Business Etiquette

"Hi QT. Hope ur hvn a GR8 day! RU coming out 2nite? TML so we can goss. TTYL!" While you might be scratching your head trying to decode that sentence, it's an example of what a typical text message written by a teenager might look like. Texting has become the main form of communication for many teens, ...

Admit it -- you know you've done it at least once: Written a long e-mail complaining about a co-worker, project or even your boss, then hit the "send" button, and realized you sent it to the very person you were griping about. Or maybe you were checking your messages during a meeting, and inadvertently ...

The business lunch is a ritual which keeps changing. Right now, what's new is that drinking alcohol is back, reports Joel Stein in BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK. Only in 2010, there's more wine flowing than the hard liquor Don Draper and the clients on "Mad Men" loved so much in the 1960s. ...

CareerBuilder.com In Spain, a business dinner will last well into the early morning hours -- many restaurants don't even open until 9 p.m. and don't get busy until 10 or 11 p.m. Australians aren't impressed by a title or status -- they expect your work to speak for itself. The Japanese aren't afraid to ask how ...