“If you believe the hype, start-ups are an innovative breed that go against the grain of conventional business. But are they? A new study says the vast majority are not, leading one to wonder whether innovation is what it takes to start companies, or if they’re really fueled by something else.”

“The search-engine world is changing everything, from how your company markets and advertises to how your employees create and share information.”

“Recently, European employers have begun to demand more work from their workers. The six-week vacation remains sacrosanct, so far, but the powerful IG Metall union agreed to increase the workweek to 40 hours from 35 hours at two Siemens plants in Germany. Siemens had threatened to move 2,000 jobs to Hungary. DaimlerChrysler also is asking some of its German workers to lengthen their hours. In France, union members at a Robert Bosch plant agreed to give up eight holidays after the company threatened to move their jobs to the Czech Republic. France’s finance minister wants to loosen the law requiring a 35-hour work week.”