Before you became a millionaire, you had some rough times. What was your lowest moment?I was selling aboveground swimming pools door to door in Louisiana. I got a draw on my commission, which was about $200 a week. That was enough for gas, food and...
Q When does criticism from a superior become harassment? My wife works in sales for a large pharma company. At every opportunity her boss has to criticize, whether just or unjust, he lays into her like a rented mule. He does not pass along credit whe...
Digital technology has enabled workers to be more productive, allowed them to communicate around the world instantaneously and generally redefined almost every job description on Earth.But it’s also given cubicle creeps and departmental degenerates ...
Top music downloads1. Best I Ever Had, Drake2. Knock You Down, Keri Hilson3. Run This Town, Jay-Z4. Successful, Drake5. Break Up, Mario6. I’m Me, Lil Wayne7. I’m Goin’ In, Drake8. You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift9. Throw It In the Bag, Fabo...
Central banks flush with record reserves are snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two-quarter rout in almost two decades. Policy makers boosted foreign currency holdings by $413 billion last...
The Chinese factory giant that's filled shelves of Wal-Mart and Target for years is launching a $1 billion shopping spree here to snap up retail chains for its own hungry portfolio. Li &Fung Ltd., the biggest supplier of clothing and toys to the U...
With last week's shocking closure of foodie mag Gourmet, Media City thought it would be fitting to review the final issue of that 68-year-old title -- along with its surviving rivals. In reading Gourmet Editor Ruth Reichl's letter in the final iss...
With one of the few hedge funds to have completely recovered from last year's financial meltdown, noted manager Whitney Tilson went on the road to crow about it. Tilson, after years of having a high-profile but a relatively small investment operati...
There's growing fear among the ranks at Morgan Stanley that their new boss might be inclined to dial down the bank's risk taking. Risk is a sensitive subject at Morgan, where insiders and investors alike are eager for signs of change at the top. I...
'Green' issues George Soros is pledg ing to invest $1 billion in green companies -- if they're profitable and make a contribution to solutions of climate is sues. Soros, 79, manages about $24 billion in funds worldwide, but didn't cite any specific...
