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Making the Most of Videoconferencing: Videoconferencing has become more and more common as the technology behind it became more affordable and reliable. Today, two or more people can easily ...; Tags: Video Conferencing, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Bandwidth, Telecommuting, Technology, Proximity, BNET Editorial
Understanding Financial Reporting: Financial reporting, done annually by private enterprises and quarterly by public companies, offers essential information about the financial health of an organization. Interested parties ...; Tags: Financial Reporting, Statement, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Statement, Accounting, Financial, Auditing, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Information, BNET Editorial
Navigating the Financial Pages: There are two sections in a newspaper's financial pages. The first lists stocks alphabetically, providing key data about each one, and the second contains ...; Tags: Financial, Stock, Investment, Finance, BNET Editorial
10 Underrated Business Books: They are hardly traditional, but by challenging conventional wisdom, these books explain the big ideas that are essential to business success.; Tags: Publisher, Criticism, Books, Finance, Blurb, Geoffrey James, management, career, resources, Business, Public Relations, Financial Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Research, Corporate Communications
10 Overrated Business Books (and What to Read Instead): Don't believe the hype. These classic books attract all the attention, but for real business wisdom, read our preferred suggestions instead.; Tags: Publisher, Books, Blurb, Geoffrey James, management, career, resources, Organizational Structure, Leadership, Mice, Human Resources, Hardware, Peripherals
Photos: Apple unveils new iMacs, apps: CEO Steve Jobs shows off new iMacs and updates to Apple's multimedia and productivity software Tuesday. Three new iMacs were unveiled at an event ...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Keyboard, Apple Macintosh, Apple iLife, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com, Apple iMovie, Version, Desktops, Hardware
Deciding Whether to Become a Contract Employee: Contract employee is another way of describing work portfolio, a term coined by Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy in his 1989 book The ...; Tags: Employee, Skill, Career, Contract Employee, Professional Development, BNET Editorial
Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental Leave: Cranky bosses, inflexible schedules, going into labor at work. These five parents navigated the tricky waters of when to take parental leave and ...; Tags: human resources, workplace, benefits, parental leave, Family and Medical Leave Act, Job, Boss, Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, United Parcel Service Of America Inc., C.C. Holland
Techniques of the Office Politics Masters: How five of the country's top CEOs maneuvered to reach the top and stay there.; Tags: professional development, career, workplace, Asset, Innovation, Stock Option, Strategy, Shareholder, Technique, Talent, Job, Steve Jobs, C, Carly Fiorina, Acquisition, Wall Street Journal, Marketing, Disney Corp., Staffing, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., General Electric Co., Merger, Financial, Agent, Microsoft Office, Board, Movie, Media, Investment, PepsiCo, Columbia University, AT&T; Corp., Apple Inc., Outsourcing, TV, Sales, Passion, Worker, Compaq Computer Corp., Eisner, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Management, Kelly Pate Dwyer
Images: Google maps out mashups: Google's new My Maps feature lets anyone create a customizable map with photos and video.; Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Mashup, Corporate Communications, Marketing
Photos: Stylish new phones from Nokia: Scheduled for release in the fall, Nokia's two newest phones are aimed at consumers who want 3G and GSM compatibility.Nokia on Tuesday unveiled two ...; Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Photograph, Subsidy, GSM, Nokia 7900, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
Office Politicos: A Field Guide: Every workplace has its share of good guys and bad, solo artists and team players. To get ahead or even just survive ...; Tags: professional development, career, workplace, Team, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kelly Pate Dwyer, Microsoft Office
Assessing Yield: Yield is a broad term used in finance to mean cash returns on investments. In relation to shares, yield is the annual amount of ...; Tags: financial, stock, dividend, yield, investor, investment, financial accounting, finance, BNET Editorial
How to Win at Office Politics: Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn't have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging ...; Tags: professional development, career, workplace, Job, Department, Goal, Coworker, Colleague, Office Politic, Customer, Recruitment & Selection, Harassment, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kelly Pate Dwyer, Game, Software, Strategy, Technique, Talent, Team, Alliance, Accounting, Marketing, Compensation, Teamwork, California Software, Administrator, Leadership, Coca-Cola Co., Partnership, Supervisor, MBA, Women, Network, Knowledge, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, HR Function, Benefit, E-mail, Tool, Toyota Motor Corp., McDonald's Corp.
Top Seven Workplace Plays and Maneuvers: All office politicking relies upon a simple concept: the biggest help (and the biggest hindrance) to reaching your goals is other people. What's the ...; Tags: professional development, career, workplace, Caution, Team, Idea, Team Management, Kelly Pate Dwyer, Game, Blood Pressure, Software, Strategy, Job, Alliance, Human Resources, Newsletter, Leader, Industry, Benefit, Downtime, Vision, E-mail
Submitting Invoices and Collecting Receivables: Whenever you provide a service for a customer, or sell something at a price, you need to record these transactions formally with an invoice. ...; Tags: Payment, Invoice, Customer, Business, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, BNET Editorial
Writing the Killer Idea Pitch: If you've got an idea for improvements within your own company, it's often easy to assume that your boss will hear you out.; Tags: pitch, productivity, business communications, communications, CEO, Asset management, memo, Gym, Recruitment &Amp; Selection, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James
Wisdom of the Pros: Six experts who sell ideas for a living explain the secrets of their success.; Tags: Business, technique, idea, Productivity, Geoffrey James
Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made Careers: Inside the sales strategies that launched the Xbox, the first reality-TV show, and Enron's big swindle.; Tags: Business, game, Enron Corp., Microsoft Corp., MTV, Tom, Games, Game players, TV & Home Theater, PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY, Consumer electronics, idea, TV & Home Theater, TV & Home Theater, Tv & Home Theater, Tv & Home Theater, Geoffrey James
How to Sell an Idea: Got an idea that could kick your career into overdrive?; Tags: Sales, selling, entrepreneur, managing up, new ideas, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Professional Development, Team Management, Sales Strategy, Mergers &Amp; Acquisitions, Career, Investment, Finance, Geoffrey James

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Seven Ways to Improve Excel Charts and Graphics

Few programs can touch Excel when it comes to churning out charts and business graphics. Web Worker Daily offers seven tips on improving your Excel charts and graphics, starting with "speed...

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Debunking the Myth of Labor Market Deregulation

If you believe labor market deregulation is a good for business, you may want to check out the Bank for International Settlements working paper, "The Global Upward Trend in the...

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The Business of Families

This is not the sort of question you typically address in your column, but I think it features an ethical dilemma in the business of families: My brother-in-law is a...