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☆ Microsoft Tops the List of Best-Managed Companies of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Technology giants strengthened their grip on the top of the annual Management Top 250 ranking of America’s best-run companies. For the fourth year running, Microsoft finished in first place. Apple placed second, and Nvidia ranks third. Google parent Alphabet jumped 20 places to finish at No. 4, and International Business Machines rounds out the top five companies in the ranking compiled by researchers at the Drucker Institute, part of Claremont Graduate University.

Persons: America’s, Apple Organizations: Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Business Machines, Drucker Institute, Claremont Graduate University

☆ The 10 Best Ski Resorts in the U.S. and Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nothing can measure the full experience of a day on any given set of slopes, but data does allow for a peek at what fundamentally makes a ski hill great. In analyzing statistics for hundreds of U.S. and Canadian ski resorts, we considered only those that offer at least 100 skiable acres, receive an average of at least 50 inches of snowfall a season and have at least one operational chairlift. Then, we factored in eight different metrics, including the abundance of natural snowfall, the quality of a resort’s terrain and the liveliness of the après-ski scene. Here are the top 10 resorts →

☆ 100 Best Ski Resorts in the U.S. and Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WITH SNOW already falling in some parts of the country and many resorts set to open in the coming weeks, many skiers and snowboarders—whether powder hounds or après-ski aficionados—are weighing which resorts to visit this winter, not to mention which multi-mountain pass to buy. Nothing can measure the full experience of a day on any given set of slopes—the vertiginous views from a swaying chairlift, the euphoria of epic powder or the tranquility of a post-ski soak. But data does allow for a peek at what fundamentally makes a ski hill great.

☆ The Best Ski Resorts for Every Type of Skier: 2023 WSJ Ski Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jen Rose Smith | Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

FOR AVID SKIERS, the first crisp days cue the desire for a snowy escape. The basic recipe: Take one mountain, add fresh powder and serve with a mug of hot cocoa. Overall Rank Resort Province / State 1 Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia 2 Palisades Tahoe California 3 Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Wyoming 4 Snowbird Ski Resort Utah 5 Mt. Bachelor Oregon 6 Aspen Snowmass Colorado 7 Mammoth Mountain Ski Area California 8 Winter Park Resort Colorado 9 Big Sky Resort Montana 10 Breckenridge Resort Colorado Full rankings and methodology available here. We then combined those results with data focused on categories of skiers to yield even more tailored lists, with families, ambitious experts or regional loyalists in mind.

Organizations: Whistler, Tahoe, Bachelor Oregon, Aspen Snowmass, Resort, Breckenridge Locations: Province, British Columbia, Tahoe California, Wyoming, Utah, Bachelor, Aspen Snowmass Colorado, Area, Colorado, American

☆ The Top U.S. Colleges for Delivering Social Mobility
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones

☆ See How Your Region Stacks Up Against the Best Labor Markets in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Eric Morath | Tom Corrigan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nashville, Tenn., was the best labor market last year among regions with at least a million people. Music City, U.S.A., and America’s recreational-vehicle capital are the country’s hottest job markets, according to The Wall Street Journal’s annual rankings of nearly 400 metro areas. The Nashville, Tenn., metro area—an entertainment hub and state capital that is home to Vanderbilt University—ranked as the best labor market in 2022, among regions with at least one million people. Nashville has benefited from Americans’ desire to move to cities in the South and the resurgence in tourism in recent years.

Where to live is a very personal decision. But with some degree of remote work seemingly here to stay, The Wall Street Journal set out to put data and analysis behind how to identify great places to live if you have the option to work from home. We started out by commissioning a custom survey, with Ipsos conducting a nationwide poll of 1,050 adults in the U.S. in August 2022. This poll allowed us to identify the top 10 factors people said they cared most about in a remote-work location and to weight them accordingly in our ranking. Our unique ranking highlights places you may not have thought to put at the top of your list, but that fit the criteria people say they care about the most when it comes to a great place to work remotely.

When people think of great places to work remotely, what usually comes to mind is some resort-worthy locale like a beach in Hawaii or North Carolina, or a cabin in the Rockies. But what about Springfield, Mo.

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