Still in Top Form, Regis Philbin Calls It a Career

The 79-year-old announced his departure — where else — on ABC’s Live With Regis and Kelly. The Internet gasped in disbelief, judging from the reaction on Twitter. He’s one of the last reminders of a kinder, gentler American p…

Obama Orders Review of Federal Business Regulations

President Barack Obama said he will order an overhaul of U.S. business regulations in a bid to cut unnecessary red tape and improve consumer protection.

In an opinion piece in today’sWall Street Journal, Obama said the overhaul will address issues su…

Doing Book Research Without Breaking the Bank

Planning on a career as a writer? Getting started can be costly — advances are often elusive — so you’ll often have to dig into your own pockets to cover the cost of doing research. Doing that within your means is the key. He…

Buzzwords of the Week: Rightsizing and Rightshoring

You can’t call layoffs downsizing anymore, and offshoring sounds just as bad to workers as “shipping your jobs to Asia.” What to do? Come up with better buzzwords, of course. And who could object to something so “right” as righ…