From Apple to Zuckerberg: How Leaders Really Lead

From Apple to Zuckerberg: How Leaders Really Lead

This is the most hated company in America

Not surprisingly, it's a cable company.

Technical Debt: The Silent Company Killer

Technical Debt: The Silent Company Killer

The Wall Street Journal: Driverless-car startup Zoox valued at $1 billion after new funding round

The backer of a Silicon Valley autonomous car developer called Zoox said the secretive startup raised a fresh round of capital valuing it at more than $1 billion, roughly equal to a similar company General Motors Co. acquired earlier this month.

Sydney Aims To Be More Like Silicon Valley, Can Fintech Do The Trick?

A TechSydney initiative is aiming to jumpstart Australia's financial capital as a tech center that can boost more startups and venture capital. Can it help Sydney get that raw edge to break through?

Restaurant Customer Service And Technology: Chili's' Tableside (POS) And Mobile Approach

It's a mistake to think that a waiter's job is primarily to deliver food. One of the first lessons, in fact, in my training sessions for restaurant waitstaffs–I'm a customer service consultant and customer service trainer–is that waiting tables involves a whole lot more than that: It involves giving guests a feeling of recognition, offering entertainment, providing couples counseling, and mediating family relations. Getting food to the table is really the least of what's involved.

6 Steps To Product Launch Success

Your product launch is like sending your kid off to college: You've nurtured it, worked to consider every challenge it might face, and prepared it to meet the world.

Breitling Watches Demonstrates Trump-like View Of Women

First a response to Kirsty Russell, of Fawkham in the United Kingdom. I'm not surprised you've heard nothing from officials with Breitling, after you complained about the inappropriate sex-toy-like display at a Breitling shop in your neighborhood.

Stock-market IPOs are rebounding with a bang

Five initial public offerings priced this week, which experts view as an IPO market on the rebound.

A Little Secret Labor Advocates Won't Tell About "Living Minimum Wage"

Labor advocates will tell you many things about the merits of a living minimum wage. But they won't tell you a little kept secret: how Big Labor and Big government inflate the cost of living.  In pressing their case for a $15 minimum hourly wage, labor advocates begin with calculation of

There's a dating site for fans of Donald Trump – and 34 singles already signed up

The new dating site is planning to release an app this week.

A 'Silicon Valley' Reference Guide For Non Techies

Decoding Silicon Valley speak for the non-techies. This guide teaches you how to fake your ways through talk of skunkworks and the Haversack Ruse.

The ATS Must Move Beyond Applicant Tracking

Applicant tracking systems have outgrown their initial function and are rapidly evolving into a more-effective recruiting resource, according to a panel of talent acquisition experts.

Find Your Sweet Spot To Excel As An Entrepreneur

Finding your sweet spot as an entrepreneur needs to start with a meaningful personal purpose that is also a business opportunity. Some people are so passionate about a cause that they forget to consider the lack of business potential, while others are so enamored with profit that they jeopardize their ethics. Both ends of this spectrum fail to bring long-term satisfaction or success.

Is billionaire Peter Thiel secretly bankrolling lawsuit against Gawker?

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has reportedly been funding pro wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media LLC.

Top Ten: Weekly roundup: Obama's new house | A forgotten group on Memorial Day | Dividend 'kings'

10 MarketWatch articles to read this weekend.

This Week In Credit Card News: Thieves Steal $12 Million With Fake Cards; Free Credit Scores For All

Ocean's 100: Thieves Steal $12.7 Million from ATMs in Just Three Hours

ATSs: Moving Beyond Applicant Tracking

Applicant tracking systems have outgrown their initial function and are rapidly evolving into a more effective recruiting resource, according to a panel of talent acquisition experts.

The Wall Street Journal: Salesforce to lean on Amazon for international expansion

Salesforce.com Inc. is pinning its international expansion plans on Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing services, a deal that will be worth $400 million over four years to Amazon, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Wall Street Journal: Jury hands Google victory over Oracle in long-running copyright case

A federal jury ruled that Google's use of Oracle Corp.'s Java software didn't violate copyright law, the latest twist in a six-year legal battle between the two Silicon Valley titans.

Why Marketing Needs To Promote The Product, Not The Promise

In a post-demographic culture where teenagers and grandparents can share the same brands, the most powerful unifier is the product truth.

The Wall Street Journal: 'Unicorn' startup Twilio files for $100 million IPO

Despite a cool market for initial public offerings, San Francisco communications company Twilio Inc. is taking the plunge.

Revulsion To Used Goods Tests Asia's Uber-style Sharing Economy

When Kanika Tekriwal started her private jet sharing service two years ago in India, aircraft owners weren't going for it. They didn't like the idea of letting other people use a prized possession even when it was idle and could make money if flown by strangers. They were billionaires and didn't need extra money anyway, recalls Tekriwal, now CEO. Then four adventurous airplane owners finally tried it and a lot more quickly followed. Tekriwal's JetSetGo service now has access to 90 planes and one is always in the air somewhere.

Relying on FBI Fingerprint Background Checks Is Flawed, Risky for Employers

State legislators are increasingly proposing that FBI and state fingerprint checks be a required part of employment screening, but there are potentially serious problems with this.

When Penalties Are Punitve They Are Not Tax Deductible

The pain of penalties from improper activities can be significantly reduced when the penalties are tax deductible.  Code Section 162(f) provides that deduction will not be allowed "for any fine or similar penalty paid to a government for the violation of any law". An anonymous corporation, let's call it Briber Inc (BI), was looking for slack on that rule, but they were turned down by the Chief Counsel in CCA 201619008.

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook to tweak trending topics over bias concerns

Facebook Inc. told a U.S. senator that an internal investigation had found “no evidence of systematic political bias” against conservatives in its trending topics tool, but that it will revamp how the feature works to minimize the potential effects of individual biases.