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What Have You Resolved To Do This New Year?

What Have You Resolved To Do This New Year? 2012 is here and hopefully off to a great start.  Many of us are simply hoping 2012 is easier to handle than 2011.  Everybody has an opinion about New Year's resolutions some view them with disdain and ridicule and others view…

Asking for that Pay Raise

Asking for that Pay Raise Many people may go unnoticed and go through many years of their career without getting a raise just because they did not know how to ask for one. Below are some useful tips that will help. The Steps to Take The first step to consider when asking…

Skill Sets that will get you the Sale

Skill Sets that will get you the Sale The majority of sales executives know that every business discipline and profession is related to sales in one way or another. The successful sales executives know how to navigate across these fields with ease. “No matter how an organization is structured, all…

Fostering an Educational Environment in the Work Place

Fostering an Educational Environment in the Work Place Although the working day may already be packed with conference calls, emails, meetings, overtime, training, and much more, many employees may feel there is no time left in the day to participate in learning activities. Employees who are growing their minds are…

Steps Towards Successful Communication

Steps Towards Successful Communication In the corporate world, communication can act as a double-edged sword.  On one hand, it is paramount to ensuring the presence of a business in the first place. That is, without it, members of the organization would be unsure of what they were responsible for doing.…

Pushing Envelope on Last-Minute Shopping

Procrastinators rejoice. Last-minute shopping just got easier. A number of retailers including Children's Place Retail Stores Inc., Charming Shoppes Inc.'s Lane Bryant and Kohl's Corp., are guaranteeing Christmas delivery for online orders placed later than they did last year, thanks to new distribution centers, robotic technology and other changes they've made…

Hoppy Holidays: Sweet Makers Try to Tap Market for Beer Candy

What's a tasty flavoring for a chocolate bonbon? This is a question Nicole Greene was asked by an instructor when she was a pastry student in New York City three years ago. That very weekend, Ms. Greene planned to go to a Yankees game, where she would order her ritual…

As China Goes, So Go Commodities

You want to know where the global commodities markets are heading in the coming years? Then it's probably best that you remember a single word: China. As the biggest and one of the fastest-growing of the world's developing economies, China has become a voracious consumer of industrial and agricultural commodities.…

Best Buy's Profit Tumbles

Best Buy Co.'s quarterly earnings fell 29% as the electronics retailer kicked off the holiday season with significant discounting and sales weakness in most products besides mobile devices. The company has seen its profits come under pressure in recent quarters as it battles competition from online and discount stores like Amazon.com…

NBA Renews Major Ad Partnership Deals

For the NBA, after resolving its 149-day labor dispute last month, now comes the hard part: rounding up advertisers. On Monday, the league will announce it is renewing three of its major long-term partnership deals—with Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, PesicCo Inc.'s Gatorade and AutoTrader.com. Mark Tatum, the National Basketball Association's executive vice president…