by Jessica Shambora
The Labor Department releases employment data for March tomorrow. We can hardly wait.
No matter how much ratcheting-up in the unemployment rate we see (last report pegged it at 8.1%), you should realize that there are actually glimmers of light in the job outlook. And no, this is not a stale April Fool's joke.
While private-sector payrolls have been falling in nearly 80% of the 271 industries that the Labor MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Apr 2, 2009 1:10 PM ET
"Nobody expects greed to be eliminated from human nature. That's why regulation exists."
-- Arianna Huffington at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Tuesday night. CNN's Anderson Cooper hosted Huffington, Mike Huckabee and D.L. Hughley in a conversation about Free Speech and the Power of the Press.
For more on how we're now attempting to make amends for America's wayward ways, check out Fortune's profile of Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Apr 1, 2009 6:52 PM ET
Photo courtesy of Starbucks
by Jim Donald, former CEO of Starbucks and Pathmark
"Good morning, general store managers, assistant store managers, VPs and all 26,000 employees…Jim here…
It's Wednesday morning and the merchandising message today is--and you are not going to believe it-- but I am telling you that it is OK to steal."
It was 5:30 a.m., and I was on the phone, in my kitchen, sending out my daily voicemail. MORE
Patricia Sellers - Apr 1, 2009 1:02 PM ET
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