With the Labor Department’s announcement today that the U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December and that the unemployment …
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Guys and Dollars: How Groceries, Barbies, Fashion and More Are Being Marketed to Men
Word has gotten out that men do more of the household shopping nowadays. Accordingly, we’re being asked to shop in “man aisles” in supermarkets, and we’re even being subjected to an awful new made-up term: “mansumer.”
Is a $1 Trillion Coin a Good Way to Avoid Another Debt-Ceiling Impasse?
The summer of 2011 is not a time any of us would like to revisit, economically speaking. It was during this time that the European Debt Crisis had reached it’s most volatile stage, with many believing that a Greek exit from the …
Create Dramatic Tension to Persuade Your Audience
All good presentations — like all good stories — convey and resolve some kind of conflict. The sense of discord is what makes audiences care. Create conflict by juxtaposing what is with what could be.
What to Do When Sales Prospects Turn Cold
If sales prospects who once seem excited about your product or service turn cold, you may be doing a few things that turn them off.
5 Steps to Keep Those Spring Break Pictures From Costing You a Job
Realizing that students today post every dumb thing they do on the Internet, colleges now are starting to help them “erase” those digital mistakes before they become a barrier to employment. Since new grads need all the help they …
Reports of the Death of the Movies Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
For quite some time, the assumption has been that year in, year out, fewer and fewer people would bother seeing movies in the theater. Then a funny thing happened in 2012.
At Long Last, a Permanent Patch for a Dreaded Tax
The Alternative Minimum Tax has threatened the middle class for decades. Now it won’t. Score one for the fiscal-cliff deal.
Wendy’s Doubles Down on Dollar Menu
Although it bumped Burger King out of second place by positioning itself as a more upscale fast-food burger chain, now Wendy’s is supersizing its value menu by adding a second tier of under-$2 items in addition to a core group …
Put Mundane Decisions on Autopilot
Life is full of mundane decisions: what to wear, what to eat, which route to take to work. Making too many decisions about humdrum details is a waste of a limited resource: your mental energy.
College Costs: Will Tuition Discounts Get More Students to Major in Sciences?
To steer more students into high-paying fields, Florida is considering freezing tuition rates in certain areas. Will it work?
Tips for Finding Success in 2013
The start of a new year is a good time to evaluate your business and look for opportunities you might be missing or things that aren’t working as well as you’d hoped.
Online Shopping: More Popular (Yet Less Satisfying) Than Ever
Based on the sales figures, consumers are increasingly content to turn to the web to get their holiday shopping done. Judging by survey data and heaping anecdotal evidence, however, we’re increasingly dissatisfied with online …