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  Game Theory of Motivating Workers

  Companies are embracing elements of videogames such as rewarding points for completing tasks on time to make management training, data entry and even brainstorming seems less like work.

  • Photos: All Work and All Play

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  Employees With 'High Potential' Need to Know

  Many companies identify top talent, but they often fail to formally inform those "high potential" employees that they're considered as such.

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  Union to Finalize Chrysler Contract

  The United Auto Workers has summoned its local presidents to Detroit to finalize language in a new labor contract with Chrysler.

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  Who Will Be the 'Next Steve Jobs'?

  Will there ever be another? Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Softbank's Masayoshi Son and Alibaba's Jack Ma elicit comparisons to the late Apple founder.

  • China Frets: Innovators Stymied Here
  • Graphic: Innovators Who Elicit Comparisons

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  'Real Steel' Tops Box Office

  The sci-fi flick "Real Steel" continued the streak of family films taking the No. 1 position at the box office.

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  Disney's Iger to Drop CEO Role

  Iger will step down as CEO in 2015, capping a 10-year reign. He will add the title of chairman in March 2012 and will remain as executive chairman until 2016.

  • Video: Disney Prepares for a Change at the Top
  • Fox Renews 'Simpsons' for 2 Years
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  Early Orders Test iPhone 4S Appeal

  AT&T; said it had more than 200,000 pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 4S in the first 12 hours, marking Apple's first major product launch since CEO Tim Cook took the reins.

  • Apple's Game Plan: Avoiding Culture Shock

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  HSBC Unit's Chief to Leave

  HSBC Holdings said Niall Booker is leaving as the bank's North American CEO, as HSBC moves to shrink its U.S. retail operations and refocus the entire bank in a bid to streamline costs.

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  Ousted BofA Officer Gets $6 Million

  Former Bank of America executive Sallie Krawcheck will receive $6 million after leaving the bank following a management reshuffle last month.

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  Apple Fights On Without Its Muse

  Apple has lost its visionary at a time when the company is headed into battle with its most serious challengers yet—and has shown some rare signs of vulnerability.

  • Timeline: Steve Jobs, Personal Media Pioneer
  • Photos: Apple's Inner Circle | In Memory of Steve Jobs
  • Discuss: Share your thoughts about Jobs's legacy

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  Sony Itches to Return to Mobile Arms Race

  Sony is nearing a deal to buy out Ericsson's stake in their mobile-phone joint venture, a sign of the central role smartphones will play in the Japanese company's consumer-electronics strategy.

  • Heard: Sony's Brave Call on Handsets
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  With Some Passing on Gefilte Fish, Company Tries a New Lure

  For years, gefilte fish has been part of the Jewish holidays. But the owners of Manischewitz are hoping to spice things up. One idea: Moroccan fish balls.

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  Otis Shifts Work Closer to Home

  Globalization has come full circle at Otis Elevator: The U.S. manufacturer is moving production from a factory in Mexico to a new plant in South Carolina.

  • Video: Why Otis Elevator Returned from Mexico
  • For Small Firm, Violence Stole Mexico's Allure

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  Oracle Pays $199.5 Million to Settle U.S. Fraud Case

  Oracle agreed to pay $199.5 million, plus interest, to settle charges that it defrauded the U.S. government on a software contract that involved more than $1 billion in sales.

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  BBC to Cut 2,000 Jobs to Reduce Costs

  The BBC said it plans to slash about 2,000 jobs over the next five years, part of a broad program to reduce costs by 16% or more at the publicly funded broadcaster before March 2017.

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  Toyota Hits Back at Yen

  Toyota is girding itself to cope with a dollar as low as ¥75 and reap profit from a leaner cost structure even as it expects the yen to weaken from its current highs, a senior company executive said.

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  Scandal Claims More UBS Executives

  The heads of UBS's global equities division resigned as the beleaguered Swiss bank moved to clean house after last month's $2.3 billion trading scandal.

  • The Source: How Long Will Kengeter Survive?
  • UBS Memo: 'We Have to Be Straight With Ourselves'
  • UBS Foresees Slender Profit
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  New Valley Trend: Sharing for Profit

  A growing number of Bay Area Internet start-ups are deploying a new business model that is based on an old idea: sharing.

• Jobs: 'Find What You Love'

  Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday, reflected on his life, career and mortality in a well-known commencement address at Stanford University in 2005.

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  Remaking India, One T-Shirt at a Time

  China, Bangladesh and Vietnam have built thriving apparel industries by making low-end garments, creating millions of jobs. Yet India, with 300 million people living in poverty, accounts for just 4% of the world's clothing trade. Apparel magnate Ashroff Omar is determined to change that.

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  Starbucks Pushes to Create Jobs

  Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has pledged to donate at least $100,000 of profits annually from two Starbucks stores in low-income areas to boost jobs and job-training in those communities.

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  Apple CEO Faces First Public Test

  As Apple is expected to unveil its next-generation iPhone, new CEO Tim Cook faces his first public test since taking the reins from Steve Jobs.

  • Vote: Will you buy it? | Photos: Apple's Product Innovations
  • Mobile Tech Watch

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  Penney Nabs Target's Marketing Chief

  Target is losing its chief marketing officer, Michael Francis, to J.C. Penney, where he will work with Ron Johnson, Apple's former retail guru.

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  Sony Ericsson's Strategy: Get Smart

  Sony Ericsson chief Bert Nordberg discusses the cellphone maker's struggles to compete with Apple, the consumer environment, and his vision for an all-smartphone company.

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  New Funds Invest in High-Stakes Litigation

  Lawyers-turned-financiers are laying plans to profit from what they hope will be the new hot investment: high-stakes U.S. lawsuits.

  • In This Case, Litigation Funding Led to Court Dates for Former Partners

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  NPR Names New Chief

  National Public Radio named Gary Knell, the longtime head of Sesame Workshop, as its new president and CEO. He succeeds Vivian Schiller, who resigned under pressure in March.

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  Marriott Taps Mideast, Africa Chief

  Marriott International is appointing Alex Kyriakidis as its new Middle East and Africa head, capping a corporate reorganization that emphasizes hotel growth outside the U.S.

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  Pritzker Heir Sets Hotel Merger

  Pritzker family heir John Pritzker and New York's Pomeranc family have combined their hotel businesses into a single operator of hotels ranging from West Coast boutique establishments to East Coast luxury hotels.

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  Las Vegas Sands Bullish on China

  Michael Leven, president of Las Vegas Sands, said that despite recent concerns among investors regarding China's economic future, the company hasn't observed any negative signals in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.