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How the needs of Gigi Lee Chang's young son sparked an idea for a line of frozen organic baby food.
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A reader asks if its possible to avoid being relocated to a new headquarters location after a merger, particularly since the company is keeping a local office.
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M.B.A. career offices are lending a hand to alumni who've lost their jobs in the financial meltdown.
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Demand for durable goods and new homes plunged in August, while weekly jobless claims surged, the government said in a triple dose of bad economic data.
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Double Eagle Petroleum's new employment agreements curtail a time-honored executive perquisite: no severance in cases of "poor performance."
Exit packages for the deposed CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be blocked by a federal regulator.
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One-on-one counseling and in-depth seminars are just part of a number of efforts employers are rolling out to offer financial advice to workers.
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Working with a mentor is a classic recipe for success in business. But the traditional mentoring relationship just doesn't work anymore.
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If your bosses consider you the office Eeyore, but you believe you're merely a realist, the burden to change lies with you.
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Zurich Financial Services tapped Philip Wilson, a former AIG executive, to oversee global life-insurance underwriting for the Swiss insurer.

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