Workers Who Protested Sale of Carwash Will Get New Jobs

By JULIE TURKEWITZ

Employees at the Sixth Avenue Car Wash in Greenwich Village will be transferred to new jobs after the carwash was sold.

Preoccupations

When You’ve Had One Meeting Too Many

By CARSON TATE

A management consultant argues that too many meetings consume too much time with too few tangible results — and that it’s time to revolt against them.

It’s the Economy

Do Illegal Immigrants Actually Hurt the U.S. Economy?

By ADAM DAVIDSON

Undocumented workers represent a classic economic challenge with a fairly straightforward solution.

The Boss

All the Planets in a Row

By BERT QUINTANA

At different points in his career, a C.E.O. has seen signs that everything was falling into place.

Minimum Wage in Europe Offers Ammunition in U.S. Debate

By LIZ ALDERMAN

Minimum wage policies vary widely across the Continent, offering examples for both sides of the argument over whether wages should be increased in the United States.

The Boss

Steaks, the Family Business

By SUZANNE L. STRASSBURGER

The C.E.O. of Strassburger Steaks says the meat business has been her family’s calling for five generations.

Career Couch

Defined by a Job, but Looking to Move On

By EILENE ZIMMERMAN

If you want to move up in an organization, consultants suggest enlisting the help of others, including the boss, and to seek tasks that will showcase your skills for the new job.

Economic View

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and Your Economists, Too

By N. GREGORY MANKIW

Many economists are receptive to the concept of immigration, partly because they tend to have a libertarian streak. But immigration has also benefited economists’ own profession.

Business and Labor Unite to Try to Alter Immigration Laws

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

Two oft-feuding groups, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Chamber of Commerce, have formed an alliance to find a way for immigrants illegally in the United States to gain citizenship.

H.P. Directs Its Suppliers in China to Limit Student Labor

By KEITH BRADSHER and DAVID BARBOZA

New rules from Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s largest makers of computers and other tech products, reflect a major shift in how electronics companies view Chinese labor practices.

North Dakota Went Boom

By CHIP BROWN

It’s hard to think of what oil hasn’t done to life in the small communities of western North Dakota, good and bad.

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The Boss

Self-Reliance, Learned Early

By CAROL COLOMBO

A chief executive learned as a girl that no job was beneath her — and that no job was above her, either.