I saw a video you posted in your Facebook page about three Japanese professional footballers playing with 100 school kids in a friendly, entertaining soccer match. The game was won by the professional players. It appears in your post that you’re putting it forward as a good example on how we should focus on improving labor productivity. My question is this -- how can we make it happen in our real work-life? -- Just Asking.

EMPLOYEES are being positioned as possible ambassadors for their companies’ brands, after a recent study found increasing interest from Filipino consumers in knowing about a company’s workings before patronizing its products and services.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. -- As a record-breaking economic expansion nears the decade mark, people like Marty Groth may determine whether it is forced into a lower gear.

STOCKHOLM -- Scandinavian airline SAS is offering travelers concerned about a possible strike by pilots the chance to reschedule flights for the April 26-29 period to another date free of charge.

I will be laterally transferred as a manager to a new department reporting to a vice president in compliance with the company’s rightsizing plan. I’m excited about this new assignment and at the same time a bit edgy as I would like to start the work relationship right. My new boss is rumored in the organization as a no-nonsense guy who at times can be difficult to deal with. Could you please give me some ideas on how to handle my new boss? -- Feeling Nervous.

THE government-run Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) will expand its health and welfare compensation benefits to self-employed workers, the labor department said.

AMSTERDAM -- Chinese employees stole corporate secrets from Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, Dutch financial newspaper Financieele Dagblad (FD) reported on Thursday. The paper said, citing its own investigation, technology had been stolen by high-level Chinese employees in the research and development department of ASML’s US subsidiary and ultimately leaked to a company linked to the Chinese government.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES of some of the largest US banks faced off with the House Financial Services committee for the first time since the financial crisis on Wednesday armed with the healthy balance sheets, but lawmakers grilled executives more on social issues than business fundamentals.

NEW YORK -- California utility owner PG&E Corp is exploring expanding its board as it navigates bankruptcy proceedings in an effort to potentially settle an ongoing battle with shareholder BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

My boss has a bad habit of rejecting my ideas and sprucing them up a bit, then presenting it to top management without mentioning my name. Sometimes, he’s brazen enough to bring up my excellent ideas without any revision and claims credit for them. I’m sick and tired of my work situation. How do I handle his toxic ways? -- Fed Up.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it will need 5,000 labor inspectors to monitor foreign workers, and estimated the funding requirement at P2.5 billion.

PARIS -- A retirement pot of almost 40 million euros ($44.78 million) for outgoing Airbus Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders is excessive and may harm the company’s image, France’s finance minister said in remarks published on Tuesday.