Business Pundit

Business is all about beating the game. What better way to beat the game than to get good at playing it? These ten business board games will hone your strategic skills, sharpen your negotiating abilities and, in some cases, even make you a… Read more

Image: James Thompson/Flickr Thanks to low mortgage rates and reasonable prices, existing home sales increased 12% last December, according to the National Association of Realtors. From Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Purchases of existing houses,… Read more

Sometimes you have to be hard on yourself in order to save money. Anna Newell Jones should know. At the beginning of 2010, Jones, fed up with her prodigious spending habits and mountain of debt, decided to go on a “Spending Fast,” which she… Read more

Know your fellow man and you’ll know business. Know your own mind and you’ll know your fellow man. Catching up on how science sees our minds can benefit you socially, personally, and in the workplace. Here are 50 neuroscience links that will… Read more

Online travel agent Expedia is no longer listing American Airlines flights on its websites, thanks to American’s effort to cut travel agent costs. From the Wall St. Journal: The removal of American flights from Expedia’s listings comes as a… Read more

Image: dktrpepr/Flickr In order to be heard, you need to interrupt. In order to share an idea in a corporate setting, you need to be fast. If someone misunderstands you and does a project wrong, it’s your fault for not communicating… Read more

This is a guest post by a writer a Money Supermarket To bring success to your business in 2011, you better be motivated and prepared. But with enough elbow grease, you can get a step ahead of your competition. Perseverance and a clear plan of… Read more

Image: The Truth About Credit Cards/Flickr This is a guest post by Fee Fighters’ Stella Fayman. The holiday season is the best time of the year for opportunistic retailers. Unfortunately, it is also the most wonderful time of the year for… Read more

This is a guest post by Global Finance School’s Aaron Huber. In a recent article that appeared on CNBC “Is It Safe to Buy a Foreclosure?” the following advice was offered: It’s safe to buy a previously foreclosed-upon house if title… Read more

John Antonios has a simple yet comprehensive guide for following people on Twitter (click image for a larger… Read more

Feeling overworked and under-productive? If so, you’re in good company. Half of employees globally are struggling to manage a daily flood of information, according to LexisNexis’ 2010 International Workplace Productivity Survey, which polled… Read more

Image: JanneM/Flickr Mind hacks. Ever since Tom Stafford and Matt Webb introduced us to the hidden logic of our upstairs system in their 2004 neuroscience tome, these simple tricks have taken the blogosphere by storm. Nowadays, there’s a… Read more

As a lifelong fan of the bicycle, I couldn’t resist this infographic. If we keep this up, we might even be able to take a solid stab at the obesity epidemic. Image:… Read more

Image: PhillipC/Flickr I can be a savvy, well-dressed business traveler–when my company pays for it. But with my current small-business budget, I’d rather cram myself into a budget airliner’s T-row (you know, the one in front of the bathrooms)… Read more