Think soft perks don’t matter much when it comes to talent retention and acquisition? Turns out that perks like flexible work schedules and professional development opportunities have a greater impact on employee satisfaction than many other types of benefit offerings. Soft perks and company-culture benefits are what employees care most about when they consider job […]

Teams of students and teachers played volleyball against one another in the 13th annual Kick Butts tournament on Wednesday, March 21, the team “Let the Good Times Bowl” taking first place. In order to play, players had to donate a dollar, and the total $50 raised went toward Relay for Life. According to sponsor Amy […]

  Hold onto your hats, Kardashian fans, because the highly-anticipated KKW Beauty concealer kits have made their debut. That’s right, the 16-shade concealers are launching today, March 23rd. We knew that KKW Beauty’s concealers would be an exciting launch, as its Kim’s first time releasing base products, but we didn’t expect the beauty mogul to launch kits […]

After suffering a hypoglycemic episode, my new friend Donna reaches a gushing river where the once clear path of rocks has now been submerged. “I don’t see it. I don’t see it,” she says, shaking her head, as our guide Mariana helps her across with an outstretched hiking pole. Donna forges on through the pouring […]

Drew Barrymore may go to some pretty dark places in her Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet, where she plays a mom-turned-zombie, but the actress says the show helped her get through a dark time of her own. “I was not looking for a job,” Barrymore, 43, said in a preview of her upcoming Sunday Today with Willie Geist interview, […]

      Dropbox is off to a good start in its goal to make a mint on Wall Street with its new IPO. The cloud storage company began trading just before noon ET Friday at $29, about 38% and eight dollars above the $21 IPO price. Dropbox (DBX) shares continued to hover at about $30 as trading […]

The elaborate horns and frills were more likely for attracting mates than fighting off enemies For many people, thoughts of Triceratops conjure up a massive dino sporting sweeping horns that can drive deep into the belly of its mortal enemy, Tyrannosaurus. But scientists have no real evidence the two Cretaceous beasts ever tangled. And as Mary Halton at the BBC reports, a new […]

HONG KONG — A brewing trade war between China and the United States sent markets reeling across Asia on Friday, following a sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Investors drove stocks into red territory from Shanghai and Hong Kong to Tokyo and Seoul as they digested news that the Trump administration would impose stiff tariffs on […]

Opinion: After yet another earnings beat, memory-chip maker commits to building out manufacturing space to make more chips Micron Technology Inc. executives have been adamant that the sudden spike in demand for its memory chips is not a short-term phenomenon. Now, they’re putting money where their mouths are. After yet another earnings beat Thursday, Micron MU, -7.57%  announced that […]

Bitcoin has fielded criticisms from governments around the world for its unpredictable market value, but in some African countries, supporters of the cryptocurrency are seeing growing interest in its trade. MARCH 23, 2018  KAMPALA, UGANDA—In a sleek new high-rise in Uganda’s capital, an enthusiastic lecturer described his financial success with the cryptocurrency bitcoin while his earnings […]