Word: businessese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Hired guns like Semel, on the other hand, aren't usually cut as much slack. Semel tried to inject Yahoo! with some Hollywood flair, but it was ultimately his downfall. In 2004, he drafted former ABC mogul Lloyd Braun to run Yahoo!'s media and entertainment division. That multiheaded beast...
Still, not all of Yahoo's efforts fared as poorly as Semel's entertainment strategy. Its photo, email, travel and mobile offerings have proved popular and have been successful audience-builders. But Yahoo's broad array of assets have proved difficult to manage, prompting the so-called Peanut Butter Manifesto...
Be careful what you whine for. With health-care costs hobbling profits, more employers are saying to employees, Get healthy--or else. After all, insurance premiums and absenteeism by sick workers set businesses back $15 billion a year, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And yet 70% of...
The first Hispanics didn't come to work at Cargill en masse until years later. And as Cargill likes to point out, more white workers work at the factory than before. The plant has in fact grown, thanks in large part to hardworking migrants, not just from Mexico but from...
The majority of the Class of 2007 plans to enter the workforce come graduation, though a third of seniors who plan on working next year still do not have a job lined up, according to The Crimson’s poll of graduates. Though it may be little consolation to...