C-Suite

Brokers--get an earful on what buyers really hear when you approach them for a sale.

Even for the most successful small business, a natural disaster could be devastating. Just look at Joplin, Mo., where nearly 500 business owners lost their business after last year's tornado almost wiped out the town.

Guess it's tough being a CEO these days especially at Yahoo where their latest chief executive is out after a paltry four months.

As todays economic recovery is slow and unpredictable, mid-market executives are adapting to managing this uncertainty, according to Deloitte's new survey, "Mid-Market Perspectives: 2012 Report on America's Economic Engine."

Thirty-one percent of employers say they are planning to hire executive-level positions over the next six months, an increase of 23 percent from October's forecast, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder and HeadHunter.com.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits remained stuck near a three-month high last week, a sign that hiring has likely slowed since winter.

High-growth, entrepreneurial-centered companies in Michigan are more likely than publicly traded companies to hire a woman in a key leadership role, according to the Michigan Entrepreneurial Leadership Report by the Inforum Center for Leadership and Ernst & Young LLP.

Attracting and retaining skilled employees is the top consideration among chief financial officers when to comes to deciding whether to continue offering employer-sponsored medical coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new research released by nonprofit Integrated Benefits Institute.