- Michael Jackson: The Music And The Money
- Cuddle Parties Heat Up
- Jackson's 'Wife'? One Woman Claims She's the One
- The Entrepreneurial Spirit Outside Neverland
- Perhaps The Dumbest Idea Ever
- California: Bad For Business, Good For Bonds?
- Megan, Michael, Madoff, And More - Your Emails
- A Different Sort Of Statement To The Madoffs
- Michael Jackson Still Selling Tickets - On eBay
- Hunting Pirates? Maybe Not
- Fireworks At Pharma's Market
- Value of Warren Buffett's Annual Gift to Gates Foundation Falls Along With Berkshire's Stock
- Michael Jackson: The Music And The Money
- Five Stock Picks for This Market
- Realities of the New Obama Refis
- Weak Dollar Means Gold at $1,040: Strategist
- Court Ruling Could Mean Trouble for TiVo
- Lance, Please Back Out Of Tour
- TeleMedicine Gets An Apple App Store Facelift
- Top Videos: From the Black Swan to the Bond King

- Property Tax Appeals Take Toll on Governments
- Obama Plan Would Trim Back Financial Powerhouses
- Schwarzenegger Signals Key Budget Concession
- Car Dealer Determined To Fight Chrysler Over Franchise
- For Banks, Wads of Cash and Loads of Trouble
- Biden: 'We Misread How Bad The Economy Was'
- The Rising Mountain of Debt May Be the Next Crisis
- For Australian Winemakers, More Turns Out to Be Less
- Top Videos: From the Black Swan to the Bond King
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A Royal Pain in the Office
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AP Shrek Princesses |
Characteristics of a "Workplace Princess":
- Do most of your sentences begin with "I want" or "I need"? (Um, yes.)
- Do you know the career goals of your friends and co-workers or only your own? (Hmmm, give me a minute.)
- When was the last time you listened for 30 minutes to a good friend of colleague with a serious problem? (Honey, I don't have 30 minutes to listen to my kids.)
- When was the last time you called or visited a colleague just to see how they are doing? (Yes! Once, about a year ago.)
- In job interviews do you focus on what you want--a great opportunity, room for advancement, lucrative compensation, a mentor--rather than on what you can contribute or offer an employer? (Guess.)
- When things go wrong, do you blame the situation on other people? (Ok, now you're starting to annoy me.)
- Do you worry about other people or only yourself? (Sure, I worry about other people. I worry they might get in my way.)
Survey results:
- 48% of American workers say there is a "Workplace Princess" on site.
- 48% of Workplace Princesses expect special favors from employers.
- 47% of Workplace Princesses believe they are being treated unfairly.
- 35% of Workplace Princesses make other people do work for them.
And my favorite...
- 16% of Workplace Princesses are men.
Not Everything Sells On eBay
Still no bidders for the "Most Important Coalition Domain Names in History!" GlobalWarmingCoalition.org and .com are only available for a few more hours. Minimum bid is $7,000. Zero bids last time I checked.
BUT! For a mere $1, you can also bid on the set from the old TV show "Family Feud." However, shipping costs are $5,000, and you need to have a spare 2,500 square feet to store the set. The winning bidder will be featured on Break.com, "the #2 viral video site on the internet."
So far, like global warming, there's not a lot of heat being generated for this item.
And You Thought I'd Forgotten About The Fruit Fly Contest
Earlier this month, I launched a Funny Business contest urging readers to explain the value of research seeking to prove that fruit flies have free will. We got some great suggestions from you on how this benefits humanity. We even heard from the study's lead author. But the winning explanation comes from William Oakley, Sr.:
"It keeps the researchers employed. Their salaries buy things and keep the economy going by employing others. It also keeps them from doing research on something truly harmful like weapons of mass destruction."
Now, that is good for humanity. William, a spiffy CNBC Hollywood cap will soon wing its way to you. Thanks for playing along!
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