By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN With prospects for new jobs or promotions still looking grim, many workers are struggling to take their careers to the next level. Some, though, have found ways to cope and make themselves more marketable for when companies start hiring again. Enlarge Image Close Chris Schneider for the Wall Street Journal Meghan [...]
By DENNIS NISHI Growing up with military family members who regularly chatted about jets inspired Celeste Ward Gventer to study aeronautical engineering at Stanford University. But she ended up becoming a defense analyst, serving two stints in Iraq—one helping to build the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. She eventually became a deputy assistant secretary of defense [...]
It was 4 p.m. on a recent Friday—a time of the week when I usually relax and leave the rest of my to-do list to finish over the weekend. But as this recent weekend approached, I kept pushing myself, heart pumping, to get to the bottom of my list of planned tasks for the week. [...]
Release Date: 05/03/2012Contact Information: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, kader.hanady@epa.gov; Graham Kirn, EPA Toxics Release Inventory Program, 206-553-1603, kirn.graham@epa.gov (Seattle—May 3, 2012) Kanto Corporation, a Portland, Oregon chemical manufacturer, failed to report the use of toxic chemicals at its facility in violation of community right-to-know laws, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental [...]
But can an app tell a story? Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that’s worked well enough for the company to earn its [...]
Release Date: 04/05/2012Contact Information: Stacy Kika, Kika.stacy@epa.gov, 202-564-0906, 202-564-4355 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three enforcement actions for violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) and other lead rules. The RRP rule requires the use of lead-safe work practices to ensure that common renovation activities like sanding, cutting [...]
LOS ANGELES | Thu May 10, 2012 1:41pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Russell Brand will host the MTV Movie Awards for the first time when it airs in June, bringing his style of comedy from “high to low brow” to the show, the network said on Thursday. The British comedian, known for raunchy, off-the-cuff [...]
By BETH GARDINER Just like large companies eager to get a foothold in one of the world’s most important markets, international business schools are moving into China in a big way. Eager to capitalize on demand in a fast-growing economy that has a huge need for well-trained managers, big name B-schools from Europe and the [...]
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By VICTORIA E. KNIGHT Employers seeking to promote wellness in the workplace may have to rethink their rewards programs – or run the risk of breaking new federal rules protecting individuals’ genetic information. The recently issued guidelines prohibit health plans and employers from offering any financial rewards to any worker for participating in a health [...]