When Valentine's Day rolls around, some co-workers want to celebrate their deep—yet platonic—bond with their office spouse.
Republicans on Capitol Hill responded with hostility to a White House proposal to allow states to raise unemployment insurance taxes. But in some cash-strapped states, officials said the plan should be considered.
Companies are starting to hire again, but finding highly qualified applicants for more technical positions is proving a challenge for some firms.
Layoffs are down, and at pre-recession levels, but hiring remains slow, Labor Department data showed.
A Juggle reader is wrestling with a perplexing question: How important is getting job flexibility for family needs vs. having challenging, stimulating work? It is a kind of trade-off faced by countless jugglers, and the answer is never black-and-white.
A company that fired a worker after she posted negative remarks about her boss on Facebook has settled a complaint brought by the National Labor Relations Board by agreeing to revamp its rules to ensure they don't restrict workers' rights.
Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann has come under criticism for joking that more women on the bank's all-male executive board would make it "more colorful and prettier too."
Despite the bucolic image, vineyard ownership can be every bit as stressful as a city career, as one former banker discovered.
Newly-trained women doctors are being paid significantly lower salaries than their male counterparts, according to a new study.
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After IAC shed the company he founded in 2008, Doug Lebda struggled to make LendingTree and its parent Tree.com profitable again. A look at his strategy.
Compensation and benefits at publicly traded banks and securities firms rose 5.7% from 2009, according to a Journal analysis. An increasing portion reflects deferred compensation.
A make-or-break question: “How long do you see yourself in the Chapel Hill area?”
For many executives, a corporate directorship offers a route to move ahead. Here's how.
In middle school, Ivan and Laura shared a brief romance and a knack for trouble. Then they parted ways. Now he is college-bound and she isn't. How different schools shaped their paths.
Starting any new job is hard, and coming back to work after a long layoff can be even harder. Here's how to make a successful re-entry.
The job market for business-school students is better than last year, but still isn't back to pre-recession levels, says the head of MBA Career Services Council.
Nokia is in talks with Microsoft about using the U.S. software giant's operating system on mobile phones.
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See how participation and scores have changed across high school Advanced Placement tests from 2001 to 2010.
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A regulatory filing late Tuesday revealed Dynegy's general counsel J. Kevin Blodgett left the struggling power generator last Friday, walking away from a potential payment of $3.6 million.
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Harvard Business School is changing its curriculum, but whether it can reform 'elitist' business-school culture remains to be seen.
Advice for a worried job searcher whose recent speeding ticket–and other personal information-is easily discoverable via web search.
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High-frequency trading firms are in need of the top software programmers. But many of them gravitate to tech companies. The competition for new hires often starts on college campuses.
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Regis Philbin said he'll retire from his morning TV talk show, "Live With Regis and Kelly," around the end of the summer.
The line between professional and social is often difficult to navigate in the workplace, especially early in your career. Though you will inevitably learn from experience, there are a few unwritten rules.
Despite ongoing tuition spikes, some colleges are still free to attend.
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