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It was a tumultuous year for several major corporate players, prompting many to make changes at the top. Here are six execs who were shown the door in 2011.

Apologies for my lack of posting over the last ten or so days but I started out with a cold the week before Christmas and wound up with pneumonia which, as you probably know, is not something you want to ignore. This handily makes for a cheap segue into something else that you don’t want to ignore: Computer network security.

Sears Holdings Corp. identified 79 of the stores the retailer is planning to close, with nearly half being Kmart locations and Florida having the most closures by state.

Forget what your parents taught you, it’s not always prudent to use a formal salutation, especially in today’s more informal business world.

The quest for efficiency and productivity improvement that permeates the corporate world trickles down from entire organizations, to teams, to projects and, finally, to individuals.

One of the most overlooked aspects of leadership is the need for pursuit….

Here are 7 tax breaks scheduled to end by Dec. 31st and how they can still be used…

Ask Next: Karen Damato answers readers’ questions on the tax implications of IRA distributions, Social Security survivor benefits and helping grandkids save

The Internal Revenue Service has given tax-exempt organizations with January and February filing due dates a temporary reprieve until March 30, 2012 to file their annual returns.

FORTUNE — Worldwide IT spending is expected to hit $1.8 trillion in 2012, according to research firm IDC. An increasing portion of those dollars will be spent on fast-growing technologies like mobile computing, social networking and analytics, which means a new lineup of companies could start to benefit in 2012.