BUSINESS

[|The Power of Habit--How the history of toothpaste explains why you can’t lose weight.]

[|You Need To Learn How To Program--Make a free weekly coding lesson your New Year’s resolution.]

The Atlantic: Study of the Day: [|There Are No Winners in an Overcrowded Mall]

NYT: [|10 Things Job Applicants Should Know]

Atlantic: [|How Walmart Is Changing China]

NYT: [|As Facebook Aims at Millions of Users, Some are Content to Sit Out]

NYT: [|Online Learning, Personalized--Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach with Classrooms]

[|Don’t Blink! The Hazards of Confidence]

[|Four Excellent Habits--The subtle skills that will give you a permanent edge in shaping your career or starting a new one.]

[|Advice to job market newbies] Dress appropriately, don't surf the web all day, and think twice before posting drunken shots on Facebook

NYT: [|Picking Brand Names in China is a Business Itself]

[|How to Read Body Language to Reveal the Underlying Truth in Almost Any Situation]

[|Stone-Washed Blue Jeans (Minus the Washed)]

[|Being too polite to your waitress may cost you money]

[|Bitter Brew--I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life.]

[|From Dung Power to Solar Power--How billions without electrical access will benefit from clean energy.]

===[|Introducing //**Slate**//’s Negotiation Academy--A series of short podcasts to teach you the basic rules for getting the best deal.]=== [|Schmoozing as Strategy: **//Slate//**’s Negotiation Academy--Episode 2 of our series on haggling like the pros.] Episode 3: [|The Art and Trickery of Persuasion] Episode 4: [|The Ticking Clock and Other Physical Tactics] Episode 5: [|Negotiating with Jerks and Liars] Episode 6: [|Closing the Deal]

The Gender Divide: [|**//Slate//**’s Negotiation Academy Episode 7] Location, Location, Negotiation: [|Slate's Negotiation Academy Episode 8] Episode 9: [|Negotiating with Kids] Episode 10: [|Negotiating for Salary]

Endangered Dragon:[|As Its Economy Sprints Ahead, China’s People Are Left Behind]

[|What caused the wealth gap?] Protesters are furious over America's growing income disparity. Economist Jeffrey Sachs explains where it came from

[|Is Netflix As Dumb As It Seems?The strange logic of the company's decision to divide itself in half.]

[|China's soaring costs could help American jobs]

[|Who Killed 3-D]? A box-office whodunit.

[|Great Social Networks Steal--In praise of Facebook's thievery.]

[|In a Race to Out-Rave, 5-Star Web Reviews Go for] $5

[|'Psychic Benefits' and the NBA Lockout]--The author of The Tipping Point explains why owning a basketball franchise has always been a bad business — and ought to stay that way

[|Salman Khan, Founder of Khan Academy--His folksy lectures are revolutionizing how kids learn math and science.] [] []

[|Print vs. Online--The ways in which old-fashioned newspapers still trump online newspapers.]

[|Can a redesign make us eat better? A look at the creative process behind the colorful new FDA nutrition labels]

Get a Room! [|Is Airbnb a fad, or will it revolutionize the way you travel]?

[|Go Ahead, Eat Chocolate for Breakfast:] [|Why the lawsuit against Nutella is bunk.]

[|New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test]

[|Now you can buy groceries using augmented reality, in South Korean subway stations]

[|Google unveils next social network feat] [|Google+ faces uphill climb vs. Facebook]

[|Coaching and Much More for Chinese Students Looking to U.S.]

[|Superbrands' success fuelled by sex, religion and gossip]

NYT: [|Foods With Benefits, or So They Say]