National Economy
National Economy
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Eurozone set for Q4 economic contraction
A run of downbeat economic news Tuesday reinforced expectations that the 17-nation eurozone's economy shrank during the last three months of 2011 as the government debt crisis dragged on even the biggest and richest countries.
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
When office jokes stop being funny
The class clown may get in trouble, but the office wag may be the glue that makes a workplace stick together.
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Companies mixed on letting workers use their own gadgets for work
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Like many employees these days, Kim Gibbons uses her own smartphone and tablet for her job at Cisco Systems. That way, no matter where she is - including weekend soccer matches with her children - "I'm still very much connected with everything at work," she said.
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Colleges nurture Generation Z entrepreneurs
RALEIGH, N.C. - A Friday night consisting of pizza and beer might not sound very exceptional in the life of the average college student. But for the residents of Duke's InCube living community, the college staples are fuel for the entrepreneurial spirit.
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Five ways to tame out-of-control meetings
We've all been there - staff meetings that seem longer than "Gone With the Wind."
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Your Office Coach: Make sure contributions are noticed
QUESTION: I have become very disillusioned with my manager. "Brian" and I worked well together as peers for several years, collaborating on a variety of successful projects, until a new CEO promoted me and demoted him. Recently, that CEO was replaced by a guy who worked with Brian twenty years ago...
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Dating advice from the pros
It's Friday evening and Dan Silverman has taken a well-dressed man to Miami's Lincoln Road where he's prodding him to go up and talk to attractive women. Tonight, as usual, Silverman accompanies him and provides feedback afterward. "I'm looking at whether the approach comes off as natural and how...
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Q&A: Keep meetings on track
QUESTION: Meetings in the volunteer organization that I'm involved in tend to get very out of control. We often stray off topic, usually because of a few longwinded folks. How can I help us become more productive?
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
China looks to spur consumer spending to maintain growth rate
China's government, which has overseen enviable economic growth for the past three decades by pushing huge volumes of exports, is searching for ways to get its own people to buy more things in hopes that will help sustain its economic miracle.
-
NATIONAL ECONOMY
UK inflation rate drops to 3.6 percent
Britain's inflation rate fell to 3.6 percent in the year to January from 4.2 percent the previous month, official figures showed Tuesday, to the likely relief of cash-strapped households which have seen muted pay increases more than eaten up by rising prices.






