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When the government releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act, it still has to protect human beings' personal privacy. This week, AT&T asked the Supreme Court to apply the same privacy principle to corporations. A ruling is months away, but it didn't sound like even the conservative wing of the court was buying it.

The dawning of 2011 marks a milestone: The first of the nation's 76 million baby boomers turn 65, the traditional retirement age. New polls, however, show that for a range of reasons few boomers of this age are ready to retire. In fact, some don't ever expect to stop working.

The number of chief executive officers leaving their posts in October fell to its lowest level in 18 months, according to a new report released today. The drop seems to show that the volatile job market, at least among corporate chiefs, appears to be stabilizing.

A lack of vision or a strategic plan isn't the trouble at many companies. Rather, it's that they can't move from idea to reality. Successful companies move from strategy to execution by using what management consultant Richard Lepsinger calls "Five Bridges."

Though the odds may seem daunting, job seekers shouldn't view finding new employment as an impossible goal, says workplace expert John Challenger, chief executive at employment consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "The key to success is to take an active approach and make your own opportunities," he says.

Congress gave recently laid-off workers a holiday gift by extending for six months a subsidy to help them pay health-insurance premiums. It now lasts a total of 15 months, and eligibility for it lasts 60 more days, through February 2010.

It finally happened. After months of anticipation and trepidation, the nation's unemployment rate inched into double digits, reaching 10.2 percent in October, after employers cut 190,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday. The increase topped analyst expectations of 175,000 lost...

It has been a volatile week on Wall Street. After the Dow Jones industrial average retreated below the 10,000 level on Wednesday, the benchmark index, buoyed by positive third-quarter earnings reports, roared back to life Thursday, gaining more than 130 pints to end at 10,081. On Friday morning,...

An economic recovery may be underway, but leaders of the nation's largest corporations are standing pat on spending money and hiring. A survey released this week shows that although chief executives expect increased sales in the next six months, they don't see enough demand to translate into...

American corporate capitalism is undergoing a test this year, and it's ironic that the nation that perpetually rails against "big government" is now grappling with the issue of big business -- in other words, businesses that are "too big too fail." Some economists have detected a flaw in the...