Today kicks off Automotive Service Professionals Week, an industry observance that runs June 9-15, according to the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). In
Business journalists especially face the accusation of being “negative.” Companies want to control their image. Many small outfits have no experience in dealing with the
Here’s another round-up of items scrawled on index cards, junk-mail envelopes and Post-It notes that don’t quite merit their own blog post but nevertheless are
You know that phenomenon when a certain word or phrase suddenly starts cropping up everywhere you turn? Sometimes such a buzz can mean that a
Jobs stories this time of year tend to focus on the prospects for the new crop of college grads and interesting seasonal jobs (see my
One of June’s most widespread observances is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, which as this Library of Congress history page notes, commemorates
The most authoritative quotes come from on-the-record named sources, preferably senior executives, labor leaders, scientists, economists and workers with direct knowledge of the news. But
One of the best things about hitting the road is a change in perspective. Getting a few miles, or a few hundred miles, outside your
Headlines say “Teens still face a tough jobs market,” and other reports over the past couple of months have advised high school & college students
It’s the peak of springtime and that ringing sound you hear is the peal of wedding bells – and the cha-ching of revenue echoing in
The Dow Jones News Fund will train and send 85 undergraduate and graduate students to work this summer as business reporters, digital journalists, news and
Well, it’s rather a downer for the industry-led National Hamburger Month that there have been a couple of major ground beef fiascos in the past
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