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Is there any organizational practice more broken than performance management? Not if you concur with Marc Effron & Miriam Ort who state “perhaps no talent management process is more important or more reviled than p...

Google has introduced hysterical new videos that show how online shopping sites frustrate users by not giving them accurate search results, making them input awful captchas, or suggesting items not related to what you're...

Speaking on the evening of his landslide December 16 election victory, in which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)/New Komeito (NK) conservative coalition captured a 2/3 majority

Oakmayne Properties filmed explaining to undercover 'agent' how house sale would escape stamp duty via offshore companies Deals to sell ultra-luxury houses on a street dubbed "the world's most expensive terrace" have bee...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Poultry farmers in Nepal have stopped trucks importing chicken from India for KFC restaurants and destroyed the cargo. Nepal has banned...

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first me...

Reassessing retirement and other client puzzles

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Americans are coming. And the Japanese and Europeans.

An annual conference that helps set economic policy ended with the government warning about difficulties in the global economy, but suggesting few policy changes.

Finding cats available to play the supporting roles for the planned movie "Heathcliff" isn't as easy as it sounds.

Too often, deals come apart at the last minute. Here are some ways to improve your odds.

While grown-ups sort through Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., those of us with children are grappling with the delicate question of how to talk to them about this tragedy. Sadly, this is the s...

A new nonprofit called the Freedom of the Press Foundation aims to insulate the fund-raising efforts of organizations like WikiLeaks from political and business pressures.

Republican scrooges hear the rattling chains of economic disaster but still refuse to compromise This week, if all goes well, Barack Obama will leave Washington to start on his customary vacation – 20 days in Hawa...

The Heritage Foundation (quoting Menzie Chinn who is himself quoting Heritage): Spending-stimulus advocates claim that Congress can “inject” new money into the economy, increasing demand and therefore product...

Continuing talks to end a U.S. budget standoff took a back seat on Sunday to a debate over gun control after the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican corn flour processor Gruma has purchased a 23.2 percent stake of its own stock that was previously held by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland , part of a $450 million deal Grum...

The President’s statement no doubt speaks for all Americans as they grieve for the victims, the families, and the community involved in the tragic incident in Newtown, Connecticut.

The most popular gifts this festive season speak volumes about us as a species Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a perfunctory series of interpersonal product exchanges, and 2012 is no exception. Money itself may b...

There is a growing sense of separation between the country and its European neighbours, despite Nato membership When European leaders look back on their mistakes, barring Turkey from entry to the EU might rank among the ...

Digital technology has overwhelmed many of those who sought to master it. Brian Lam was both a prince and casualty of it.

2012 turned out to be a very good year for investors who bet on new enterprise-tech companies. This year, companies such as Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday had extremely successful opening days in spite of the Fa...