Posted by Erin Borgerson on Hireology.com If you’ve been in business for a while, chances are you’ve made at least one hiring mistake you wish you could take back. Whether a new employee was a complete disaster or just didn’t live up to expectations, a poor fit can be costly: The U.S. Department of Labor estimates […]

This interview with Bracken P. Darrell, C.E.O. of Logitech, the technology accessories maker, was conducted and condensed byAdam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles at a young age? A. I grew up in Owensboro, Ky., a city of about 50,000 people. I ended up in leadership roles because I grew up very fast. I […]

  by Madeline Farber writing or Fortune She’s known as “The Iron Nun.” Sister Madonna Buder is living proof that age is just a number. The 86-year-old nun is the face of Nike’s“Unlimited Youth” ad, where she’s featured running, biking, and swimming with a fierce determination that would scare off any of the opponents in the 40 […]

A virulent strain of a banana-destroying fungus that has threatened banana crops in East and Southeast Asia is making its way around the globe and has scientists warning of the fruit’s extinction. According to a study appearing in the online science journal PLOS Pathogensby researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, a strain of the […]

By BY MEGAN SPECIA writing for Mashable.com MANCHESTER, N.H. — Meet Vermin Supreme. The Gandalf-esque staple of the New Hampshire political scene sports a long grey beard, a half dozen wild neckties and a leopard print cape. He also just placed fourth in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Supreme, who carried a 3-foot-tall toothbrush with him as he […]

BY  Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY With Burger King’s advent of a hamburger dressed up as a burrito and Pepsi’s revival of its eerily clear cola, it seems like fast-food purveyors and soda bottlers are spending more time creating crazy new mash-ups in laboratories than fresh recipes in kitchens. Hoping to break through the marketing clutter, bizarre combinations of otherwise familiar foods are coming […]

By Charles Bramesco writing for Rolling Stone The most important person in Hollywood circa 2016 is not a movie star or a studio head. The new ruler of the American film industry is the common fan, once ridiculed as a basement-dwelling outcast, now recognized as a force to be reckoned with. That “nerds” have inherited the […]

By: CHRISTOPHER MIMS Whether you’re a Twitter pro or a complete novice, odds are the best way to get the most out of Twitter is to avoid it as much as possible. Delete the app off your phone. Stay away from its website and desktop client apps. Just log out. Understanding why this is the case […]

By Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist The Perseids, the most widely observed and dependable of the annual meteor displays, will peak during the overnight hours of Thursday, Aug. 11 into the morning of Friday, Aug. 12, and this year has all the earmarks of being a spectacular show. First, there is the situation regarding the […]

by ADAM HOWARD, NBC News In case you’ve been living under a rock, it’s likely that you’ve at least seen or heard some of the hype surrounding the Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Unfortunately for the Brazilian city, much of the buzz leading up to the games has been negative: Zika. Doping. Pollution. Poverty. Yet […]