Making a game out of work
Companies are trying to bring more play to the workday. Striving to make everyday business tasks more engaging, a growing number of firms, including International Business Machines Corp. and consulting...
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Keep the tie, lose the socks
What man, as the weather warms, does not dream of jettisoning his tie and jacket? Even for many devotees of the power suit, the switch-over to short sleeves and lighter...
Fighting job burnout
Given all of the work that's been piled on employees at leanly staffed companies during the weak economy, it's understandable that some workers want to scale back. Almost four in...
Fighting job burnout
Given all of the work that's been piled on employees at leanly staffed companies during the weak economy, it's understandable that some workers want to scale back. Almost four in...
Citadel ties in launch of fund
A former Citadel Investment Group senior manager is launching a new hedge fund with three other ex-employees of the Chicago-based firm, a move that reunites a veteran trading team and...
McDonald’s European HQ moving
McDonald's Corp. this fall will become the latest in a lengthening line of companies to move their European headquarters from London to Geneva. Although the United Kingdom's high corporate-tax rates...
General Growth rating further downgraded
Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating on Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. further into junk territory on concerns about the mall operator's significant near-term debt maturities amid severely constrained...
Lumber industry awaits a rebound
This year is expected to be a long, hard 12 months for lumber producers and dealers amid predictions that the home-building slump may not bottom out until the fourth quarter....
Lenders tighten mortgage rules
It takes more than good credit to get a mortgage these days. Lenders across the country, stuck with piles of loans investors wouldn't buy, are jacking up rates and imposing...
HUD creates new fair-lending monitor
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is creating a division to scrutinize mortgage underwriting policies at lenders and mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the agency...