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Business
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Don’t Let Employees Reach Their Breaking Point
A new survey reveals some of the things that drive employees crazy and could eventually lead to their…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
When Gut Instinct Reigns
Many executives rely on their intuition and other subjective factors when making business decisions, according to a new…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
National Association for Business Economics: Wages on Rise
According to a new survey from the National Association for Business Economics, more than 4 in 10 respondents…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Trade Groups Back Obamacare Rollback Bill En Masse
A Senate bill that would remove the Affordable Care Act's requirement to auto-enroll employees into a health insurance…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Commercial Drone Enthusiasts Group Gets Airborne Quickly
In the span of just a day, hundreds of people signed up to join the Drone Pilots Association,…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: The Give-and-Take of Verizon’s Loyalty Program
The mobile giant's new Smart Rewards program offers significant discounts—but it's what consumers have to give as part…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Bar Association Urges Members to Avoid Costly File-Sharing Lawsuits
For years, the entertainment industry campaigned hard against consumers who engaged in illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material, suing…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Open-Source Projects Failing To Pass IRS Nonprofit Muster
Though organizations that produce nonprofit software have long received tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service recently denied it…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Chamber of Digital Commerce Gives Bitcoin Fresh Lobbying Voice
Complete with clever name, a new industry group for the Bitcoin space hopes to help push “smart regulation”…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Content Marketing: How Weird Al Won by Spreading the Wealth
Last week, pop parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic took over the internet with a series of clever music videos.…
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Ukraine Crash Shows Air Traffic Challenges Around Conflict Zones
Last week's downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine highlights a difficult fact of life for…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Dallas Police Chief: City Needs Just One Police Group
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said in a recent interview that the city would be better served by…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Why Cigar Enthusiasts Lit Up the FDA
With proposed tobacco rules likely to affect the cigar world, industry groups have successfully drummed up strong public…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Taxpayer Advocate Offers New Test for 501(c)(4) Status
As the IRS continues its work to issue new rules for organizations seeking tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(4)…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Falling Into Instagram: The National Retail Federation’s Gap Takeover
In a move designed to help draw attention to retail's career prospects, the industry's trade group handed its…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
State Troopers Held a Beauty Contest for Their Cruisers
To help instill camaraderie among state troopers throughout the country, as well as generate a little publicity, the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Album’s Future: Where Taylor Swift and the RIAA See Eye-to-Eye
Taylor Swift got a few knocks over a recent column she wrote about the future of the music…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
As Atlantic City Casinos Fold, Industry Group Ups Anti-Regulation Game
With a third announcement in less than a month of a casino set to close its doors, the…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Bar Associations Push Law Students Back to Main Street
In an effort to bring more lawyers to communities in need, the Nebraska State Bar Association has launched…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Maine Lobstermen Soften Shell of Longstanding Antitrust Regulations
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says a decades-old consent decree regulating the group is out-of-date and limits the group's…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
How Do You Encourage Women To Join Your Industry?
The answer to that question is not always straightforward. Here’s how one association is trying to help level…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Patent Reform: Backlash Causes Patent Office Pick Rumors to Cool
When unconfirmed reports began swirling that a foe of patent reform would be nominated to head the U.S.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Heads West To Help Silicon Valley
Earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its plan to open its first office outside the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Corporate Travel Buyers: New TSA Rules Really, Really Confusing
In a recent email survey of its members, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives found that corporate travel…
