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  • SkillSurvey Helps Employers Extract ’Honest’ References for Potential Hires

    Updated 23 minutes ago

    After 15 years in human resources at Emory Healthcare, the largest hospital system in Atlanta, director of recruitment and retention Adair Maller was frustrated. Playing phone tag with job applicants’ references could drag on for weeks. And when her staff could get references on the phone, they were reluctant to share their unvarnished opinions, wary of defamation lawsuits.

  • Advisers Spurn Pimco Extension of Gross Brand

    Updated 21 minutes ago

    Bill Gross says the exchange-traded version of his $250 billion Pimco Total Return Fund has the potential to become the first hot seller among actively managed ETFs. Investment advisers are giving the fund a cool reception.

  • Ohio ‘Little People’ Urge Republicans to Help Workers

    Updated 25 minutes ago

    They drive trucks. They wait on tables. Some still have factory jobs. And they likely will determine which Republican presidential candidate walks away with one of Super Tuesday’s biggest prizes.

  • Temperatures May Rise Across U.S. by Mid-March, Forecasts Say

    Updated 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    The eastern U.S. and Canada are expected to be warmer-than-normal for this time of year by mid- March, with high temperatures near 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.5 Celsius) in Chicago and Philadelphia, forecasters said.

  • Cash Hoard Expands by $187 Billion in Untaxed Offshore Corporate Accounts

    Updated 18 minutes ago

    U.S. companies led by General Electric Co. and Pfizer Inc. stockpiled an additional $187 billion in untaxed overseas profits over the past year, boosting their offshore holdings by 18.4 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

  • Yelp Surges as Much as 73% in Trade Debut

    Updated 18 minutes ago

    Yelp Inc., the site that lets users review everything from diners to dentists, surged as much as 73 percent in its first day of trading after selling shares for more than planned in an initial public offering.

  • Shutterfly Soars Most Since April on Plan to Buy Kodak Online-Picture Unit

    Updated 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    Shutterfly Inc. rose the most in 10 months after announcing an initial offer to buy Eastman Kodak Co.’s online-picture business for $23.8 million.

  • Fairfax, Madoff, Megaupload, Capital One, Deutsche Bank in Court News

    Updated 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

    Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., with seven of eight hedge funds it accused of spreading false rumors out of a lawsuit, may see the $24 billion case shrink again. A judge is poised to rule whether racketeering counts allowing triple damages should be tossed, Bloomberg News’s Thom Weidlich reports.

  • Illumina, AstraZeneca, Margaritaville: Intellectual Property

    LadaTech LLC, a biotech company partly owned by GlaxoSmithKline Plc, won a jury verdict that rival Illumina Inc. infringed a patent for gene-manipulation techniques used in diagnosing disease.

  • Mobile-Phone Leaders Boost Battered Barcelona

    Restaurant owner Bernardo Van der Vyver is thrilled by the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain’s second-largest city. And he isn’t a techie.

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