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What’s Wrong with Wal-Mart?

Sales are flat. Expansion is stalled. Image problems abound. Find out what the world’s biggest retailer is doing to tackle its strategic problems.

The Office Politics Playbook

You don't need dirty tricks, but you do need to know the rules. Use these techniques to get what you want in the workplace.

Catching Flack

BNET's new Insight columnists explain the smart way to do public relations.

Fighting Low-Cost Competitors

Are rivals slashing prices to capture market share? Learn the right way to keep them at bay — without destroying your profit margins.

Cultivate New Ideas

Ideas are a precious resource, but they're hard to nurture and easy to kill. Here's how to help them — and your company — prosper.

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Video: Making Telecommuting Work

Telecommuting has become very attractive to companies, managers, and employees alike. Staffing consultant, Sally Thornton, lets us know how both managers and employees can create a successful telecommuting relationship.

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More Exercises You Can Do at Work

A couple of months ago, we noted there were a few ways you could burn calories at work, like installing a treadmill desk or a geek-a-cycle. If you lack the ...

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Dell Accounting Probe Resolved: Battle of the PC Makers Continues

Yesterday Dell announced the results of its year long accounting probe and admitted that finance staff misstated earnings in order to meet quarterly performance targets. The company will now have ...

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Wal-Mart Plans Higher-End Stores

This week Wal-Mart reported disappointing earnings for the second quarter and predicted more troubles to come, blaming its poor clothing and home decor products as well as higher energy prices ...

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How Small Video Stores Compete and Succeed in a Crowded Market

There's been a lot of coverage lately of the battle between Blockbuster and Netflix. With these two behemoths competing for the DVD-by-mail market, and Hollywood Video (now owned by Movie ...

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Useful Commute: The New Rules for Success

In this show, learn how to succeed in your career on your own terms. Sound brazen? Perhaps. But our guest, Penelope Trunk, says a take-charge attitude is the only way to get ahead in today’s job market. Trunk is a career columnist for the Boston Globe. Her syndicated column runs in more than 200 publications worldwide.

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