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Recycling Employee Skills

Aaron Hurst | Posted 04.23.2012

Aaron Hurst

Like me, Paula Davis didn't last long in her first job out of college. But, she ended up working at some of the leading brands in the world -- even for Michael Jordan at one point.

How 'Keystone Habits' Transformed a Corporation

Charles Duhigg | Posted 04.28.2012

Charles Duhigg

Keystone habits explain how Michael Phelps became an Olympic champion and why some college students outperform their peers.

Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

Michael Likosky

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

Amanda Terkel

Tennessee Anti-Gay Bill Would Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.23.2011

UPDATE: Haslam signed the bill into law Monday evening. WASHINGTON -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) must decide by June 1 whether to sign legislat...

New York Times, Take This!

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 07.23.2011

Jennifer Schwab

A recent New York Times article, in classic "all the news that's fit to print" fashion, declared that the bevy of green consumer products introduced o...

Hu's on First -- China and the United States

Zachary Karabell | Posted 05.25.2011

Zachary Karabell

The way forward for the United States has nothing to do with choices made in Beijing and everything to do with myriad choices Americans make at home.

Alcoa Posts Profit On Huge Demand For Metal

Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (By Steve James): Alcoa Inc, the largest U.S. aluminum producer, reported a fourth-quarter profit on Monday and projected a 12-percent rise i...

High Unemployment Could Kill Corporate Profits In 2011

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite an extended period of growth and expectations of the most profitable fourth quarter ever, more than a few corporate giants are facing little t...

Newlyweds Recycle Their Way To $3,800 Wedding

Posted 05.25.2011

Peter and Andrea Geyer, from Spokane, Wash., collected over 400,000 cans over the last year, and turned in those cans to earn $3,800. That money paid ...

The Geithner Deception

Lawrence G. McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

Lawrence G. McDonald

The public deserves to know about Tim Geithner's three years of total incompetence at the New York Fed, and they need to hear about the billowing risk in the credit derivatives markets, and how he failed to protect us.

Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

US Chamber's Influence and Credibility on the Decline

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Pete Altman

One reason for the Chamber's decline may be the result of what the Chamber's positioning communicates to businesses and lawmakers alike.

Business America Lights a Candle for Copenhagen

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan A. Schein

There are many in the corporate realm who "get it" -- that's why they're finding new and innovative ways to combat climate change.

Climate Controversy Damages Chamber's Reputation

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Pete Altman

The Chamber's tone-deaf response to the situation is contributing to reputation damage that is hurting the organization's credibility.

The US Chamber's Continuing Climate Credibility Crisis

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Pete Altman

If the media briefing late last week was supposed to make things better for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the face of an onslaught of major defections over its climate extremism, it didn't.

More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

FDA: Get BPA Out ASAP

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sarah Newman

You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.

Elections in Iceland: The Revolutionary Fire is Down to Dying Embers

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

Iris Erlingsdottir

Unfortunately, in Iceland, as elsewhere, we're numbed by the continuous stream of bad economic news and appear in danger of forgetting what we were fighting for.

Alcoa Posts First Quarter Loss, Second In A Row

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 05.25.2011

PITTSBURGH — In a bleak start to the earnings season, Alcoa Inc. reported a quarterly loss of $497 million, as the stumbling global economy cont...

Alcoa First Quarter Loss Expected, Shares Fall

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Alcoa Inc (AA.N) shares fell on Tuesday, hours before the aluminum producer was scheduled to report what was expected to be a se...

Posse on Trail of Wall Street Cheats

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

Financial skulduggery, judging from the latest and sharply increasing number of stock trading investigations, is unmistakably on the rise.

Alcoa To Cut 13 Percent Of Global Work Force

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 05.25.2011

PITTSBURGH — Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 percent of its work force, and sl...

Bjork Battles Icelandic Aluminum Industry

Green Inc. | James Kanter | Posted 05.25.2011

The hugely popular Icelandic singer Björk has gone into battle with another of the island's big exports - aluminum. Björk says the aluminum product...