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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Workplace gift-giving is down this year. According to an annual survey conducted by New York-based executive search firm Battalia Winston, only one-quarter (26%) of respondents say they …

A weak economy is making the office holiday party into the ghost of Christmas past. Large companies, such as Morgan Stanley and American Express, and small businesses are canceling or cutting back on the seasonal festivities. There’s little to celebrate this year. An estimated …

The CBC, American Express and Pacific Newspaper Group are doing it. It’s no surprise that Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital are doing it too. But so are Viacom, ABC News, Hearst, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Adidas. What are all these famous companies, and many …

Save the Holiday Party Initiative Gives Businesses the Opportunity to Preserve an Endangered Tradition By: PR Newswire WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., — In a holiday season where bows and ribbons have been replaced with bailouts and rescues, American businesses are reconsidering an honored tradition: the office holiday party. A recent survey …

Tom Dowling, managing director of the Pittsburgh office of public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, deliberated in his Gateway Center office last week as deadlines loomed for several key year-end and holiday-related decisions. In front of him was an application …

For more than three decades, Nick Cutter has held a holiday party for his employees, hosting up to 1,200 people with an open bar, door prizes and live entertainment at large venues such as the Coral Ballroom at Waikiki’s Hilton Hawaiian …

The holiday office party is the one time of year when co-workers can cut loose. But this season, the financial crisis is scrooging a lot of employees out of the usual festive fun. Company-sponsored holiday parties have hit a 20-year low, according to the Battalia Winston Amrop …

For many companies, the office holiday party is an opportunity to show employees a good time and celebrate success, with lavish fetes in hotels, on cruise ships or at high-end restaurants. However, with …

Instead of elaborate sit-down dinners with open bars, some corporations are opting for scaled-back holiday parties this season as they try to do something nice for their employees while recognizing the realities of an economy that is teetering toward …

Janet Woodson, who runs the catering and event-planning company La-tea-da’s, says Charlotte-area companies are scaling back their holiday parties this year. This holiday season, companies are trading sit-down dinners …