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EXOS is training some of the top prospects for this year’s NFL draft—and a bunch of office workers.
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More companies are turning to Wall Street analysts and other seasoned financial hands to head up investor relations, as factors such as shareholder activism and volatile stock markets complicate the job.
A common cold can derail weeks of work for professionals, such as politicians, CEOs and sopranos. Here’s advice the pros heed to stay on their feet all season.
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Warren Buffett is running a pretty big March Madness pool this year. His company is giving away at least $100,000 to an employee.
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MetLife is preparing to part ways with a central force in the company’s history: its life-insurance agents.
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Companies are offering rent subsidies, house-hunting services and down-payment help for employees willing to live close to the office. And, managers say, these employees often work late and stay with the company longer.
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What corporate directors are paid has received scant attention, amid the debate about soaring executive compensation. But pay for nonexecutive directors of S&P; 500 companies rose nearly 50% between 2006 and 2014.
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Faced with greater debt and less savings, more female workers are delaying retirement, a shift that’s helping to transform America’s economy.
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Corporations such as SAP and Nielsen are using online platforms to stay in closer touch with former employees.
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A study finds that frequency of pay increases trumps size in impact on employees.
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Researchers find that a positive culture boosts performance, but performance alone doesn’t create a positive culture
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New studies suggest that when workers wear nicer clothes, they achieve more.
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Sara Goldrick-Rab says lenders shouldn’t get to pick which students get an education. Neal McCluskey argues that we end up hurting the students we are trying to help.
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GlaxoSmithKline Chairman Philip Hampton has started to look for a successor to Andrew Witty as chief executive of the U.K. pharmaceutical giant.
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A website’s help-wanted ads show restaurants looking for wine experts with something extra.
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Women are joining the construction business in increasing numbers. Ralph Gardner Jr. finds out why.
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In an interview, John Skipper dismissed the narrative that something fundamental is amiss at ESPN. He talked about the company’s plans to distribute more content online to reach cord-cutters and addressed criticism.
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Elizabeth Chaney and her dog Ventoux deploy immediately when there is an earthquake or other emergency anywhere in the world.
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Finding a new job is a perennial New Year’s resolution, so it’s no surprise the first week in January is a busy one on job-search websites. But as with many resolutions, it often can take a while to pick up steam.
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