Fast-growing Fab.com joins the expanding list of flash sales sites that are putting the spotlight on small designers. Need to Grow Your Business? Enter the Fab.com EconomyFast-growing Fab.com joins an expanding list of flash sales sites that are putting the spotlight on small designers-- and helping them turn a hobby into a business. *** It's the overnight success story heard 'round the start-up ...

It's no secret that great people build great companies, so it's baffling that more companies don't treat recruiting as the most important job. A five-piece mariachi band, a cake with a hidden message, and more food than you'd believe, were all delivered to our office—resume in tow—in an attempt to help an applicant stand out from the other 2,000 monthly hopefuls who apply for a job here. People ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit groups in  Rhode Island that focused on education, domestic violence prevention, and using technology to deliver or enhance health care received more than $275,000 million in 2011 from the Verizon Foundation, the...

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How many are you putting your customers though? I'm sure you, like me, have spent too much time in customer service hell as a consumer. With apologies to Dante, it’s at least nine circles: The never-ending voice mail phone tree The requirement to repeat your name, account number, etc., ad infinitum Hold, hold, hold The ominous sound, mid-conversation, of the dial tone The disappearing clerk The ...

The Detroit Red Wings will look to avenge Saturday's loss in Edmonton when they host the Oilers with their home-winning streak on the line.