If your office is cold, take note - chilly environs may lower ...
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If your office is often cold, take note - chilly environs may lower productivity. A study by a Cornell University ergonomics professor found a reverse correlation between temperature and typing mistakes.
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Many employees fail to clean their personal workspace, which could ultimately lead to more sick days, according to an online poll conducted by IOGEAR.
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When work deadlines loom or the pressure of office life is turned up a notch itâs not uncommon for many of us to sit at our desks and stare at our computer screens for hours at a time without a break.
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Many federal government offices here were to open two-hours late on Wednesday because of icy predawn weather across the Washington metropolitan area.
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The office grapevine fulfills a human need, but not all needs are benign.
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The nation's retailers had a slow start to the spring season as unseasonably cold weather in February chilled demand for lightweight apparel and left merchants with disappointing sales. The slowing economy, particularly the weakening housing market, could challenge shoppers in the months ahead.
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Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, DC Politicians in the nation&#39;s capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century
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This server room is having some cooling issues -- due to the inverse ratio of money spent on servers to money spent on air conditioning, reports an IT pilot fish there. But things are about to get worse.
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The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up?
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The cold snap gripping the eastern  United States should ease next week, ushering in warmer  temperatures into March for the world's top energy consumer,  meteorologists forecast Thursday.
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Sure, you can get on-line from a hot-spot Internet cafe or conference center. But when you're in a cold spot and want your mail anyway, try making a connection through your GSM mobile phone&mdash;no cables required.
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Perhaps the worst that will happen in millions of offices on the second Monday in March is that caffeine-deprived workers will wonder why their automatic coffeemakers failed to perk on schedule. In less lucky workplaces, however, employees might miss meetings, overbook conference rooms or...
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What are the odds of a cold day in hell? Storm Exchange is setting up a market that will let corporations analyze business changes due to fluctuations in weather.
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I spend anywhere from three to eight hours every week sweating along with a motley crew of local misfits, shelving, sorting, and hauling ton after ton of written matter in a rowhouse basement in Baltimore. We have no heat nor air conditioning, but still, every week, we come and work. Volunteer night is Wednesday, but many of us also work on the weekends, when we're open to the public. There are times when we're freezing and we have to wear coats and gloves inside, making handling books somewhat tricky; other times, we're all soaked with sweat, since it's 90 degrees out and the basement is thick with bodies. One learns to forget about personal space when working at The Book Thing, since you can scarcely breathe without bumping into someone, and we are all so accustomed to having to scrape by each other that most of us no longer bother to say "excuse me" unless some particularly dramatic brushing occurs.
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Air cooled by ice is just as efficient -- and more environmentally friendly -- than traditional air-conditioning systems. It's also taking pressure of the city's power grid.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- It sure isn&#39;t the Goldilocks Economy of yesteryear -- you know, not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
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STRUGGLING into work with a cold is not an act of dedication but a short-cut to heart disease, a study of British civil servants has found.