To: REAL ESTATE EDITORSContact: Trisha Riggs of the Urban Land Institute, +1-202-624- 7086, priggs@uli.org WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concern is apparent within the business community -- particularly among larger employers - - about the lack of affordable housing for employees, with companies reporting the shortage as being problematic in...
Want to become a celebrity in your field? "Get Slightly Famous" author Steven Van Yoder offers some targeted PR strategies for attracting more business with less effort. by BNET staff
How to Make the Most of Your CommuteRE: How to Make the Most of Your CommuteTaking public transit - whether it's an express bus or a train gives me time to wrap up loose ends at work coming home, or get ready for the day going in. We have...
We talk to Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, California's largest boutique hotel company. He explains how he and other companies are using the principles of legendary psychologist Abraham Maslow to become peak performers. Length: 00:07:38 by BNET staff
Move over, Moorestown. Fort Collins, Colo., is now the best place to live in America, according to Money magazine's 2006 list. The publication praised the city's natural setting, its vibrant downtown, and the presence of Colorado State University. Fort Collins, 60 miles north of Denver, also outpaced...
In this show, we turn the tables. BNET Executive Editor Jeff Davis interviews the Useful Commute's regular host, Carmine Gallo. Carmine is a communications coach for some of the world's largest brands and is the author of a brand new book "Fire Them Up: 7 Simple Secrets to Inspire Your...
THREE-dollar per gallon gasoline, congestion and toxic fumes, they're a necessary evil of the daily commute. But if misery loves company, why not share the experience with a friend? For many commuters, public transportation just isn't an option, and carpooling only works if you know someone with...
If you're a true motorcyclist at heart, then scrap the scooter idea. You'll want the real thing for your daily commute. There are plenty of new-for-2006 machines that suit the bill, and Honda's CBF1000 is just one of them. This bike is pitched at riders after their first...
If the corporate grind is keeping you down, consider a career alternative called "grindhopping." In this show, self-proclaimed grindhopper Laura Vanderkam explains how to skip the long hours, low pay and lackluster rewards while going after your dreams. by BNET staff
Renowned management consultant Ram Charan shares his insight on what it takes to be successful in today's rapidly changing market. We also talk to John Hoover, author of "How to Work for an Idiot," about how to survive and even thrive under a clueless boss. If...
Staff The New Jersey Department of Transportation launched an initiative May 11 to ease traffic congestion by widening a 17-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway running through Ocean County. The total cost is estimated at $135.2 million. ...
MOUNT POCONO, Pa. -- The hard-and-fast rule on Martz Trailways Bus No. 101: no talking. Almost as soon as the bus lurches from the station at 5:05 a.m., the 42 bleary-eyed commuters slouch into their seats and squeeze as many z's as they can on the two-hour ride into...
Byline: Anne Ford Executive chef Jackie Shen is accustomed to being observed. At Randolph Street Market District restaurant Red Light, she prepares pan-Asian food in an open kitchen under the curious eyes of nearby diners. But during her daily commute on the No. 72...
By Peter Hull, The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5--It could be the ultimate commute: A short walk from the bedroom to the home office, via the kitchen for coffee. With commute times in most metropolitan...
By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--A relatively new partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the federal Department of Transportation today announced its list of Best Workplaces for Commuters in the Greater New York...
CINCINNATI -- Good luck getting into, out of or through downtown during "rush hour," which is often anything but. The commute on Interstates 71 and 75 from the Ohio suburbs or from Kentucky across the 40-year-old Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River is getting worse, like the commutes in...
By Anthony Flint, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--Since the December opening of the southbound Big Dig tunnel, motorists from north of the city have shaved an average of 15 minutes off their commute. Cars still...
One activity that has kept economic developers in the northern Shenandoah Valley busy is the study of commuters' behavior, trying to decipher if a large portion of them would give up their commutes for a job in the region. The strategy is to use workforce data as to tool to...
Like a lot of Americans, I get up weekday mornings and drive to work. My commute takes me past the Pentagon and within a block or two of the Treasury Department and the White House. Though I've never actually seen surveillance cameras on or near any of...
The ubiquity and affordability of technology have changed the way we work--in part by changing where and when we work. The ability to make a phone call from the comfort of one's afternoon commute or to send important documents by e-mail from a home office means that...
