A federal judge ordered pilots at Allegiant Travel Co. to halt a planned strike, a last-minute court decision to prevent spiraling labor discord at the discount carrier from disrupting thousands of travelers.
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Korn/Ferry International, the world’s biggest executive-search firm, is embroiled in a bitter legal dispute over the dismissal of a top executive.
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Jack Welch says he’s still a fan of the traditional M.B.A. degree—to a point. But he wonders about the average program’s return on investment.
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The Germanwings crash highlights a dilemma facing employers and mental-health professionals: how to balance the need for safety with a worker’s right to privacy and a career without stigma.
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Morgan Stanley paid its top executive $22.5 million for his work in running the Wall Street firm in 2014.
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Just over a year after former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond founded Atlas Mara to build an African banking empire, problems are cropping up. Some investors have questioned lavish executive pay and the vehicle’s share price has tanked.
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Amid one of Samsung’s most bruising years, J.K. Shin, the co-CEO who oversees its mobile division, saw his total pay more than double and he earned nearly three times as much as one of his co-CEOs.
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For starters, don't link pay packages just to stock. Tie them to the company's debt as well. That will help ensure that CEOs reap big rewards for long-term success, not just a short-lived bump in the stock price.
Teaching employees new skills is one thing. Getting them to apply what they have learned is quite another.
A new report from Gallup finds that employees wish their bosses guided them on goals and took interest in their personal lives.
Google is the top job destination for computer-science majors, according to a new survey of undergraduates.
Peugeot CEO Carlos Tavares talks about spending cuts and finding future growth in a saturated European car market.
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“Most investment managers operate more or less the way they operated decades ago: Their investments are made using their brains,” says Two Sigma co-founder David Siegel.The firm’s systems constitute artificial intelligence, he says, and “represent the future of investment management.”
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Funds managing billions of dollars are hunting for investment clues in newswires, weather and Twitter.
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The SEC is trying to send a clear signal with the KBR settlement over confidentiality agreements: Companies need to scrutinize their employment agreements to make sure they don't muzzle whistleblowers--or else.
While recruiters target elite universities like Princeton, providing on-campus information sessions and informal coffees, students at less-selective schools put in extra legwork.
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Brazil’s stock exchange operator is proposing, with the support of the market regulator, a series of recommendations to improve corporate governance at state-run companies.
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United Technologies said it named company veteran Robert Leduc president of Sikorsky Aircraft, as it continues to explore strategic alternatives for the helicopter company.
In a speech defending the Federal Reserve’s interest in economic inequality issues, Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Thursday more work needs to be done to understand what conditions allow people to rise up and down the income ladder in the U.S.
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Canadian broker Canaccord Genuity Group said Chief Executive Paul Reynolds died in Hawaii after falling ill while competing in a triathlon.
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Hershey Co. has named its chief executive John Bilbrey board chairman effective immediately, succeeding James Nevels.
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At a time when elite M.B.A. programs thrive and lower-tier programs struggle to attract applicants, some deans say a high ranking can help them reach new prospective applicants or appease status-conscious donors.
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Economic downturns offer unique opportunities to launch innovative new products and services. Here's how entrepreneurs - both inside and outside of corporations - can make smart decisions about innovating in a slump.
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