Comcast-Time Warner Deal Tops A Year Of Corporate Mergers
This year saw some very large corporate mergers and takeovers. Comcast and Time Warner's proposed deal topped the list.Globally, there were $3 trillion worth of deals announced this year — the biggest...
View ArticleBusinesses Try To Stave Off Brain Drain As Boomers Retire
In the U.S., roughly 10,000 people reach retirement age every day. And though not everyone who turns 62 or 65 retires right away, enough do that some companies are trying to head off the problem.Dave...
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Largest Unit Of Gambling Giant Caesars Files For Bankruptcy
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Caesars is one of the biggest names in the casino business. Today, it placed its largest division, Caesars...
View ArticleAnd So We Meet, Again: Why The Workday Is So Filled With Meetings
The ouster of Bryan Stockton from his perch as CEO at Mattel this week came as the toymaker's best-known brands like Barbie stagnate and it loses business to Web-based games.Stockton himself said last...
View ArticleShake Shack Sizzles With IPO As McDonald's Fizzles
Shake Shack, the Manhattan-based burger chain, has a cult following, and investors gobbled up shares Friday when it became a publicly traded company.In its initial public offering, shares were priced...
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Staples Takes Another Shot At Buying Rival Office Depot
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Staples announced today that it plans to buy its chief rival, Office Depot, for $6.3 billion. This is the...
View ArticleYou Might Want To Take Another Pass At Your Passwords
Compromises of private corporate or consumer data are all too common. This month, health insurer Anthem announced its customer data was hacked.Yet even President Obama last week poked fun at our common...
View ArticleRecruiting Better Talent With Brain Games And Big Data
The job interview hasn't changed much over the years. There are the resumes, the face-to-face meetings, the callbacks — and the agonizing wait, as employers decide based on a hunch about who's best...
View ArticlePart-Time Workers Struggle With Full-Time Juggling Act
The cold weather did not hamper hiring last month. Employers added nearly 300,000 jobs to payrolls, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent.Despite another strong report, there is little evidence...
View ArticleAs Americans Eat Healthier, Processed Foods Starting To Spoil
Kraft Foods is going through a rough patch.This week, Kraft recalled nearly 2.5 million boxes of macaroni and cheese that were potentially contaminated with metal pieces.Also, Kraft Singles, a...
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