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<p>Black employees at Apple, Bank of America, Capital One and Starbucks give high marks to the workplace culture at the companies, according to a report from Glassdoor that offers a sense of how minority workers are faring at some of America's best-known corporations.</p>

Think working folks are happy to have a job -- ANY job -- in this miserable economy? Think again. The number of Americans who reported being happy with their careers dropped to an all-time low -- 45 percent -- in a new survey that found people are more miserable than ever in nearly every aspect of their work lives. Job satisfaction in 2009 was down from 61 percent in 1987, the first year of the Conference Board survey, and it's a 4-point drop from 2008. Only 51 percent now find their jobs interesting -- another low in the survey's 22...

Any list of the best places to work is sure to include cool favorites like Google. The U.S. military? The sacrifices and risks required of its members seem to make it an unlikely pick. But new research suggests that it may well belong on such a list, particularly for minorities and women. The members of those two demographics in the military consistently rate their jobs as more satisfying than white males do, according to new research in this month's American Sociological Review. Much like Manning's military experience, the study of over 30,000 active duty personnel suggests that the armed forces'...

<p>What is success? How about Bill Clinton - is he successful?</p> <p>Those are questions that Bob Chapman, Chief executive of Barry-Wehmiller Cos., the St. Louis-based maker of packaging equipment, has been asking. He's found that the typical reaction when asked about Clinton and success is laughter.</p>