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Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony wasn’t the first time Will Smith’s stardom was defined more by his personal life than by his onscreen roles.Recently, he has documented his weight loss on a…

To Whom It May Concern: Job applicants are putting a hard stop to those dreaded cover letters.Many hiring managers say a sharp cover letter remains one of the best ways to make the case for…

LOS ANGELES—After a 111-minute family drama called “CODA” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021, the usual phalanx of distributors began vying for the film. According to a…

During the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of Americans quit their jobs. Some retired early. Many also became part of a growing flexible force in the American economy: workers who gave up a…

A hot course at Harvard Business School promises to teach future leaders an elusive skill—managing happiness. One of the toughest parts is just getting a spot in the class.As business…

Girl Scouts are earning a new badge in global economic turmoil.A month into national cookie-selling season, scouts have felt the effects of supply-chain woes and inflation. Some troops are…

Reinvigorating corporate culture and employee enthusiasm at Salesforce. com Inc. after nearly two years of remote work will involve the great outdoors as much…

With nonfungible tokens spreading through the art, sports and music worlds, some investors are now betting on the value of custom strings of emojis—consecutive images of a surfer, palm tree…

Teachers have quit in droves during the pandemic. Sometimes bumpy, their paths provide a lesson plan for others looking to leap from the classroom to the corporate world.Nationwide, former…

Rocker Neil Young came across an NPR report on the morning of Jan. 24 that seemed like a fit for his Times-Contrarian online newspaper, which is housed on…