You’re only human and you’re not expected to perform at your optimum level all the time. But when your job performance is adversely affected by lingering bad work habits, you need to watch out. Your boss might be forced to get a much more efficient replacement.
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Although stocks closed lower on Wednesday, they are definitely above session lows. Biotechs recovered and traded higher while the S&P 500 sustained a technical level. At the end of trading, Dow Jones closed at 249 points, way better than the previous downslide of 550 points.
On the eve of the Davos conference, Pope Francis warned the wealthy delegates and the economic elites of the world and cautioned them not to be deaf and blind to the cry of the poor and to discontinue doing things that produce inequality in this world.
Due to lingering and unresolved illnesses, Glen Frey, a founding member of The Eagles, passed away January 18. Frey was 67 when he succumbed to a combination of health problems.
It is a blessing to have a boss that is there to help you do your work, not one who will boss you around like you’re his personal slave. But lacking that, you don’t have to act like the world is already ending. There are effective ways to deal with a difficult boss. Here are some tips.
The race is heating up between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, both Republicans seeking the party’s 2016 presidential nomination. But it appears that the fight is getting worse with the two resorting to personal attacks against each other.
While drumming up support for Donald Trump, Sarah Palin was forced to face the growing controversy involving his son. Track Palin, the 26-year old son of Palin and an Iraq veteran was arrested recently for domestic violence.
Samsung is now mass producing second-generation HBM2 or high bandwidth memory. The company announced this new development yesterday about six months after AMD unveiled the first GPU equipped with the first generation HBM.
Four tech giants are currently ruling the digital world. These are Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. Another digital giant is knocking on the door – Microsoft which slowed down for a while but is now seemingly recovering. All five business conglomerates have dominated the digital industry for years and there seems to be nothing that will stop them from doing the same in the near future.
After U.S. sanctions were lifted, Iran orders a dramatic increase in its oil production. This led to a number of foreign companies in arranging deals as the country ends its long years of international isolation.
Microsoft did it again. This company wants everyone to use Windows 10 alone that’s why it recently announced that only new processors will work with the OS upgrade.
If this is your first day to go to work, you must be feeling a hardening of your stomach because of stress. Some have said that the feeling is akin to the first day of going to high school. Granted that this feeling is very common, it doesn’t mean that you just grit your teeth and face the day with firm determination.
Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska and previous contender in the U.S. presidential race, has thrown her support to presidential hopeful Donald Trump. She announced her support for Trump in Iowa early this week.
The Oscars continues to be a very hot topic. Whoopi Goldberg lends her voice to the ongoing tumult. On the set of “The View,” she showed her complete disagreement with Spike Lee and Jada Pinkest Smith. To her, boycotting the Oscars is not a wise move for black actors.
Microchip Technology Inc., the giant chipmaker based in Chandler, Arizona, has recently announced that it is acquiring its rival Atmel Corp. of San Jose, Calif. for a massive deal amounting to $3.56 Billion. The deal will be negotiated in cash and stock.
A new China-led development bank has been launched Monday. After a week of ironing personnel and other issues, officials of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank are now ready to roll up their sleeves for the bank’s full-fledged operations.
The nominations for the Oscar Awards are finally out. But conspicuously absent from the list are black actors like Will Smith and Idris Elba.
The first two weeks of 2016 seems to be the worst for U.S. stocks. Plunging oil prices have driven the stocks down, the worst start ever.
Wal-Mart, the biggest retailer in the world, is doing a rare pruning. The company is set to close down 269 stores, 154 of them in the U.S. alone. These U.S. locations will include all stores under what the company calls Wal-Mart Express. Its stores in Brazil also take up a big chunk of these shutdowns.
Credentials and experience are only half of the story when nailing a job. It is also important to successfully hurdle the job interview.
