Washington / Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. reached a breakthrough in its negotiations with labour unions after a group backed a tentative deal to bring 25,000 flight attendants under a single labour contract for the first time since the merger that created the airline almost six years ago. “We have a tentative agreement,” the joint master executive council of …

  Havana / DPA The brand-new red cars are immediately conspicuous in Havana’s run-down streets. For decades, outsized 1950s-built US sedans have been among the dominant cars in Cuba and tourists love them. But at the sight of the sleek new Audis, many Cubans stop and wave to the German drivers in their half dozen vehicles. Audi’s new SUV, the …

  Michael Pryor / TNS From Zappo’s holacracy to all the startups touting their “flat org chart,” the backlash against management is getting out of hand. Many people see management as the opposite of “doers.” They think management sits around all day in their fancy corner offices, collecting accolades for work they didn’t even do. Yes, bad managers exist, but …