A street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer By | NEW YORK NEW YORK Data on inflation and employment, two of the economic indicators most important to a "data-dependent" U.S. Federal Reserve are expected next week.…

Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera at the University of Chicago (Photo courtesy of University of Chicago). Daniel Nocera has given up on the American system for financing energy startups. It brings innovations to market too slowly, he said in Chicago this month, in part because the system is rigged to…

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The report released Wednesday by the State Department Inspector General on its email records management is being reported as heavy-duty criticism of former Secretary Hillary Clinton . However, the report has more in it that vindicates Clinton than nails her. It does not add any new serious charges…

Facebook investor and billionaire Peter Thiel (Photo: Noah Berger/Bloomberg) One of Silicon Valley’s best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler’s legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. Peter Thiel , a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers of Facebook FB -1.61% , has…

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Michael Phelps with Bob Bowman, courtesy Bob Bowman Spend some time with U.S. Olympic men’s swimming coach Bob Bowman, as I recently did, and you’ll understand why some people go from good to great in a chosen field, while others, like Bowman’s longtime student Michael Phelps, go from good to…

Are you happy using Windows 7 or Windows 8? Would you like the Windows 10 upgrade? I’m asking you these questions for two reasons. Firstly because I think respecting consumer choice is important. Secondly because Microsoft MSFT -0.83% ’s latest Windows 10 upgrade trick demonstrates the company…

By Grace-Marie Turner and Doug Badger The Obama Administration is unlawfully diverting billions of dollars from taxpayers to insurance companies that sell Obamacare policies. That is the conclusion reached in a legal opinion letter released today by former Ambassador and White House Counsel Boyden…

By | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO Warren Buffett struck media gold with a 2012 investment in debt-laden Media General Inc ( MEG.N ). Now the famed investor may try to reprise that success by supporting a bid for Yahoo Inc's ( YHOO.O ) Internet assets. The Berkshire Hathaway Inc ( BRKa.N ) chairman is…

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About 3 years into our startup, after the successful introduction of our first product, Ice Cider, Charlie and I started thinking about whether it was time to launch a new product as a follow-up act. Having both come from marketing backgrounds, we believed wholeheartedly in the importance of…

Women have been struggling to break into company boardrooms across the developed world for years. In an effort to address the chronic lack of women in decision-making positions, some countries have introduced mandated quotas for female boardroom membership. These include France (33 percent), Germany…

A woman exits the Viacom Inc. headquarters in New York April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo NEW YORK Viacom Inc said on Saturday its board members have been unable to meet with controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone because his daughter Shari is blocking access to the media mogul.…

While ONE Championship remains a relative unknown to most fight fans in the U.S., it has quickly become not just the premier MMA promotion in Asia, but the largest sports media property in the continent’s history. ONE Championship Chairman and Founder Chatri Sityodtong (Image via ONE) That may be…

Credit: Shutterstock It is freaking me out to realize that since I started interviewing people for jobs in 1980, I’ve been interviewing job-seekers for 36 years. Since I was 20 years old and a fledgling supervisor in a tiny company in 1980, I didn’t get any training before I was thrown into my first…

A Wall Street sign is seen in Lower Manhattan in New York, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar By | NEW YORK NEW YORK Economic data will garner most of the attention next week, with investors placing a heavy weight on a host of reports as they try and determine the likelihood of a rate hike by the…

Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes the brickbats and bouquets from the troubled iOS 9.3.2 release, the all-glass front of the iPhone 8 leaks, Apple’s potential secret weapon for the iPhone 7, Anandtech’s iPhone SE review, Siri’s arrival on OSX,…

Shutterstock Alan was a clever guy who came to a job-search workshop we presented. He told jokes and cracked everyone up. He said “Working at my former employer was like being a prairie dog living in a prairie dog village where life was happy and gay. The only problem for the prairie dogs was that…

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Sitting in her empty apartment, Heather Saffer is drowning in emails from independent retailers and large food chains eager to sell her Dollop Gourmet frosting. Thanks to her Shark Tank appearance May 6, 2016 , she expects sales to reach $500,000 this year versus a projected $300,000 without the…

Today Apple AAPL -1.72% released iOS 9.3.2 . On the surface it appears to be a minor update and its arrival was met with little ceremony. But beware, just hours after launch, it turns out iOS 9.3.2 is hiding a very nasty surprise indeed… Apple iOS 9.3.2 is bricking iPad Pros. ‘Great Features’ and…

Photo Courtesy: iStock Knowing what you authentically want and need is essential to building a happy, fulfilling life. But thousands of professionals I’ve worked with over the past 11 years dream they want one thing, when in reality, having that thing would make them miserable. I teach about the…

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 +0.16% has confirmed a significant breach from 2012 was worse than first…

Picture this: College pennants cover the walls, there’s a fridge full of Red Bull , a poster of John Belushi in “Animal House,” and paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Think you’re in college dorm room? Think again. Welcome to WayUp , a two-year-old startup that connects college students with…

WWE recently released it’s “100 Greatest Matches Ever” book , but what are the five most significant matches in WWE history? Which WWE matches truly changed the wrestling business and represented cultural shifts in the way we consume wrestling today? Watch House Money Studios’ Alfred Konuwa list…

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Courtesy of Marvel X-Men: Apocalypse opens overseas starting May 18 th before its American debut on May 27 th . Like two of the highest grossing previous X-Men pictures, it has a prime Memorial Day slot that should point towards a big opening but also a brief theatrical lifespan. The X-Men movies…

The San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain of California (Credit: Wikipedia) In earthquake prediction, geologists work in probability distributions rather than absolute terms. Consensus is growing, however, of the likelihood of a large and devastating earthquake to strike California. Why are…

It is important for every working person to remember that human beings have a tendency to develop inertia. Once we have a job, we make excuses to keep the job. We don’t want to go through the hassle of changing jobs, but the funny thing is that going through that hassle is what grows your muscles.…

left right By and Reem Shamseddine | DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, on Saturday appointed Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state oil giant Saudi Aramco, as its new energy minister, replacing Ali al-Naimi, who had held the…

Marketing-experienced executives are rarely invited to join boards of directors. In a recent article , one director, who has served on several boards, suggested that the reason why so few marketers serve on boards is because they have little to contribute. Photo: Shutterstock However, in research I…

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Some years back President Obama asked Steve Jobs when all those manufacturing jobs in China, where Apple products were being assembled, were going to return to the U.S. Jobs simply said that they’re never coming back.…

The Kentucky Derby’s jam-packed, talented field this year is offering the discerning player three ways of betting. The simplest way, though not necessarily the most profitable, is to go to the window, digital or real, and put your money down on whomever you please. The second – arguably more…

There are two kinds of job-seekers. One kind of job-seeker is thrown completely off balance by finding him- or herself out of work or in need of a new job. Panic sets in quickly and the desperate job-seeker jumps at the first opportunity s/he can get. Credit: Shutterstock Within a month the…

A wall of guns sits atop the Wisconsin Firearms Discussion page. The closed group “is a place for Wisconsin Sportsman to show off their firearms, ask questions and have adult conversations/discussions.” He’s been called “a good guy working for us behind enemy lines,” “one of our allies,” “a man who…