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The New Economy Do companies go too far to please their shareholders?
It's an idea that cuts against the grain: Companies would thrive more if they focused on their long-term good rather than delivering a great quarter to their shareholders, some analysts say.
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How China got businesses to pay taxes: scratch-n-win tickets
A decade ago China was losing about $158 million a year in tax revenues. World Bank figures show that China has steadily increased its tax revenues since 1994.
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Why has this been the slowest economic recovery since WWII?
Feeble growth, little consumer spending, unemployment, and shrinking paychecks have all contributed to making this the slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression.
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Having it all: The work-family balance debate continues
Having it all – a professional career and a family – isn't possible, says Anne-Marie Slaughter in a recent Atlantic article. The piece reignited the debate about difficulties for working mothers and the need for more flexible time in the workplace.
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Is Mitt Romney really a job creator? What his Bain Capital record shows.
Mitt Romney is running for president on his business acumen, saying he knows what it takes to create jobs. He puts less emphasis on what he knows about eliminating jobs. Marion, Ind., has experienced both via Romney and Bain Capital.
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Meg Whitman new HP CEO. What firm has more CEO change?
Fortune 500 companies are supposed to be stable, rock-solid institutions, where CEO change rarely happens. But it doesn't always happen that way. Just ask Hewlett-Packard, which announced Thursday that Meg Whitman would be the company's new chief executive officer, the fourth HP CEO in six years. In the past six years, only 16 companies on the Fortune 500 or S&P 500 have had three CEOs, according to executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates in Hinsdale, Ill. Besides HP, only two have had four or more. Can you guess who these CEO change champions are? [Editor's note: This story was updated 9/23/2011.]
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Jobs go unfilled despite high unemployment
At 8.9 percent, unemployment is still high. But in some industries, jobs are available with no skilled workers to fill them.
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After slow start, more IPOs predicted in 2009
Fueling the optimism: the stock market’s recovery, and investors’ willingness to take risks again, especially in the case of IPOs, where companies are selling stock to the public for the first time.
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Legacy of Chicago sit-in: empowering laid-off workers
Six-day factory occupation ends after employees gain $1.75 million severance package.
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