Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former disc jockey who went on to host ABC's The Les Crane Show for one year ...
CNBC

4 leadership lessons from Barry Diller: They don't teach this in business school

Available on demand on cable, CNBC.com, CNBC+, CNBC Pro or anywhere you stream CNBC. These leadership takeaways are part of a new primetime series, CNBC Leaders Playbook, premiering January 7 at 10 ...
AOL

7 Financial Lessons Dave Ramsey Taught His Kids That Everyone Should Learn

Financial guru Dave Ramsey is known for helping millions tackle debt and achieve financial freedom. However, some of his most valuable lessons were first taught at home to his own children. From ...
Psychology Today

4 Love Lessons for Couples in Long-Term Relationships

Many partners assume that if they love each other enough, cooperation will simply happen in its own time. But research, in recent years, has introduced an important clarification: Good relationships ...
thedailytimes

Lessons from Green Berets pushing Alcoa through first Class 4A posteason

Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Andy Marchal was on the books to speak to Alcoa football three weeks before the season finale. Marchal was a part of Operation Dagger, the first U.S.
Computer Weekly

Cyber's defining lessons of 2025, and what comes next

2025 was a wild ride for cyber security. The landscape is shifting faster than ever, and several themes stand out when I think about the most important cyber security lessons from the year.
Tallahassee Democrat

Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

New bills would mandate cursive reading and writing instruction for Florida elementary school students. Students would be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing cursive by the ...
Newsday

These Shoreham-Wading River educators tag team class lessons

Five years ago, educators Melissa Levonick and Nicole Collins used their experience at Wading River School to create a social studies curriculum that prioritizes student needs. Today, their curriculum ...
IJR

Jon Stewart Gives Basic Economics Lesson To Socialist Bernie Sanders

Comedy Central host Jon Stewart explained the impact subsidies have on prices to independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during a Monday appearance on “The Daily Show” while discussing the ...
Yahoo

Flying first class with kids just got a lot harder on this luxury airline

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emirates is shaking up the luxury travel experience for families. The airline’s new policies make it harder for parents to bring ...
Forbes

4 Lessons For Leaders From Master Storyteller Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut was many things: novelist, satirist, teacher. Above all, he was a master storyteller. His now-famous lecture on the shape of stories reveals principles that go far beyond literature.