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October 18, 2016
Learning How To Keep Staff At 40 Hours Per Week
New labor laws are expanding who must be paid extra for working more than 40 hours. Here's how managers can keep workweeks under control.
New labor laws are expanding who must be paid extra for working more than 40 hours. Here's how managers can keep workweeks under control.
Come December 1, a lot more people must be paid by the hour.
Clay Christensen's New Theory Of Innovation Has Everything To Do With Hiring
If you're trying to innovate by focusing on customer traits, you're doing it wrong.
If you're trying to innovate by focusing on customer traits, you're doing it wrong.
Business schools spend a great deal of time teaching would-be entrepreneurs and managers about the differences between features and benefits and their importance. Differentiate your product by tinkering with it to make it better or cheaper. Get to know your customer so you can understand how to sell to them.
I Left Entrepreneurship And Found My Purpose Working For Someone Else
As this startup founder–cum–Kickstarter employee discovered, sometimes you need an employer in order to do what you care about.
As this startup founder–cum–Kickstarter employee discovered, sometimes you need an employer in order to do what you care about.
For Jon Leland, the years after college did not move in a straight line. Like many recent graduates, he wandered. Perhaps "wandering" doesn't fully capture it. Jon was all over the place. After graduating, he turned down a cushy job as marketing director of a company in Washington, D.C., to become a busboy at a crappy restaurant in Bar Harbor, Maine.
How To Keep Your Work Hours In Check As Your Job Responsibilities Grow
Taking on management duties can be great for your career but—if you aren't careful—potentially terrible for your sanity.
Taking on management duties can be great for your career but—if you aren't careful—potentially terrible for your sanity.
People think the company boss has it made. And they're right—well, sort of. As the boss, you enjoy pretty great pay, added benefits and the personal satisfaction of achieving career goals you've spent years working toward. But there's a tradeoff.
October 17, 2016
Ivanka Breaks Her Silence On The Trump Tape
The presidential hopeful's daughter makes her first public statement on the now-infamous recording.
The presidential hopeful's daughter makes her first public statement on the now-infamous recording.
It has been two weeks since the Trump Tape—the now-infamous recording of Republican candidate Donald Trump and TV host Billy Bush speaking rather distastefully about women back in 2005—was released to the public. Trump's wife, Melania, has already released a statement and spoken about the tape. Everybody's been talking about it—well, almost everybody. Now it's Trump's daughter Ivanka's turn.
The Wild Technology That Will Make 5G Wireless Work
Companies such as Qualcomm are reimagining networks to let them connect just about everything—from drones to surgical instruments.
Companies such as Qualcomm are reimagining networks to let them connect just about everything—from drones to surgical instruments.
Wireless technology is a stone soup of acronyms, jargon, numbers, and marketing gibberish that the industry likes to boil down into terms like "4G," the technology used by today's phones. (It's also known as LTE, which stands for "long-term evolution"—as if that clarifies anything.) Now tech companies are talking about 5G, and Qualcomm has announced its first 5G modem chip, the Snapdragon X50, for phones and other gadgets. No surprise: 5G will be faster than 4G. But it will also bring tens or even hundreds of billions of new devices online.
Ivanka Trump Doesn't Flinch
As she leads her brand into its next stage, Ivanka reveals how she's navigating the drama around her father's presidential campaign.
As she leads her brand into its next stage, Ivanka reveals how she's navigating the drama around her father's presidential campaign.
The energy on the 22nd floor of Trump Tower becomes a little giddier when Ivanka Trump enters the small offices that serve as headquarters for the Ivanka Trump collection. It's my third visit to the licensed apparel and accessories company since August, and Ivanka seems a little looser than she has appeared in recent TV interviews, laughing with her staff and double-checking her makeup and teeth before her photo shoot, gamely allowing our photographer to perch her all over the office in search of the best light.
Dexcom's Blood Sugar Monitor Has Been A Life-Changer For This Diabetic
The device includes a small sensor, placed just beneath the skin of my belly, and displays my blood glucose levels right on my Apple Watch.
The device includes a small sensor, placed just beneath the skin of my belly, and displays my blood glucose levels right on my Apple Watch.
We all know about the market for wearable health trackers, but in my case the Apple Watch has become an indispensable health monitor. I've been a type 2 diabetic for about 25 years, and for most of that time I was able to control it through diet, exercise, and oral medications.
Tiger Woods, Entrepreneur: Inside The Superstar's New Startup, TGR
Woods gives us an exclusive look at his new brand and explains where his business is heading.
Woods gives us an exclusive look at his new brand and explains where his business is heading.
Tiger Woods was planning to make his highly-anticipated return to competitive golf this month, after a 14-month break to recover from a back injury. At the eleventh hour, he dropped out from last week's Safeway Open, disappointing many of his fans. But it turns out he's got something else teed up.
These Are The College Degrees That Earn The Highest Salaries
Most STEM degrees pay graduates the highest wages, but there are other college majors that offer good return on the education investment.
Most STEM degrees pay graduates the highest wages, but there are other college majors that offer good return on the education investment.
With student loans reaching an all-time high, it's no surprise that many are now questioning whether their education is worth the expense.
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