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The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 17, 2016 11:40 p.m. ET Share Outdated national-security laws inhibit map services, tech giant claims Bloomberg News Halloween decorations are displayed around the Google Inc.…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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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.…

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…

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

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Restaurant chain McDonald's Corp. MCD, -1.14% recently said first-quarter sales slipped 1% from a year earlier. But on a “constant currencies” basis, sales actually increased 3%. Social-media platform Twitter Inc. TWTR, -5.12% posted a first-quarter net loss of $79.7 million. After adjustments, with…

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Update: The photo caption on this story previously included a partial quote from Jim Cramer, it has been updated to include the full quote. CNBC TV personality and “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has built a lucrative career as a stock picker, but a new analysis of his charitable fund—a personal stock…

Employers that use hiring tests must ensure that the tests are job-related and consistent with business necessity, as required under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP). The regulations apply to all employers that use employment…

DAP and Mark Ronson outside of Abbey Road Studios in London (Photo courtesy of Converse) Since launching in 2011, Converse Rubber Tracks has evolved from a stand alone studio for aspiring artists into a multi-faceted, global music platform. Converse developed the Rubber Tracks program with the help…

Shutterstock This week, the FTC and FCC decided to investigate why phone carriers don’t push patches to Android phones (which, incidentally, the ACLU has been calling on them to do since as early as 2013 ). Hackers sent phishing emails to members of the House of Representatives in attempted…

Talent acquisition professionals with higher variable performance-based pay tend to deliver higher-quality shortlists, engage with candidates more often and fill requisitions more quickly, according to a new survey report. About two-thirds (63 percent) of 998 recruiters receive performance-based…

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Home Industries Banking The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 12, 2016 10:42 p.m. ET Share Malware found; $81 million stolen in February cyber-heist Bloomberg News The latest malware attack targeted a commercial bank. By Katy Burne Hackers have again…

Recent announcements about restructurings, divestitures, and layoffs by leading semiconductor companies are showing the impact from the wave of merger mania that struck the industry in 2015. What we are not seeing yet are the benefits of those acquisitions. However, one of the large mergers that…

Benefits Talking About Death With Your Employees Employers need to think more on how to help their employees deal with the dying process. May 11, 2016 by

A written training plan is among the new employer requirements that went into effect May 10 for companies employing eligible foreign graduates of U.S. colleges and universities via the government’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. The…

Size matters in traffic . In tight or crowded spaces on sidewalks, the right-of-way goes to whoever’s moving the fastest or pushing the biggest object. Someone with a cart of vegetables or a baby stroller gets to push others aside, especially if moving faster than pedestrians with mere briefcases.…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 11, 2016 9:03 p.m. ET Share Settlement could keep drivers as independent contractors Getty Images Under the settlement, Lyft drivers working six months would get more than…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: May 10, 2016 10:34 p.m. ET Share Popular mobile messaging app rivals Skype, Apple’s iMessage Bloomberg News WhatsApp has more than 1 billion users worldwide. By Nathan…

Malaysia’s ruling coalition and embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak got some breathing room this month but aren’t out of the ICU. Najib’s Barisan Nasional party won 72 of 82 state assembly seats in Sarawak on Saturday, indicating that the party’s coalition has a chance of holding parliament in…

Retirement 101 on 401(k)s Seminar offers HR pros who are novices on retirement issues information that they can pass on to their workforces. May 10, 2016 by

As the labor market tightens, employers nationally have been hampered by a lack of experienced recruiters: veterans who have the chops to work effectively with hiring managers, identify qualified candidates, and develop the relationships necessary to build and maintain a pipeline of talent. As a…

This post was co-written with Chris Thompson, a managing director in Accenture’s Finance & Risk Services practice. The threat of cyber crime has created a significant increase in interest on the topic of cyber security, with organizations spending billions of dollars to protect themselves against a…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By and Published: May 9, 2016 11:04 p.m. ET Share Regulators step in after student died from therapy found on web ad AFP/Getty Images Baidu said it would implement changes to its search results…

FILE – In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, an iPhone is seen in Washington. The FBI said Wednesday, April 27, 2016, that it will not publicly disclose the method that allowed it to break into a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, saying it lacks enough “technical information”…

Losing Cash Motivates Better Than Rewards When Losing Weight Penalties work for wellness goals, a University of Pennsylvania study finds. May 9, 2016 by