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  • Rethinking Open Classes on Today’s Campuses

    By Rachelle DeJong, Minding the Campus

    Clayton Christensen's 1997 book, The Innovator's Dilemma , posed the question, why do good companies fail? In industries ranging from computers to telephones to cameras to stock markets, the...

  • The 5-Decade Plan for a Successful Retirement

    By Beth Braverman

    It’s a lot easier for a 50-something boomer to imagine her retirement than it is for a 20-something recent grad that just landed his first full-time job. But that’s not an excuse for inaction. When...

  • Target Cyber Attack May Be Tip of the Iceberg

    By JIM FINKLE and Mark Hosenball, Reuters

    Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season late last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other...

  • Earnings Will Give Wall Street a Dose of Reality

    By Angela Moon, Reuters

    After the S&P 500's impressive 30 percent return in 2013, Wall Street will get a better picture of reality next week as the pace of companies reporting earnings picks up. A number of big banks...

  • 4 Financial Tips Every 20-Something Should Follow

    By Chris Taylor, Reuters

    Here are 4 ways to avoid financial minefields in your youth.