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It’s hard to say how many people are filing bankruptcy these days. Suffice to say that it’s become relatively common. As a freelancer involved with the media, I’ve been biting my nails about whether some publications will be in business long enough to pay up. If you’re in a similar situation, take note of these […]
We offer a lot of book lists here at Business Pundit. Business books give you access to some of the most successful business minds. You can read them at your own pace relatively inexpensively. And no matter what education you pursue, reading makes up a huge part of the learning. This is the logic behind […]
100-year-old Mildred Heath is one of those rare people who really doesn’t want to retire: Mildred Health, a 100-year-old newspaper woman who comes to work on an electric scooter and works 30 hours a week at the Overton Observer in Overton, Nebraska, has been honored as America’s Oldest Worker for 2008 by Experience Works, which […]
2008 came in two parts. Part I, which ran through Bear Stearns, carried the vestiges of prior years, when we thought we could get away with everything, never anticipating that in actuality, everything would get away from us. Some of the books on this list reflect that optimistic, braced mentality, when words like “social networking” […]
Spiegel describes an unusual attempt at government job creatio: A Berlin politician has come under fire for suggesting that poor people should be encouraged to catch rats by offering them €1 per dead rodent. There’s something Dickensian about the notion, but it has been proposed by a Berlin politician who is now being criticized for […]
This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Bernard Madoff pulled a shocker last week by revealing that his exclusive investment securities firm was actually the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of mankind. As the impact of Madoff’s decades-long crime reverberates around the world, it invokes memories of past Ponzi masters, who laid the […]
Like this man from Bangladesh: Office skills don’t come in terribly handy in those parts, do they?
Walmart committed to cutting energy usage and reducing waste last year, but the retail giant has a long way to go before it can be called “green.” Taking dubiously-produced whale meat off the shelves would be another step in the right direction (from the New York Whale and Dolphin Action League): Did you know retail […]
Having trouble keeping track of the zillions of layoffs hitting the economy every day? So are we. Luckily, the ten resourceful sites below–many recently created–will give you up-to-the-minute headlines, rumors, and tweets about the grave state of the employed world: 1. It Died: Editor Glenn Fleishman describes this new hit as “keeping track of hosted […]
The 2008 crash is probably the most serious economic crisis we have faced after the Great Depression. Stock markets from around the world fell as much as 20% in a single week, dozens of banks either failed or were rescued by government and private instutitions, and companies started laying off employees as a consequence of […]
First it was American Express’ Centurion, a rare and mysterious card that the super-wealthy considered to be the ultimate status symbol. Its ridiculous perks—a credit limit high enough to buy a small island, and a reputation strong enough to get holders into the most elite of establishments–are outweighed by equally ridiculous requirements, namely, invite-only applications […]
The other night while I was preparing dinner, a man with a heavy Indian accent called me. ‘Mike Johnson’ wanted to know if I needed satellite dish service. Most people I know have become accustomed to making calls to or receiving calls from offshore call centers. We even joke about it. But while the way […]
