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...What if someone tells you that you're being let go? What do you do and say at that awful moment? Keep your mouth shut. Keep your hand away from the pen. Sign nothing. Keep your thoughts to yourself. Ask questions. At the risk of sounding adversarial - and I don't like to do that because I'm a huge booster of the HR profession - these people have a script. HR and the layoff managers are war-gamed against a script because they need to protect themselves legally. If you only ask questions, in a really calm...
...FDIC has taken over--nationalized, if you will--14 smallish banks so far this year. The tough questions have to do with the banking giants. Regulators deem them too big to be sold off or shut down according to standard FDIC procedures without risking another market breakdown like the one that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The Obama Administration has already said it will buy shares in banks that need more help, and is negotiating a deal that would give it a big minority stake in Citigroup. But it has so far dismissed suggestions that it should take full...
...Cornell has] a few really good players but in the end, it’s a team game,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “We have to look to shut Cornell down all over the ice. We want to be aware of their strengths, but in the end you want to focus on your own strengths...
...January 28, the FLA released a report on its investigations regarding Russell’s decision to close the Jerzees de Honduras factory, in violation of the FLA Workplace Code of Conduct. The report concluded that the move appeared to have been driven by a desire to shut down the union...
...that “Life is Good,” but the harsh business climate has not borne out the optimism of their mantra. Everything’s Jake—an outdoor apparel store that carries “Life is Good” merchandise—will shut its doors permanently this weekend after two and a half years in the Harvard Square Garage. Store owner Glen Tompkins said that the closing was “just another sign of the times.” Everything’s Jake opened for business in August...