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To Advance Professionally You Must Develop Your “Soft Skills”
We are living in an era of constant change. Because businesses are becoming less dictatorial and more social, the understanding and value of soft skills to an organization are growing daily. read more
standard.net (1 hour ago)
Senate backs Froman as next trade representative
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior White House economic adviser Michael Froman has been confirmed by the Senate to be the next U.S. trade representative. The law school classmate of President Barack Obama takes over the post as the administration seeks to advance major trade deals with Pacific Rim and European nations. The...
washingtonexaminer.com (3 hours ago)
Doctors:Obesity official ‘disease’ | Physicians group revises its policy
The American Medical Association has adopted a policy that now recognizes obesity as a “disease” in hopes of spurring a range of medical interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention.
brownsvilleherald.com (5 hours ago)
Angels Perch lands in Charleston
WANT TO GO. "Angels Perch" WHERE: Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. WHEN: 7 p.m. Sunday TICKETS: Advance tickets $10, at the door $15 INFO: 800-838-3006 or
wvgazette.com (6 hours ago)
Facebook photo comments just means more cat and meme replies
Adding a photo inside a Facebook comment has been a laborious task, but the social networking site is addressing this first-world with photos that can be uploaded directly inside replies. "When I'm talking with a friend, sometimes showing a photo helps me tell a story much better than words alone," explained...
techradar.com (6 hours ago)
World Briefing | Europe: Quest for Sainthood for John Paul II Said to Advance
A Vatican official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a commission of theologians approved a miracle attributed to John Paul’s intercession.
nytimes.com (7 hours ago)
Reyes advancing through ranks in rehab
Shortstop Jose Reyes appeared in his final rehab game for Class A Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon and will now advance to Triple-A Buffalo. He finished a three-game stint in Class A with five hits in 13 at-bats (.385) while scoring three runs and stealing a base.
mlb.com (8 hours ago)
Brazil protesters win U-turn on fare rises
Authorities in Brazil's two biggest cities have made a U-turn on public transport fare increases in the face of mass protests that have overshadowed the country's build up to next year's World Cup. In advance of major demonstrations on Thursday, the leaders of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced that bus and...
guardian.co.uk (8 hours ago)
'Star Wars' Casting Details Emerge
Those combing the web for every measly "Star Wars: Episode VII" will have a field day with the latest update, which divulges information about the film's the casting calls. Bleeding Cool unveiled a roundup of seven parts being cast in advance of the film's production start, which is slated for early 2014. The...
huffingtonpost.com (9 hours ago)
Rick Steves: Sevilla -- Getting Up to Date with the Best City in Southern Spain
The best stop in southern Spain is Sevilla. The city is a delight from a sightseeing, eating, and live-music point of view. And it's always changing. After a few days in town with the help of excellent local guides, I am right up to date for the 2014 edition of our Rick Steves' Spain guidebook. Here are a few...
huffingtonpost.com (9 hours ago)
Confederations Cup: Brazil beat Mexico to advance to semi-finals
Brazil moved into the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup with a 2-0 win over Mexico in Fortaleza on Thursday morning (AEST).
abc.net.au (10 hours ago)
From Demographic Boom To Dependency Bust
The economic and asset bubble in Japan burst in 1990, at roughly the same time as its demographic structure reached a tipping point. As UBS' George Magnus notes, the working age population began to fall, marking the start of a relentless rise in both the total and old age dependency ratios; and, he adds, a...
zerohedge.com (11 hours ago)
Everett to vote on casino proposal in special election
On Saturday, Everett will hold a voter referendum to decide if Wynn Everett, a $1.2 billion resort casino proposed by Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn, should be built on a former Monsanto chemical factory on the Mystic River. The state gaming law requires a host community agreement to address the impact of the...
boston.com (11 hours ago)
Pruitt: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt told a luncheon gathering of journalists...
sltrib.com (12 hours ago)
Straight Sets: Four American Men Advance to Main Draw Through Wimbledon Qualifying
Denis Kudla, Alex Kuznetsov, Wayne Odesnik and Bobby Reynolds all advanced through Wimbledon qualifying to earn a spot in the main draw.
nytimes.com (13 hours ago)
Read Books, Earn Points: A Publisher Unveils a Rewards Program
For some people-people who work for culture blogs, just to take an example-getting advance copies of books is nothing new. (That’s how reviews are published right when books go on sale.) But for book lovers who usually have to wait for a title to show up in stores, the chance to take an early look at the work of a...
time.com (14 hours ago)
Firefighters advance containment on Colorado wildfire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandat
norfolkdailynews.com (15 hours ago)
David Mandell: Five Things Every Startup CEO Should Know About Hiring a PR Firm
Having spent time a good amount of time in the PR world - both agency and corporate side - prior to jumping into the startup world, I often get asked by other entrepreneurs what to look for when hiring a PR firm. I'm not going to get into whether or not it makes sense to hire a firm or an in-house resource here -...
huffingtonpost.com (15 hours ago)
LOOK: Madonna Channels Marlene In NYC For 'MDNA' Premiere
Madonna held court at New York's Paris Theatre June 18, where she debuted the much-anticipated film version of her MDNA World Tour before a packed house of fellow stars and die-hard fans. The Queen of Pop channeled Marlene Dietrich's iconic "Morocco" look in men's trousers, a tuxedo jacket and top hat. As Madonna...
huffingtonpost.com (15 hours ago)
Paula Deen Reportedly Planned a Wedding With Waiters Who Looked Like ‘Slaves’
The flamboyant television food personality and enthusiastic pusher of an inane new line of pointless butter spreads allegedly admitted to telling racist jokes, using the N-word regularly, and - wait for it - enlisting "black men to play the role of slaves at a wedding" she was planning. All of these awful new Paula...
nymag.com (16 hours ago)
Wawrinka Downs Lorenzi in 2 Sets to Advance
Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 7-6 (8) Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Topshelf Open on the grass courts of Rosmalen.
nytimes.com (16 hours ago)
People of Earth, say cheese! Nasa to take everyone's picture from space
Earth, are you ready to have your picture taken? On 19 July, the Nasa space probe Cassini will take a photograph of Earth from its vantage point "a billion miles away", in the words of Carolyn Porco, who is in charge of the robot craft's cameras. Porco wants everyone to wave for this cosmic portrait. We have been...
guardian.co.uk (16 hours ago)
Columbia's Cons: Ivy League social work program run by team of former prisoners
EXCLUSIVE: In the hallowed halls of Columbia University, a nest of ex-cons -- who have served time for murder, attempted murder, robbery and assault -- hold court on their unique brand of social justice for admiring students enrolled in the school's social work program, according to a FoxNews.com investigation. The...
foxnews.com (16 hours ago)
United Utilities and Severn Trent hit by downgrades as markets await Bernanke
As markets trod water ahead of the US Federal Reserve's latest announcement, water companies sprung a leak. Both United Utilities, down 34.5p to 692p, and Severn Trent, 69p lower at £16.96, saw their shares go ex-dividend. But both were also hit by negative comments from RBC Capital Markets. On United, analyst John...
guardian.co.uk (16 hours ago)
Three Picks For Bond Sellers
Stocks put in another good performance on Tuesday as the market was acting well heading into the widely anticipated FOMC announcement and Bernanke press conference. The short-term downtrends in the Advance/Decline lines have now been broken suggesting that the correction is over.
forbes.com (17 hours ago)
"Fed In A Box" - Vince Reinhart's FOMC Probability Matrix
Since the only topic on everyone's mind until 1:59:59:9999 pm today (excluding those who have been leaked the FOMC decision in advance of course) will be what the Fed will do, here are some additional perspectives from former FOMC secretary and economist Vince Reinhart (currently at Morgan Stanley), who believes...
zerohedge.com (18 hours ago)
Nintendo: Xbox One and PS4 don’t frighten us
Nintendo jumped the gun on the next-generation console race by releasing the Wii U much farther in advance than the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. In fact, by the time these two consoles release, the Wii U would have already been on the market for an entire year. However, Nintendo isn’t worried about being ...
slashgear.com (18 hours ago)
Hezbollah fighters 'fight rebels near Syria capital'
Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah joined Syrian troops battling rebels near Damascus on Wednesday, monitors said, as President Bashar al-Assad's regime kept up a push to cut off the insurgents' supply lines. "Army troops and Hezbollah members fought rebels near the Khomeini hospital in Zayabiyeh village," southeast...
foxnews.com (18 hours ago)
Taliban host Qatar pushes to forefront of Afghan peace broking
By William Maclean and Yara Bayoumy DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's hosting of a Taliban office for peace talks with the United States is the latest in a series of foreign policy gambits stretching over a decade - some peace-broking efforts, but others, notably in Libya and Syria, involving armed support. U.S. officials...
yahoo.com (18 hours ago)
The supreme court's ruling will be greeted with dismay at the MoD | Joshua Rozenberg
The supreme court's ruling in what has become known as the Snatch Land Rover cases is an important victory for the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq. But it is far from being the end of their fight for compensation. The families' most important success was to establish that the human rights convention...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
