The Halloween spirit is strong this week as the 31st draws near. That can only mean one thing: it’s time to see what funny, clever and creative Halloween costumes 2013has inspired! Scroll down for some of the best Halloween costumes of the year (so far) and check back for updates as more roll in throughout the […]

When I started the Corner Office column more than four years and about 250 interviews ago, I set several guidelines for the conversations I would have with top executives about leadership. I was going to pursue, for example, a diverse mix of voices, in terms of age, race, nationality and the kind of organizations they […]

When you work in an office, it’s not the big things that get you down. The late nights, the last-minute emergencies — we are professionals, and can handle all that with aplomb. But if someone swipes our sandwich or mid-afternoon treat out of the fridge, watch out. CLICK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Although towering high above the building which houses World-Wide Business Centres, this massive crane is only about one third the planned height of the building.  

Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere — a slender, 84-story tower on Park Avenue at 56th Street in Manhattan. But the top penthouse is already under contract for $95 million. CLICK TO READ THE REST

This interview with Val DiFebo,  chief executive of Deutsch NY, the advertising agency, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles when you were a kid? A. Well, I have three sisters, and at the largest expanse we’re seven years apart. I was the oldest, and any time a decision had to be made, […]

This interview with Rakesh Kapoor, chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were some important early lessons for you? A. I was born in a very small town in India, and the literacy rate at the time was just one in six. Thankfully, one of the biggest things my parents could do […]

Perhaps the best way to predict how society will react to so-called wearable computing devices is to read the Dr. Seuss children’s story “The Butter Battle Book.” The book, which was published in 1984, is about two cultures at odds. On one side are the Zooks, who eat their bread with the buttered side down. […]

This interview with Robin D. Richards, chief of the CareerArc Group, which connects employers with job seekers, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you an entrepreneur as a kid? A. Yes. I grew up just north of Detroit. We were low-middle class, and we lived in a very diverse neighborhood — ethnically, religiously, economically. At a very […]

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