Work on new youth sports facility and headquarters for Detroit PAL to start this spring
Read More New Dan Gilbert company offers online personal loans
RocketLoans aims to approve borrowers exclusively online for $2,000 to $35,000 in as little as 8 minutes
Read More Koons, FTC settle over safety disclosures
A major car dealer in Maryland has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, over what the agency said was inadequate disclosure of safety information in used cars sales.
Jim Koons Automotive Cos., which has five locations in the Baltimore region and 19 in the mid-Atlantic, advertised…
Giant Food turns 80
The Baltimore area’s largest grocer is turning 80.
On Saturday, Giant Food will mark eight decades since N.H. Cohen and Sam Lehrman opened Washington’s first supermarket, at Georgia Avenue and Park Road.
In honor of the milestone, the retailer is offering complimentary birthday cake to shoppers…
Why Using Your Power In A Negotiation Isn’t Always A Good Idea
Just because you can get what you want doesn’t mean you should. The best negotiators achieve their goals and find a way to benefit everyone.
When companies negotiate, they are often looking for sources of advantage in the negotiations that give them power to control the outcome. That power might come from having a desirable resource that is valuable to the negotiation partner. It might come from having an acceptable best alternative to a negotiated agreement, so that walking away from the current negotiation is a possibility. Or it might come from having less time pressure on reaching an agreement than the negotiation partner.
Could Your Dream Job Be A Nightmare?
We talked to six recruiters to find out when the office culture should be a deal breaker in an otherwise perfect job offer.
You’re offered your dream job at the company you always aspired to work at, doing exactly what you’ve always wanted to do, and at an amazing salary. But there’s a problem: You have concerns about the office culture and whether you will fit in. Do you take the job and hope for the best, or turn it down? Here’s what six recruiters say.
Sesame Launches A Venture Arm To Invest In Startups That Help Kids
Its partner, the Collaborative Fund, is an early investor in Lyft and Kickstarter.
In 1966, Sesame Street‘s founders wondered whether the prevailing entertainment technology of the time, television, could be used to educate young children. They got their first chance to test the theory when the first show aired in 1969, and now, 45 years and more than 1,000 research studies later, the answer is clearly “yes.”
How To Get People To Cycle, Sweat, And Solicit For Your Charitable Cause
Want to raise big bucks for charity? Some tips from Cycle for Survival, which is on track to raise $100 million this year to fight cancer.
Each year, millions of people march, run, bike, swim, and even climb in the name of raising money for a charity of their choice. Today there are more than 40,000 walkathons alone in the U.S., and the top peer-to-peer fundraising programs raised more than $1.6 billion in 2014. But motivating people to give their time and energy—plus solicit donations from their family and friends—is a big ask. So how do the most successful fundraising events do it?
Report: India Set To Reject Services Like Facebook’s Free Basics
The likely decision would be a huge win for net neutrality in the world’s second most populous country.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is set to reject services like Facebook’s Free Basics and similar services that use differential pricing for data, reports the Times of India. The move would be a major win for net neutrality advocates in the country who say that such services are discriminatory and create a limited second-tier Internet for the poor.
Want Kids To Do Better On Tests? Let Them Gaze Into Nature
Views of green pastures or trees might relieve anxiety and improve attention. A parking lot? Not so much.
Gazing out of the widow onto green pastures or a peaceful copse of trees while sitting an exam will actually help students score higher. And not just a little bit either—a new study has found that students’ capacity to pay attention increased 13% with a green view outside their classroom window.
