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To retain and attract top employees, U.S. companies are turning to perks such as subsidized training and flexible work conditions rather than raises. These incentives are finding a welcome among employees, too, especially educational benefits.

Sharing your life with a dog is a rewarding experience, but it can also be an expensive one filled with food, vet visits, toys and traditional training. We can't help you with the first three, but if you're looking for a cheap yet effective way to train your puppy or dog, then technology can help.

China's newest university isn't going to be churning out engineers, scientists and doctors. Instead it aims at producing the next generation of managers -- for McDonald's The Hamburger University, a venture of fast food giant McDonald's, opened its doors yesterday in Shanghai. The 250 million-yuan...

Do you picture yourself in the future standing in front of about 20 little faces, filling their minds with the information that will make them successful in their lives? If so, teaching may be for you. There will always be teaching jobs, and according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the...

The lack of a paycheck isn't stopping some people from showing up for work. CNBC reports that some people have started working for free. In a trend that is both alarming and possibly illegal, some companies are relying on the free labor of their recently laid off employees or hard up recent...

If 2009 ends up anything like 2008, you're going to have to really stand out to get a raise. While excellent performance is a good way to do just that, it may be difficult to do if nobody is buying stuff. Thankfully, there exists another way to merit a raise; continued training. There are plenty of...