Latest Stories from Max Nisen
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The Epic Downfall Of The Casino That Was Supposed To Save Atlantic City
But Thursday, it was forced to file for bankruptcy for the second time in two years. Management war…
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9 Snubbed Execs Who Went On To Extraordinary Success
Along with his mentor, then CEO Sandy Weill, Dimon built CitiGroup into a massive behemoth in the 1…
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Here Are The States That Support Nearly Doubling The Minimum Wage
The recent debate over raising the minimum wage has been contentious, with revelations about fast f…
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Stanford Tops The List Of The Best Business Schools For Getting Rich
In its annual ranking of international business schools, in which Harvard comes out first and Stanf…
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14 Surprising Negotiating Tricks To Boost Your Salary
At the same time, a lot of the advice on how to negotiate effectively can be contradictory or clich…
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Here Are The Salaries Of The Highest-Paid Business School Graduates Of 2013
John Byrne of Poets & Quants, a website focused on top business schools, pored over the salary …
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Most Americans Aren't Getting Or Expecting A Raise
"The labor market is still quite slack," Barrington says, "leaving most employees in a weak bargain…
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14 Surprising Negotiating Tricks To Boost Your Salary
At the same time, a lot of the advice on how to negotiate effectively can be contradictory or clich…
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11 Extremely Successful People Share Their Best Productivity Hacks
"But for most reading the great hack is to cut the paragraphs by two-thirds. Call it a planned and …
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Young People Expect To Work More And Achieve Less
It may not, however, be as negative as it sounds. Researchers argue that it's not limited ambition …
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9 Philosophy Majors Who Became Extremely Successful In Business
Andreessen's comments ignore the fact that you get more out of college than job-specific skills. Yo…
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15 Great Pieces Of Life Advice That Never Get Old
"A very smart woman I worked with once told me that if I eliminated the word 'but' from my professi…
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Why Top Graduates Still Want To Work 90-Hour Weeks On Wall Street
"1) since Wall Street is shrinking we don't need as many junior resources as before, 2) the number …
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15 Small Business Owners Share What They Wish They'd Known When They First Started
Building a successful business is typically done by trial and error, with many hurdles along the wa…
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McKinsey Is Realizing That An Honor System Isn't Enough To Prevent Scandals
The move to a more rigid system includes a much stricter personal investment policy forbidding empl…
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This Map Shows What All The World's Leaders Studied In School
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Aus…
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The Richest And Poorest Members Of America's Millionaire Congress [HEATMAP]
Seth Kadish at the excellent Vizual Statistix tumblr put together a heatmap showing the wealthiest …
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REPORT: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Has Died
He has been in a coma for 8 years after suffering a stroke, and had reportedly been in worsening co…
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America's Monetary Policy Dream Team Is Finally Coming Together
He's a legend in central banking and economics circles, and for good reason. Fischer's a highly acc…
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Here's Why Your Boss Is (Much) Happier Than You
These differences are likely due to managers' relative financial security. About half of all bosses…
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This Is A Perfect Explanation Of How Most Companies Get Productivity Wrong
"In a lot of businesses, if someone shows up in the morning and he isn't drunk, he doesn't sleep at…
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These Charts Show The The Epic Decline And Fall Of Various Styles Of Facial Hair
A series of charts posted to the DataIsBeautiful subreddit by Reddit user celacanto shows the incre…
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Uber CEO Says Doing Interviews Isn't The Best Way To Hire
"Simulating what it's like to work together is the best way to determine whether somebody has the r…
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A Troubling Look At How The Largest For-Profit College System Is Taking Over The World
Laureate, and CEO Doug Becker, claim that the outcomes of some of its schools are better than other…
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An Amazon Manager Reveals 8 Of The Most Common Mistakes Made By New Bosses
4. Not being clear on the requirements of the role in hiring. Managers without experience tend to h…