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SeaWorld Entertainment raised $100 million in its initial public offering filing in December, but the Argyle Journal reported the theme park giant is…

So far, 2013 has shown frequent movement in technology stocks – and not always in positive directions. Last week was little different, as the trading…

Home prices are rising, which is good news for the economy in general and for homeowners and potential home buyers in particular. Over the past year,…

Microfinance is widely lauded as a sustainable long-term solution to worldwide poverty. It gives investors incentives to provide financial services to…

Women may be closing the gender gap in some professions, but business is not one of them.

While obtaining an MBA is normally seen as a surefire way to gain financial and career success, recent statistics show that women with this high-powered degree lag behind their male counterparts in terms of salary. Compared to a decade ago, the MBA gender wage gap has actually widened.

Retail sales in the United States grew by an unimpressive 0.7% this holiday season, between Oct. 28 and Christmas Day, according to Bloomberg News. While holiday sales did show some growth, it was less than half the growth seen last holiday season, when sales grew by 2%, and much lower than the growth predicted by the National Retail Federation. It represents the worst growth since the 2008 recession, a year when there was a decline of 5.5%.

A new management book has landed on Western shores: The Harada Method: The Spirit of Self-Reliance. A joint effort by Lean movement gurus Takashi Harada and Norman Bodek, the work aims to empower employees while simultaneously improving productivity.

According to a December 17 press release at Marketwire, the book is now available to Western audiences for the first time. In it, the authors delve into the Harada Method and how, in conjunction with Lean methodology, businesses can see significant gains.