Are you the type of manager who only points out the bad and seldom the good in your employees? If so, you're probably doing your business a disservice. Learn how to engage and motivate your staff by giving praise where praise is due and how this can impact the bottom...
SCOTLAND is squandering the legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh thanks to an "abysmally low" government and business appreciation of the country's design talent, according to the head of one of our top art schools. Professor Stuart MacDonald, principal of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, believes businesses...
TBILISI AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to fly into ex-Soviet Georgia on Wednesday as tensions rose between Washington and Moscow over the strategic Caucasus state. Officials said Rice would arrive for dinner with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose efforts to integrate his country into...
TBILISI AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to fly into ex-Soviet Georgia on Wednesday as tensions rose between Washington and Moscow over the strategic Caucasus state. Officials said Rice would arrive for dinner with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose efforts to integrate his country into...
CAGW's Pork PatrolSM takes a closer look at fiscal 2009 Financial Services pork WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today released its preliminary analysis of the House version of the Fiscal 2009 Financial Services Appropriations Act. There were 197 projects for a total of $57 million in...
It's always struck me as a bit unfortunate that one of Oxford's top academics should be entitled "Rupert Murdoch Professor of English and Communication". Sounds a bit like the McDonald's Professor of Nutrition, or the British Nuclear Fuels Professor of Environmental Studies. Yet there's no real contradiction here. You may...
Capital Insight Partners ( www.cap-insight.com ),an investor relations, financial communications and capital marketsadvisor, today introduced its innovative business model designed toevolutionize the world of investor outreach. With experts in keydisciplines such as investor relations, financial and business mediacommunications, b-2-b marketing, corporate finance, law and governance, thefirm takes a revolutionary...
CDS POP Elvis Costello & the Imposters Momofuku MERCURY Let's get the trivia out of the way first: Momofuku Ando is the recently deceased inventor of the cup noodle. In naming this record after him, Costello wants us to know that the album...
Regarding "Upbeat pope to peddle basics" (NCR, April 18): The pope's visit to the United States brought to the surface the church's handling of the sex-abuse scandal. The New York Times editorialized, "There has been no diocesan resolve to lay bare the hierarchy's guilt.... The church faithful still await an...
Schools and sixth-form colleges are doing students a grave disservice by not telling them which A-level subjects are taken seriously by the best universities and which not (see page 6). Young people need to understand the consequences of opting for subjects like film studies and media studies. They may find...
Disservice to play I am writing in regard to Phil Grecian's review of "Macbeth" on April 20. Mr. Grecian has been a member of Topeka's theater community for many years, and it's hard to dispute that he is a man of talent. It is...
Byline: Mary Connelly Chrysler will create stand-alone service stores as part of its dealership consolidation plans, says Steven Landry, Chrysler executive vice president of North American sales. The stand-alone service centers will be created in some metropolitan markets as...
THE ILLEGAL EAGLES Embassy Theatre SKEGNESS **** Another Saturday night, another tribute band. Yet such a thought does the Illegal Eagles a serious disservice. Five unassuming middle- aged men in jeans and white shirts sauntered on stage to the strains of "The Return of the Sorceror",...
Byline: David Rowley - Editor, Pensions Week The downside to all the hoopla on self-invested personal pensions Sipps being the next big thing is the warning about the potential for mis-selling. High charges, day trading and a bewildering choice of funds in the...
Geoffrey Spencer, chief executive officer of Shepherd Friendly Society, talks to Anna Lawlor about the ethos behind the Society, its market strength in the income protection business and its expectations from the FSA thematic review into the Friendly sector to be released next month . Anna...
In reading Jon Taylor's attack on the direct selling industry (My View, March 19), I was struck by a strong sense of deja vu. Eventually I realized I'd read many of the same words by Mr. Taylor in a 2006 Deseret Morning News piece attacking the industry. ...
In a recent survey, the majority of women interviewed said their doctors advised them to get a mammogram and Pap smear. However, only 38 percent said their doctors talked to them about preventing heart disease. This may be doing women a great disservice. According to the latest American Heart Association...
By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A Topeka Fire Department engine sat idle Friday as Fire Chief Howard Giles initiated a new policy designed to conserve overtime pay for firefighters called back to replace those who are sick or on vacation. Meanwhile,...
By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL A Topeka Fire Department engine sat idle Friday as Fire Chief Howard Giles initiated a new policy designed to conserve overtime pay for firefighters called back to replace those who are sick or on vacation. Meanwhile,...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In response to a Consumer Reports survey on "extended auto warranties," as reported in the April 2008 issue, the Service Contract Industry Council SCIC believes the magazine did a disservice to its readers by omitting key information that would help consumers make an objective decision about motor...
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