Belt-tightening has prompted a reconsideration of acceptable consumerism, even among the well-off.

There are signs that salary negotiation is inching toward greater transparency, too.

Shorts are no longer an office ‘don’t.’ These days they are downright respectable.

He had had too much to drink, he wanted to chat, he was afraid of flying, he wanted more drinks and he just got louder and louder.

Our counterparts at our office in Korea never hold side conversations in meetings as we do here. They’re too polite. They’re terrific hosts as well.

E-mail has become the bane of some people’s professional lives.