Bucketize may not be the most odious piece of business jargon to hit the scene in the past decade, but in its short life, it has earned a barrel-full of derision for being one of the most pointless. There’s just no need for an…
Major League Baseball’s worldwide spread is facing slow going in China and Africa. But America’s favorite pastime is working hard to find friends in both areas, starting with footholds in Taiwan and South Africa. MLB is clearly…
To those outside the publishing industry, the deals that get covered in the press might give the impression that book auctions are as rare as solar eclipses. In fact, they happen with remarkable regularity. But that doesn’t me…
It’s all over but the shouting, when it comes to the highly-publicized, man vs. machine contest on Jeopardy! But a debate has surfaced over whether IBM’s Watson supercomputer had a built-in advantage in the event, when it came …
Though the media often reports on eye-popping salaries of government officials, such as school superintendents and other political appointees, most public-sector workers don’t do nearly as well. Typically, they earn about 6% le…