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For some federal employees, returning to the office has meant an expansion of their duties to include cleaning toilets and taking out the trash. For others, it has been commuting to a federal building only to continue doing their work through videoconferencing. Some showed up at the office just to be sent home. Others showed…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 26, 2025. NYSE The S&P 500 clawed back earlier losses on Monday to trade slightly higher, as traders nervously looked ahead to President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. The broad market index was last up 0.1% after falling as much as 1.7%, while…

Prior research on poaching “star” employees has shown that hiring stars is not only difficult but often counter-productive. Newly hired stars often find it challenging to reproduce their exceptional performance. They may also harm their new employer, for example, by hindering innovation or lowering incumbents’ performance. This is both surprising and troubling given the costs,…

Paul Marchant, the chief executive of Primark, has resigned “with immediate effect” from his role leading the discount clothing retailer after an allegation about his behavior, the company announced Monday. Mr. Marchant, who joined Primark in 2009, left after the company hired lawyers to investigate “an allegation made by an individual about his behavior towards…

Stocks around the world tumbled Monday as investors braced for a week of market tumult caused by the expected announcement of yet more tariffs by President Trump on America’s biggest trading partners. Since taking office a little over two months ago, Mr. Trump has kept investors and companies guessing with a haphazard rollout of what…

European markets opened sharply lower on Monday as global investors braced for U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to come into force. The regional Stoxx 600 index was 1% lower shortly after the opening bell, with all sectors and major bourses firmly in negative territory. Germany’s DAX index led losses, shedding 1.2% during early trade….

Generative AI (gen AI) has sent shock waves of technological disruption across the marketplace ecosystem—particularly when it comes to marketing—leaving stakeholders to grapple with its implications, opportunities, and challenges. Because it produces various forms of content, marketers often view it as a powerful advancement in creating product copy, blog posts, video and web ads, personalized…