Conventional wisdom can’t make an unprofitable earnings statement disappear, or turn a falling stock into a rising one. But there’s one easy way to flip those frowns upside-down: Pair that bad news with upbeat terms and turn a …
Canines seem to bring out the business sector’s creativity, when it comes to the appropriate descriptive phrase. From the “Dogs of the Dow” to “eat your own dog food” to any business snafu derided as a “dog’s dinner,” U.S. fina…
Forget political correctness. Business jargon is one of the last bastions of old-fashioned, rough and tumble crudity. Little surprise, then, that boardroom buzzwords sometimes veer into racism, sexism or — in the case of “open…
Forget political correctness. Business jargon is one of the last bastions of old-fashioned, rough and tumble crudity. Little surprise, then, that boardroom buzzwords sometimes veer into racism, sexism or — in the case of “open…
Most buzzwords are new terms driven by the latest developments in business, technology and culture, but a special few are older words given new life. “Sea change” is a good example, moving from Shakespeare to journalists and ev…