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GiftBar.com founders Jen Morris and Kara Kaplan say despite disappointing March retail numbers, the local merchants they work with are feeling optimistic about business this spring.

When it comes to energy and the environment, I like to think I’m a pretty sensible, practical person. But I wouldn’t buy an electric car if you paid me. Here’s why.

Successful executives and business leaders have a way about them, like they can accomplish anything. Here’s where that comes from.

No matter how smart you really are, like me, I bet you’ve made some royally dumb decisions.

The piece of the pie that money can’t buy, success is largely determined by people’s hard work, but it is also something else.

There are so many myths about wealth disparity in America, what it takes to make it in this world, and what really successful people are like, I’m not entirely sure where to start. So let’s just take it one myth at a time, shall we?  

Being at the top, you have the responsibility to foster a workplace in which employees who are still climbing the success ladder can thrive.

How many times have you fought with your wife, only to realize she was right all along and you were being a big jerk or a know-it-all? Happens to me all the time. It’s the same thing at work. 

With so much going on in this country, so much going wrong with this country, why wouldn’t a tasty lump of flour, sugar, and corn syrup make headlines?

If profits are low and you have an unmotivated staff, there are adoptable practices to turn a halfhearted team into one that’s resilient and devoted.

Exclusive: Jordan Belfort, whose life of white-collar crime is chronicled in an upcoming film, made around $1 million for the movie rights to his life story.

Knowledge and wisdom don’t come from smarts. They come from experience.

Loyalty is earned. Do your employees work hard because they have to, or because they want to? It does make a difference, experts say.

His Apple stores were true genius, but Johnson’s attempt to completely remake JCPenney in Apple’s image is looking a lot more maniacal than brilliant.

Besides the paycheck, here are nine things that good employees -- the kind you want to keep around -- live for.

When you’re constantly fighting fires, endlessly bombarded with emails, and double-booked in meetings for 60 or 70 hours a week, it’s hard to get ahead and easy to lose perspective on what really matters.

Ever wonder how some rich and powerful executives and political leaders can just throw it all away by committing fraud? Shouldn’t they know better?

If you ask 10 CEOs why good companies fail, you’re likely to get 10 different answers. Any one of them could go haywire and, next thing you know, you’re heading off a cliff somewhere.

CEOs don’t drop out of the sky into a cushy corner office chair. They start at the bottom and work their way up. They take risks and learn from failure. That’s how they get to the top.

The budget cuts themselves are actually no big deal. But make no mistake. The poor excuse for leadership and lack of accountability in Washington is undermining the very integrity of our nation.