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There is nothing like hearing positive, sincere words about your work. The performance enhancing value of praise and personal attention from the boss were uncovered in a McKinsey survey of 1,000 executives.

In “Why girls do better at school than boys,” The Economist shared a study this month that suggests female students are performing better in school than male counterparts; it also demonstrated presumably unconscious biases of teachers toward female students.

Sidnee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, provides words of wisdom for a questioning business owner.

It was a homecoming of sorts when Elizabeth Crain came back to Arizona State University in March to speak at the Economic Club of Phoenix Economic Outlook luncheon.

Many corporations lobby the U.S. Congress, but are these efforts effective?

Why do wholesale food prices fluctuate wildly, while retail prices don't change much? Agribusiness Professor Timothy Richards believes that most of the time, the retail food business is an efficient market with both consumers and retailers exhibiting rational behavior.

The January numbers are out for the Phoenix real estate market and they’re not spectacular. But even when the market is normal, January is slow, says real estate expert Mike Orr. Activity during February and March is signaling growing strength in the market at last.

Between 1992 and 2001, median compensation for Standard and Poor's 500 more than tripled, but growth in CEO pay was relatively flat before 1992 and after 2001.

Should you get a degree if I want to start a business? If you are exploring starting your own company, and you think that getting another degree will catapult you to success, think about these things.

A recent study asserted that immigrants scooped up all of the nation’s net job growth since 2007.