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• Top trends in 2016 fall tourism

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  ​A recent survey shows Americans are planning to spend $2,836 per person on an average to travel this fall — higher than summer travel spending. Also, the average total cost of a trip is expected to be 5.7 percent higher than last fall.

• Don’t make the same mistakes as FanDuel and DraftKings

  Shawn Smajstrla Marketing

  If you were among the millions who tuned in for the NFL season kickoff Thursday night, you surely noticed all the pomp and fanfare. You also likely noticed the league and its broadcast partners haven't cut back on advertising. You also may have noticed what you didn't notice.

• Waze Carpool attempts to change the future of the work commute

  Katina Hernandez Transportation Technology & Automotive

  As ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft continue to battle it out for the No. 1 spot, Google has made an announcement that could redefine what a ride-sharing service really is. Google is using its navigation app Waze to develop a ride-sharing program called Waze Carpool that will allow drivers and passengers who are traveling the same route to work to link up and carpool.

• Top 14 subcompact 9mm pistols to consider for carry

  Ben Findley Recreation & Leisure

  Which of the current top 100 concealed carry (CC) subcompact 9mm guns available in the market now are you going to consider? Yes, there are many out there. What is the latest and greatest gun vying for your attention and bucks? Can you narrow the options down to three or four to chose from?

• Nurse leaders: Creating an optimal workplace culture

  Keith Carlson Healthcare Administration

  ​Workplace culture is regularly discussed as an important concept in the world of 21st-century corporate life. However, we can sometimes feel most organizations — including those in healthcare, medicine and nursing — are paying lip service to the idea.

• The economy takes on a summer glow fit for a peach

  Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Waiting for economic statistics to form meaningful patterns can be like watching fruit ripen. I mean, what's with the U.S. unemployment rate anyway? Sticking to 4.9 percent again? That's potential for a big yawn. The same goes for the number of jobs added nationally in August. The forecast had been for a none-too-exciting 180,000 new jobs, and the reality came in at 151,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Take a page from workplace safety to improve construction payment

  Nate Budde Construction & Building Materials

  ​While safety on construction sites has dramatically improved over the last several decades, no such strides have been made in construction payment. The payment chain features a cover-your-(butt) mentality that has given rise to liability-shifting payment devices such as pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid contracts.

• The importance of financial education in K-12 curriculum

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  CNN's Heather Long recently raised an important question for American schools: Why is financial education not considered as important a subject as sex education? When sex education was introduced and made compulsory, there was apprehension as to whether this is a good subject for discussion among impressionable minds. Yet surveys have shown that this investment has paid off with teen pregnancies declining dramatically in the last two decades.

• Forget meeting perfection — just aim for your best

  David Gabri Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  We all strive to do our best if we want to succeed and thrive in the competitive field of meetings and meeting services. Those who are most successful have an ongoing goal of achieving the perfect meeting for both the internal and external customers involved. But is "meeting perfection" truly reachable?

• 5 ways to diffuse political arguments at work

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  We're exactly two months from Election Day, and the closer we get to Nov. 8, the more prevalent election discussions will become in the office. Fortunately, Americans have the ability to openly discuss and debate candidates and the divisive issues they raise. However, not everyone is articulate or open to constructive discourse.

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