Should you take that job?
BOSTON - Determining whether to take a job offer can — and should — be a difficult decision, even in a difficult economy, says Harvard Business Review.
Zynga plans to build a gamers' social network
SAN FRANCISCO - Zynga Inc unveiled a social network for gamers dubbed "Zynga with Friends" on Tuesday, hoping to wean itself from a longstanding, symbiotic relationship with Facebook Inc that has shaped two of Silicon Valley's closely watched Internet companies. | Video
Zumba no longer just exercise, it's big business
MIAMI - Alberto Perez started out as a street performer and then an aerobics teacher in Colombia, making extra cash on the side teaching the wives of businessmen how to dance in nightclubs in his hometown, Cali.
Italy's business capital Milan seeks start-ups
MILAN - Milan has asked the Rome government for tax breaks on new start-up companies in the area, in a bid to attract fresh investments and maintain its role as Italy's business capital.
From cuisine to circuses, summer camps target bored kids
HIGHGATE, Vermont - Ten-year-old Max Oreck had been planning to spend much of his summer vacation playing computer games and watching television.
Number of U.S. businesses fell in 2010: Census Bureau
WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. businesses with paid employees fell for a third straight year in 2010, but the rate of decrease slowed, the Census Bureau said on Tuesday.
GSA scandal hits travel groups, convention hosts
- The fallout from the General Services Administration's headline-grabbing Las Vegas convention scandal is rippling through the travel and conference industries, who say their nascent recovery is being jeopardized by increasing scrutiny on government travel spending.
Guarding your business when you're sick
- Financial advisers spend a lot of time creating contingency plans for their clients, but many neglect to prepare for their own worst-case scenario.
Summer vacations take backseat for some financial advisers
NEW YORK - In the summer Mark Martiak usually spends four days a week at his home office in his Southampton, New York beach house.
Small luxury firms make modest way to global market
PARIS - Poupie Cadolle's family has been making handmade lingerie in a workshop on Rue Saint Honore for five generations, with Qatari royals, American actresses and Swiss bankers' wives all crossing her doorstep in search of the perfect bra or corset.
As video chat becomes easier, text chats still rule
The reason I’m skeptical my friends will adopt video chat is because of an app called I'd Cap That.