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Tom Gimbel, CEO at LaSalle Network, says now is a great job market – for both growing companies and humbled workers.

SandRidge Energy CEO Tom Ward was paid $116 million to run a small company – badly – and $90 million to leave. Something’s wrong with this picture.  

By drugging and stigmatizing kids that are a little bit “different,” we may be destroying the next generation of business leaders and innovators.

Craftsman, celebrating its 86th anniversary this year, is focusing on connecting with users, rather than distribution.

There are two types of whistleblowers: those who expose criminal acts and those who commit them. The latter type is dangerous.

Chicago Export Packing Company is instrumental in helping U.S. manufacturers get their goods to customers overseas.

Knight Capital chief Tom Joyce is demanding Nasdaq salespeople stop referring to the firm's technical meltdown when looking to get an edge over NYSE. 

While the Great Recession may have made some consumers nervous about spending, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet president Steve Adolph says his business targeting high-earners is more profitable than ever.

Most people spend their entire lives waiting, hoping, expecting something good to happen. That’s a great way to waste your life and end up bitter and broke. 

Without the scientific method, we’d still be living in the Dark Ages. So what do you think global warming dogma says about our future?  

If you want to know what motivates people, here’s a simple game that’s guaranteed to deliver insightful if not entertaining results.

Ryland Homes Division President John Carroll shares the secrets behind Ryland Homes’ huge stock growth this year.  

When the leaders of that organization self-destruct, as they inevitably do, they will take everyone down with them.

Maybe there was a time when it was needed, but today, affirmative action is basically institutionalized racism. 

Ten attributes you need to be successful in this information overloaded, media addicted, attention deficit culture.

An interview with Turtle Wax CEO Steve Knoop on how the over 70-year-old company continues to innovate, while staying true to its initial mission of keeping cars shiny.

The Oracle of Omaha has a simple, yet effective, money-making strategy: Pick solid investments and hold them for the long-run.

As the housing industry shows signs of recovery, furniture makers in the Midwest are seeing an uptick in business.

Want to know why the gap between the haves and have-nots keeps growing? Because the haves don’t waste their time and money on useless crap.

It’s no secret that we overspend, and our tendency to over-leverage became painfully exposed in 2008 when the housing market crashed and economic growth came to a screeching halt. But we can't blame it all on the Jones's.