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6 Tips For Snagging A Holiday Retail Job This Season
When it comes to quickly adding hundreds of thousands of workers to payrolls, nothing does the trick quite like the holidays. Retailers hire hundreds of thousands of employees in the final three months...
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The State Of Corporate Profit Margins
Here is a follow-up on one aspect of the latest Philly Fed's Business Outlook Survey, which I reported on earlier today.The two charts below offer clues for evaluating the risk of profit margin squeeze...
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Two Ways To Knock $50,000 Or More Off Your Mortgage Interest
Despite the roller coaster-like ups and downs the housing market has experienced over the last several years, home ownership remains the key component of the American Dream for most citizens.But even...
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Why Some People Are So Good At Infiltrating Power Circles
A new study in the journal Neuron reveals how the brain figures out who’s who in the social pecking order, reports ScienceBlog.com:“The work, which was led by researchers at University Collage London,...
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Who We'd Cast In A General Petraeus-Themed Movie
The sex scandal that brought former Gen. David Petraeus' illustrious public service career to a screeching halt last week continues to unfold with new, juicy details.The cast of characters -- including...
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White House Gave $1 Million To Battery Maker A123 The Day It Filed For...
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Obama administration provided struggling battery maker A123 Systems Inc with nearly $1 million on the day it filed for bankruptcy, the company told lawmakers...
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10 Things To Know To Get Along With Your New Boss
It has been said there is but one constant, and that is change. Some live for it, while others fight it tooth and nail. Change can be at once exciting and frightening. Amazing how often those two words...
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Here Are The Best Deals You'll Find Before Black Friday
Video GamesThe video game industry struggled mightily in October, with U.S. sales dropping 25% versus the previous year, according to the NPD Group.But relief arrived this month in the form of two...
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Mercedes-Benz Is About To Release A Self-Driving Car
Like it or not, autonomous cars are coming.But with any new technology, especially one that’s particularly groundbreaking, the introduction of self-driving technology in cars is being done gradually,...
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This Soldier Was Lost In Iraq, And So Was His Casualty Report
The day after Jim Butler learned his son had died in Iraq in 2003, a U.S. Army casualty officer showed up at the family's small ranch to explain what happened.Your son was hit by a rocket-propelled...
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Mars Has A Strong Potential For Life
To understand Mars we need to understand its on-again off-again tango with liquid water.It’s not just the search for past or present life on Mars that hinges on this, but the search for a complete...
View ArticlePeople Forget Stats Quickly But Stories Really Stick
Tell stories, not stats.Stanford students each had to give a one minute speech, and then their talk was evaluated by the group. Not surprisingly, the presenters who were the most polished got rated...
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Save 25% On VentureBeat's Flagship Cloud Event
VentureBeat's second annual CloudBeat takes place Nov 28-29 in Redwood City, and we're gathering the most disruptive people to deliver valuable lessons in cloud adoption.At CloudBeat 2012 the...
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The GOP Still Won't Back Legislation Against Domestic Violence
If Republicans have been chastened by losing the women’s vote last week by the widest margin in modern history, they have a funny way of showing it.House GOP leaders aren’t yielding to a bipartisan...
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These Are The Health Risks That've Got The FDA Worried About 5 Hour Energy
Concerns over the potentially harmful effects of energy drinks, especially when they’re combined with alcohol, have been growing in recent years.A story in the New York Times today (Nov. 15) added to...
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Fired McDonald's President: 'Everyone Has A Date Stamped On Their Ass'
Jan Fields, until yesterday the President of McDonald's U.S. operations had no college education, started as a regular McDonald's employee in 1978, and over the course of her 35 year career, managed to...
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Missing War Records Are Complicating Benefit Claims For Veterans
A strange thing happened when Christopher DeLara filed for disability benefits after his tour in Iraq: The U.S. Army said it had no records showing he had ever been overseas.DeLara had searing memories...
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See What $725,000 Will Buy You In Today's Housing Market
Each week we take a look at how much house you can expect to get at a specific price point. This week, we’re looking at homes priced around $725,000.San Jose, CA434 S 15th St, San Jose CA For sale:...
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11 Bizarre Fashion And Beauty Trends From Around The World
If you just don’t get the Oliver Twist-esque street urchin look that defines hipster fashion, or the weird, two-tone hair (it’s called ombre!) that so many celebrities have, you’ll be downright...
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The Weird Similarities Between Humans And Animals
We humans like to think of ourselves as a special bunch, but it turns out we have plenty in common with other animals.Math? A monkey can do it.Tool use? Hey, even birds have mastered that....
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