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Management
Get Your (Mini)Vacations on the Calendar Now

Does the start of the year have you dreaming of your next vacation? There’s no time like January to plan out your vacation strategy for the year.

Friday, January 18, 2019
Management
Can the Avengers Save the Oscars?

Perhaps a band of superheroes is exactly what the Academy Awards ceremony needs. Left without a host, Hollywood’s biggest and most glamorous event might go on without one, instead featuring a whole cast of stars from Marvel’s Avengers franchise.

Thursday, January 17, 2019
Management
How Brexit Failed

Brexit is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet. Maryland Smith's Anil Gupta explains what happens next.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Marketing
De Beers Looking To Alter Diamond Industry – Again

De Beers once swore it would never debase itself by selling stones that had been grown in a lab. Well, that was then.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Finance
Why There's Now One Less Worry for Markets

There was a key development on Capitol Hill last week you might have missed. The decades-old Gephardt Rule, which seeks to avoid having the U.S. run afoul of the debt limit, was given new life.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Management
Job Interview? Avoid Raising These Red Flags

Planning to look for a new job in 2019? When you get to the interview stage, avoid raising the five most common red flags, Maryland Smith’s Patricia Reich says.

Thursday, January 3, 2019
Management
Your Guide to the Spot-on Job Interview

There are five key stages to the typical job interview. Maryland Smith's Patricia Reich explains how to master each one.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Finance
Make – and Keep – Your Financial Resolution

“A New Year’s Resolution is a promise to yourself,” Maryland Smith’s Elinda F. Kiss says. Here's how to make a financial resolution and make it stick.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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Management
Nice Or Competent: Who Makes the Better Colleague?

Do you choose to work with the most competent but least likeable person on the team? Or do you choose the most likeable but least competent person?

Marketing
Can Michael Kors Keep Versace Fans Happy?

Buyers of luxury fashion can be passionate about the brands they shell out for. But can they be loyal when the brand becomes so popular that it loses its exclusivity?