March Madness

OK, so it's that great time of year again -- March Madness. Are you ready for some basketball? In the workplace, employees love to waste time at work during the NCAA tournament. Turns out, that can be a good thing.

Daylight saving time, when clocks are set forward an hour, begins on Sunday, March 13, at 2 a.m. For many people, the additional hour of sunlight means a chance to work in the garden, fire up the grill for dinner and not have to worry about toiling away in the darkness, or simply completing the evening commute before nightfall. For some, however, it means starting the day in darkness -- and an hour less sleep.

Outside of a Kentucky Fried Chicken with a spectacular all-you-can-eat lunch buffet, the city of Indianapolis is usually best left to the delightful citizens of Indiana. But this year is different for the Mecca of all things Midwest: March Madness descends upon Indy, with the Final Four hosted at...

Betting is a terrible idea, unless you're going to win. Then it's the best. When it comes to the NCAA Tournament, we should all know by now that it's easy to be humbled and have your brackets broken (see: Northern Iowa beats Kansas.) Still, betting has become such a popular part of the tournament...

A month of lost workplace productivity officially begins Monday with the start of March Madness. The brackets for the NCAA men's basketball championship tournament will be picked Sunday, and although the games don't begin until Tuesday, the annual march of not doing much work at work begins Monday...

The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that NCAA basketball players participating in the big tournament are heading to the business school in droves.According to the Journal, "The Count was able to identify the majors of 636 players who will be participating in this month's men's...

It happens every year, and next week, it'll happen again, and if you're the manager or owner of a company, you may be wondering if you should let it happen: The March Madness office pool.After all, if people are betting which of their favorite college basketball teams will destroy the others in...