In today's economy, companies need to squeeze more productivity out of their staffs than ever before. Toddi Gutner of Business on Main tells how that can be done.

Optimists are counting on the growing Chinese consumer class to spend the world back to prosperity. But a new study suggests that won't be so easy.

Data suggest that for the next year or so, the market may shuffle sideways or slowly down a few percentage points. Yet some sectors are likely to continue to prosper.