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Retaining Employees: 5 Things You Need to Know

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

(From The Huffington Post) — Even when the economy is tough — and maybe especially then — it’s never a bad idea to show your employees appreciation. You may have a few knuckleheads you wouldn’t be sorry to see go, were they to walk out, but the last thing you need is your best employees to leave you high and dry. And they will, if you take them for granted. After all, especially in a world in which retiring with a gold watch is increasingly a fantasy, why should talented employees stick around if they aren’t being treated like a best employee should be? It can obviously cost thousands of dollars to train a new employee, depending on the position, especially taking into account all the money a company can lose when its talent isn’t around to land new accounts, maintain quality control and provide superior customer service. (There are a lot of employee turnover calculators online to prove this point, like this one. So if you want to keep your employees happy, in both good and bad times, here are five things you need to know. Read more .

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Facebook IPO may be coming Wednesday – Washington Post

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:13:59 +0000

CTV.ca Facebook IPO may be coming Wednesday Washington Post If Facebook is indeed about to go public, as a report in the Wall Street Journal suggests, its young chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will face some new challenges. Jena McGregor reports: With just 3000 employees, Facebook is relatively small for the $4 … The Facebook IPO: A Warning? BullionVault all 1,297 news articles

Western industrials feel a Chinese burn

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:45:48 +0000

Leading exporters have seen a slowdown in some markets in China as efforts to cool the world’s second-largest economy hit demand for capital goods

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Xerox: slow grower fails to excite

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:25:13 +0000

The shares look very cheap but until the economy provides a boost to growth, the shares of the boredom company are unlikely to excite

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Blackstone raises $6bn for new property fund

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:19:05 +0000

Private equity group has been one of the world’s most aggressive buyers of commercial property, betting on sector at time of unease about the global economy

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Are you "scam smart"? – KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:17:23 +0000

Wakulla.com Are you ” scam smart”? KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest Secret shopper and work at home schemes are rampant in this down economy. High paying jobs with no experience necessary? If it sounds too good to be true…it is. If you want to report a scam or learn more about them, go to the BBB Scam Source. BBB names top ten scams of 2011 WIVB Better Business Bureau Warns Public on Popular Scams KSWT-TV Ore. Better Biz Bureau Lists 2011's Top Scams KTVZ Rocky View Weekly

BBB’s Top Ten Scams of 2011 – ABC7Chicago.com

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:44:24 +0000

ABC7Chicago.com BBB's Top Ten Scams of 2011 ABC7Chicago.com he complete list of Top 10 Scams in 2011 from the BBB includes: 1. Work -At- Home schemes. There are certainly legitimate telecommuting jobs, but many work-from-home opportunities are scams . Promising convenient work always attracts attention; however, … Top con of 2011: Job-hunting scams MSN Money Better Business Bureau names top ten scams of 2011 WTVB BBB: Top US Scams In 2011 KITV Honolulu NBC Chicago

FTC hard-pressed to secure refunds for job-scam victims – Washington Post

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:15:49 +0000

FTC hard-pressed to secure refunds for job- scam victims Washington Post The Federal Trade Commission sent refund checks last month to 75000 people under a settlement with a Texas firm that allegedly charged them for an online list of work -at- home jobs but then often denied them access and refused to give back the fees. …

The Failure of the Titanic and the US Economy | Mutual Scam Money

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:38:55 +0000

It gets worse. Just attending at Fannie , Freddie, FDIC, the bailouts and the Stimulus failures. … This entry was posted in Mutual Scam Money and tagged Economy, Economy Failure, Failure, Titanic, Titanic Economy. Bookmark …

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Credit card scam uncovered in Moultrie and Fitzgerald – WALB-TV

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:22:49 +0000

Credit card scam uncovered in Moultrie and Fitzgerald WALB-TV … for work in this tough economy is now caught in the middle of an international scam . Moultrie Police uncovered it after a man there figured out crooks used his credit card to buy something online. The purchase was shipped to a home in Fitzgerald. … and more