CEO Candor on the (Steep) Decline
Top U.S. CEOs issued 21 percent more confusing and misleading statements last year than they did in 2006 -- and 85 percent more than five years ago. Here's where you'll find some of the worst offenders.

How Web Advertisers Know What You Want
The nitty gritty on how online marketers are targeting ads more precisely to reach their most coveted consumers.

5 Ways to Keep Your Team Intact
Ask any room full of managers and they'll tell you the same tale: Good people are hard to find and even harder to keep. BNET's CC Holland finds five key strategies to retain top talent.

3 Secret Signals of Procrastination
Like to organize your paper clips instead of work on that big project? That could signal you're intimidated by whatever you're avoiding. Here's how to interpret what your procrastination really means.

Not Enough Linens, Too Many Things
The Linens 'n Things Chapter 11 filing shows exactly what's wrong with the big-box discount retailer model.

Can Rolling Stone Keep on Rolling?
For that august publication of record for the Baby Boomer generation, Rolling Stone, times are not exactly booming

New Frontiers in Healthcare Rationing
Michigan's rejection of hospital plans to build cancer-radiation centers brings states into the brave new world of rationing medical care by limiting the availability of new treatments.

Exchanging Business Cards
It might seem like a relatively insignificant act, but etiquette coach Syndi Seid begs to differ. Did you know, for example, that handing over your card with your left hand is a terrible insult in some countries? Find out other faux pas in this video.

The Art of the Toast
The dos and don'ts of giving and receiving toasts at important events.

Proper Business Introductions
Two golden rules for how to introduce colleagues and clients gracefully.

Hosting a Business Lunch
Everything from the invitation and seating arrangement to the proper time to talk business.

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CEOs, especially those involved in high tech, see the same pattern year after year. They desperately need high-level, foreign workers since universities in the U.S. are not turning out enough software writers and computer engineers. Yet nothing ever seems to get done in Congress to boost the number of H1B...

George Soros knows financial markets -- it's how he got to be a billionaire. So when he starts pointing out fundamental flaws in today's markets and calls for reform, he's doing it from within the machine. Soros has a new book out, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets...

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