the total 2015 spending of the…

Two ride-hailing giants are bringing in billions of dollars from untraditional sources, part of a growing global rivalry that will be fueled by the cash. Uber Technologies Inc. is reportedly raising up to $7 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, while its competitor in China, Didi Chuxing,…

Having served previously as chief information security officer (CISO) of two giant US companies in Time Warner Cable and Home Depot HD +0.10% , Tammy Moskites is exceptionally well-placed to take a leading role in the fight for cyber security. It hasn’t always been easy in her journey, however:…

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Getty Images Slide 1 of 12 As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton seek to consolidate their base and prepare for the general election in November, other conversations are going on behind closed doors — with lobbyists and donors trying to exercise their influence. Money plays a huge role in the American…

Shutterstock With IPOs almost nonexistent and venture funding slowing down, the environment has suddenly become awful for startups. In fact, the only hot buzzword in Silicon Valley is “profit.” Granted, it’s impossible to know how long the downturn will last. Yet for entrepreneurs, it’s probably…

Bloomberg News/Landov There are over 433 million users on LinkedIn and many of them — though not all — are probably competing for the same jobs. Investors have scored big as shares soared after Microsoft MSFT, +0.88% agreed to buy the careers website for $26.2 billion. Members of the site are still…