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Mike Wood discusses LeapFrog's early days, and why he eventually left the educational toy company for a new startup.
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Barclays's Finance Director Chris Lucas is leaving six months earlier than planned due to ill health.
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Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista has hired debt-restructuring advisers and on Wednesday agreed to transfer control of port operator LLX in an attempt to salvage his business empire.
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Hedge-fund manager William Ackman has resigned from the board of J.C. Penney, bringing an end to an unusually public rift among directors that had threatened the struggling company's turnaround efforts.
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As Western multinationals ratchet up their operations in Asia, there is one glaring omission from the upper ranks of management: Asians.
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The CEO of Chinese recruitment firm Zhaopin Ltd. says his company is benefiting from a growing economy and an increasingly Internet-savvy, job-hopping young workforce.
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Don Mattrick, the company's new chief executive, announced a major reorganization Tuesday that includes the departures of three top executives: chief operating officer David Ko, technology chief Cadir Lee, and chief people officer Colleen McCreary.
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Instead of looking to one person as a mentor, a would-be protégé should build up a team of mentors drawn from all areas of his or her professional and personal lives.
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The way companies handle customer complaints is every bit as important as trying to provide great service in the first place. (See the full report)
A call for unpaid interns to serve at LeanIn.org, the nonprofit spawned by Sheryl Sandberg's book about women and work, has sparked anger and criticism that such job arrangements are exploitative.
Layoffs at H.J. Heinz Co. and Cisco Systems Inc. target managers in companies' middle ranks.
The CEO of Chinese recruitment firm Zhaopin Ltd. says his company is benefiting from a growing economy and an increasingly Internet-savvy, job-hopping young workforce.
The DoE says personally identifiable information for about 14,000 current and former employees has been breached.
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Consumers are getting more confident. After spending the past few years getting their finances in order, Americans are stepping up borrowing for cars and homes, reports the WSJ's Eric Morath. New York Fed data show that auto lending shot up by $20 billion in Q2—the biggest gain in seven years. Meanwhile, total consumer debt fell by $78 billion to $11.15 trillion—its lowest level since 2006. Student debt is still a problem, but the overall numbers suggest that consumers could help propel growth in the second half because of their willingness to take on new debt, Morath writes.
Brazil's Supreme Court heard the appeals of 25 people convicted in the country's high-profile bribery scandal in a scheme to buy pro-government votes.
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Making colleagues laugh takes timing, self-confidence—and the ability to rebound from a blooper.
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As parents worry their kids will get stuck with a burnout, a bore or a scary drill-sergeant type, more schools are trying to limit parents' input.
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Business-school applicants with a high undergraduate grade-point average are more likely to be admitted than those who performed slightly less well amid tougher grading standards.
Economic downturns offer unique opportunities to launch innovative new products and services. Here's how entrepreneurs - both inside and outside of corporations - can make smart decisions about innovating in a slump.
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