Business

Nearly 90 percent of companies do formal evaluations at least once a year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

Economy

Behold The Entrenched — And Reviled — Annual Review

2:02pm October 30, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

Performance review season is nearing, and if you're like most people, there's no celebrating that. Studies show that 60 to 90 percent of employees dislike the ritual. So some firms are backing away.

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Confused about all the different sustainability ratings out there? The simplest option may be to shop at your local farmer's market.

Apps Aim To Guide You On 'Sustainable Food' (Whatever That Means)

12:04pm October 30, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

Consumers who care about how their food is produced have a growing number of apps they can turn to at the supermarket. The problem? Nailing down just what sustainability means when it comes to food.

The headquarters of Monsanto, near St. Louis, Mo. Monsanto is the world's largest seed supplier.

Science

Monsanto Hired This Guy To Help It Win Over Millennials

11:08am October 30, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

Vance Crowe, 32, has a tough assignment: reach out to millennials, many of whom are skeptical of GMOs. Crowe says the company can do a better job of listening to their concerns.

It's partly because of bookshelves like these — and their digital equivalents — that publishers have had a positive open to 2014.

Books
Arts

Book News: Young Adult And Kids' Lit Boost E-Book Revenue

9:19am October 30, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

From January to July, e-book revenue grew 7.5 percent compared with the same period last year. Also: R.L. Stine tweets a horror, and poets slip into something a bit sexier.

Stephen Drimalas stands outside his former home in Staten Island's Ocean Breeze neighborhood. He rebuilt his home after Superstorm Sandy but recently decided to sell it to the state of New York.

After The Waves, Staten Island Homeowner Takes Sandy Buyout

8:59am October 30, 2014

by Jim O'Grady

Stephen Drimalas fled his home as the storm hit, and it was badly damaged. Now he and some of his neighbors are selling their property to the state, which hopes to get people out of flood-prone areas.

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National

FTC Says AT&T Misled Customers About 'Unlimited' Data Plans

7:52pm October 29, 2014

by Sam Sanders

The Federal Trade Commission says AT&T slowed data speeds for 3.5 million customers, sometimes up to 90 percent.

Federal Reserve Stays The Course, Ends Most Recent Stimulus Program

7:35pm October 29, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The Fed has been buying up bonds by the trillions since the financial crisis started in 2008. Today, it affirmed that it was going ahead with plans to end its third round of stimulus.

Thousands participants march accross the Elisabeth bridge during an anti-government rally against the government's plan to tax Internet usage.

World News

Close To 100,000 Hungarian Demonstrators Protest Internet Usage Tax

6:21pm October 29, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Critics of the tax said this is a government attempt to create a "digital iron curtain" around Hungary. The government said it was just extending taxes it places on phones.

National

T. Boone Pickens On The Plummeting Price Of Oil

6:16pm October 29, 2014

Melissa Block talks to oilman T. Boone Pickens. He told the Wall Street Journal that energy companies are pumping too much oil and that none of them wants to be the first to stop.

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Janet Yellen Brings A Different Leadership Style To The Fed

6:16pm October 29, 2014

Melissa Block talks to Neil Irwin, senior economic correspondent for The New York Times, about the leadership style of Janet Yellen, the chair of the Federal Reserve.

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