Business & Economy

By MAX MESSMER
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
When crafting your cover letter, you always want to paint yourself in a positive light by touting your strongest attributes. But before you place one finger on the keyboard, think about the message you want to send to a prospective employer.

By M.B. OWENS
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The Internet has become one of the most popular ways job seekers look for employment. There are literally thousands of sites to choose from. Some are giants and all-inclusive while others are quite small and industry or company specific.

By STEPHEN WINDHAUS
Monday, October 30, 2006
The Internet has certainly become an extremely convenient source of data about all types of subjects. I dare say that it has resulted in the loss of visitors to the local libraries.

By DARRELL SMITH
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monica Nainsztein remembers sitting in darkened theaters as a child in her native Buenos Aires, watching her favorite movie stars. As the images flickered on-screen, the Spanish subtitles that gave voice to the English dialogue were flashed below.

But the words she read rarely matched what she heard.

"I grew up watching movies in Argentina saying, 'Hey, that's not what they said.'"

Maybe not, but she knew what they should have said.

Two decades later, Nainsztein is still reading Spanish-language subtitles.

By CHRIS SERRES
Monday, October 30, 2006
In the October edition of Red, Target Corporation's in-house magazine for employees, there is a section devoted to voting _ called "Red, White & Vote" _ that appears to be nothing more than a voter's guide.

Sprinkled throughout the glossy section are reminders that voting is a "patriotic duty" and "your right as a U.S.

By TOM ABATE
Monday, October 30, 2006
Lost a laptop loaded with sensitive files? In a few months it may not be such a big deal.

Seagate Technology is poised to deliver the world's first laptop hard disk drive with built-in encryption, or data-scrambling, capabilities.

By PAUL GRIMALDI
Friday, October 27, 2006
The consolidation of the drugstore industry pushed hundreds of independent pharmacies out of business during the last 20 years.

Unable to fight off bigger competitors, many pharmacists running neighborhood shops closed their businesses or sold their prescription files to one chain or another.

But some independent pharmacists continued on, competing against the big chains just as business owners do in other retail sectors.

The independents dispense 1.6 billion prescriptions annually, about 42 percent of all prescriptions, according to the National Community Pharmacists Associations in Alexandria, Va.

But independent-minded people in some retail sectors _ such as the restaurant, automotive and hotel industries _ have an alternative to going it alone that hasn't always been a viable option for pharmacists: franchising.

By ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
Friday, October 27, 2006
Jeanette Sutherlin delayed talking with her elderly parents about their future, until the day she got some frightening news.

Her parents' car was broadsided, the vehicle totaled.

By ARTHUR KIMBALL
Friday, October 27, 2006
A great resume won't get you a great job. A great resume will get you an interview. It takes a great interview to land that great job.

This is what Lisa Ferns, a career adviser at the University of Rhode Island Office of Career Services, tells the students she advises and why she tells them to make sure they are prepared for their interviews.

By VERNE KOPYTOFF
Friday, October 27, 2006
YouTube, the popular video Web site, is facing the biggest challenge of its brief but gilded life: complaints about copyright infringement that could destroy its cool factor.