Klaus Kneale, Forbes

Stories by Klaus Kneale, Forbes

How do you control CEO rage?

How do you control CEO rage?

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2009

Some bosses think outbursts of temper serve them well. Sometimes they may even be right.

The 10 hardest jobs to fill in America

The 10 hardest jobs to fill in America

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2009

If you're looking for work in any of these fields, you're in luck.

Iceland: World's hardest working nation

Iceland: World's hardest working nation

Rediff.com   29 May 2009

Where do people spend the most time at their jobs?

They made billions in a bear market

They made billions in a bear market

Rediff.com   29 May 2009

Several billionaires have rehabbed their fortunes during the recent bear market rally.

CEO's tips: How I network at the top

CEO's tips: How I network at the top

Rediff.com   27 May 2009

Does the boss even really need to network? Yes--and he needs to do it better than anyone else.

A smart management strategy in troubled times

A smart management strategy in troubled times

Rediff.com   20 May 2009

Formalising flextime may benefit companies, their employees and take the stigma out of asking for time off.

DON'T motivate your employees, but...

DON'T motivate your employees, but...

Rediff.com   20 May 2009

Instead, work to keep them from being demotivated.

How Brad Pitt and Barack Obama are related

How Brad Pitt and Barack Obama are related

Rediff.com   19 May 2009

Ancestry.com mines databases worldwide to enhance genealogy searches.

Why do CMOs have a short shelf life?

Why do CMOs have a short shelf life?

Rediff.com   19 May 2009

Marketing departments should be managed more like sports teams.

From an intern to the CEO

From an intern to the CEO

Rediff.com   12 May 2009

What did the chief executive do as a kid with a summer job? More than most interns, it usually turns out.

The world's most reputable companies

The world's most reputable companies

Rediff.com   8 May 2009

Reputation Institute releases its ranking of the popularity of 600 companies around the globe. On top: chocolate-maker Ferrero.

Simple Sugars' teenage CEO

Simple Sugars' teenage CEO

Rediff.com   8 May 2009

A 15-year-old entrepreneur runs her business--with a little help from mom.

America's most polluted cities

America's most polluted cities

Rediff.com   6 May 2009

The counties and metro areas with the nation's poorest air quality.

For executive women, it can be lonely at the top

For executive women, it can be lonely at the top

Rediff.com   6 May 2009

Even today, it can be tough for women in the executive ranks.

How will companies pay the trillion dollar debt

How will companies pay the trillion dollar debt

Rediff.com   6 May 2009

Nearly $1 trillion in risky debt comes due from 2011 to 2015, and even if the credit crunch is long past, companies will likely struggle to refinance it says CreditSights.

What America really thinks of its finance industry

What America really thinks of its finance industry

Rediff.com   6 May 2009

Less than we used to --but we like some banks better than before.

Two cheers for the stress tests

Two cheers for the stress tests

Rediff.com   5 May 2009

Banks are on solid ground -- for now.

Free trade agreement will expand markets

Free trade agreement will expand markets

Rediff.com   5 May 2009

The Free Trade Agreement between Peru and China was signed on April 28. For China, Peru is an important source of minerals, primarily copper. For Peru, increasing trade with China is a key way of diversifying the export economy toward an area of dynamic demand.

Billionaire behind 2009's biggest IPO

Billionaire behind 2009's biggest IPO

Rediff.com   5 May 2009

The much-anticipated public offering of China Zhongwang Holdings, one of Asia's largest extruded-aluminum product makers, is expected to take place on May 8. It will be the world's largest of 2009 and could transform its chairman into China's richest person.

World's most powerful luxury brands

World's most powerful luxury brands

Rediff.com   5 May 2009

Even in the depths of a dark recession, luxury isn't such a bad place to be.