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11/19/2008

Marie G. McIntyre: Don't let peer abuse you
For two years, I have been verbally abused and mistreated by a co-worker. This has lowered my self-esteem, caused severe depression and left me emotionally scarred.

Experts share tips on working more efficiently
What is it you want to get done faster – zip through your to-do list, secure a business loan, land a job?

11/12/2008

Keep your job while looking for one you like more
Now may not be the best time to think about leaving your job – even if it's one you hate. So how do you make the best of a not-so-great work situation?

11/16/2008

Business books

11/12/2008

Working out at work can pay off
Exercising at your desk won't make you an athlete, but it might keep you alive, experts say.

Marie G. McIntyre: Change self to change spouse
At work, my husband is the boss. Everyone in his office thinks he is The Man. He also coaches a softball team, and his players think he's the greatest.

11/05/2008

GameStop uses software to schedule, manage workforce
Almost every day, GameStop opens a new store. With 4,200 U.S. stores in operation already, and staffs of five to 15 people each, the video game retailer needs to have its work schedules down to a science.

11/09/2008

Dallas entrepreneur buying up struggling tech start-ups
Alexander Muse was thinking one thing as the credit markets seized up Wall Street: opportunity.

Business books

11/06/2008

Doing business in person costs more

11/05/2008

Marie G. McIntyre: Give drama queen little thought
I work closely with a young woman who is a complete drama queen. Every day, without fail, she has to tell me about some new issue in her life. She is constantly on the phone with her children or extended family.

11/02/2008

Limits on liquids in carry-on luggage are on the way out
Those annoying carry-on luggage liquid restrictions put in place two years ago by the Transportation Safety Administration are about to start drying up.

Business books
A Complaint Is a Gift

10/29/2008

Marie G. McIntyre: Extravagance irks raise-less workers
Employees in our small company have been told we will get no raises because sales have dropped. However, the three owners keep spending money like there's no tomorrow. These men drive company cars costing over $100,000 apiece, take their wives and girlfriends to Europe at company expense, and pay big bucks for a VIP box at the stadium.

What's happening to employees' perks?

Don't let urge to help friend get hired cloud your judgment
I just found out that a friend who was hired by my employer in part at my suggestion is not working out and may be terminated. I feel really bad – not just because of our friendship but also because I did not come clean to our supervisor during the hiring process.

10/26/2008

Organic toys make buyers warm and fuzzy at Dallas show
Hosung NY Inc., a Brooklyn maker of organic toys for children and dogs, had one of the busiest booths at the Toy Industry Association's Toy Fair Fall Preview at the Dallas Market Center earlier this month. The industry is hoping parents will at least deliver it a flat Christmas as the economy teeters.

Smaller is latest trend in furniture industry
Even before these days of shrinking economic expectations, furniture makers were getting the message from consumers: Small is the new black.

BOOKS
The Ten Commandments

Readers sound off about business issues

10/22/2008

Trade group weighs in on ' Joe the Plumber' publicity
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors National Association issued a news release last week saying that because of the publicity surrounding "Joe the Plumber," who was referred to in the last presidential debate, it was "compelled to offer its thoughts" on folks who fix faucets and toilets.

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