When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced she was sacking the company's telecommuting program, her office deferred questions about the decision to a corporate spokesperson with a typical nonresponsive response about the matter: the company ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has commented on the firm's controversial ban on working on home for the first time since the policy was introduced in February. Giving the closing keynote at the Great Place to Work conference in Los Angeles, ...
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Apple's noted silence has hurt its mystique and caused it to cede the "cool" factor to competitors, a communications expert said today. "It's what Apple didn't say that made them so powerful," said Peter LaMotte, an analyst with Levick, ...
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When trying to make your office a little more comfortable to inspire some creative brainstorming, you have plenty of options. If you are really committed to creating a more casual work environment, you could go all out like the offices of ...
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APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
Farmscrapers are vertical farming on steroids A glass of Hitler Cabernet with a Mussolini chaser Farm murders met with media silence The wine rumors were always there. Whispers and suspicion over various vintages were a constant. But the ...
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Young men aged 19 are most likely to be victims of online abuse, according to a new survey. Research by knowthenet.org.uk, who produced a new study called Trolled Nation, also shows most teens suffer in silence, as only a third of those ...
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A guide to efficient hot-desking. Part 2: Acoustic furniture by Anca on Mar 18. 2013 Best Advice There is so much noise in your office because you hear whatever is too loud as well as reflections off the walls and ceilings. They can then ...
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At 2:46 Monday afternoon, Japan went quiet. In memory of the lives lost two years ago in the earthquake that struck at that hour and the tsunamis that followed, a moment of silence was held across the country. From government buildings to ...
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There’s a lot to be said for open plan offices. They’re cheaper to plan, easy to scale, and encourage collaboration. One thing they don’t provide, however, is a lot of quiet. Depending on what your employees do all day ...
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) held its Annual National Bargaining Conference from 28th February to 3rd March 2013, in Cape Town. The Conference was attended by 200 delegates ...
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Most companies that do not have extensive experience negotiating in China tend to follow the same negotiation strategy as they would in their home country, mistakenly believing that applying a few Chinese customs to their set negotiation ...
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One Little Goat proprietor Philip Lemon, believes his app was rejected solely because one of the eight celebrity caricatures in the game is based on the late Steve Jobs. He supports his claim by providing the following correspondence from ...
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A preview of the trends at Texworld for next summer More than 625 international weavers and producers will reveal their new collections for Spring/c this February. Texworld alone has registered 85 new exhibitors from South Korea, China, ...
Revenue at Microsoft's Windows division was up 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012, bucking the long-running trend where the company's OS sales have mirrored PC sales. But the unexpected results, which made Windows the company's top ...