Weekly News Update

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• Fashionista gathered the return policies for a bunch of retailers who accept returns on opened beauty products; some are stricter than others and some are more lenient than you might expect.
• DailyWorth shares “6 fashion rules powerful women always follow.”
• PopSugar Smart Living gives you a list of 10 things you should buy at Target.
• At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino comments on the recent “Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?” Bloomberg Businessweek piece.
• Fortune advises doing anything more after a job interview than sending a single email or note, or making one phone call — and shares several amusing examples of what NOT to do.
• Fast Company has tips on preventing yourself from being known at work as the person (i.e., woman) who always takes on the “office housework.”
• Do your houseplants or office plants always end up dying on you? GQ tells you about five hardy plants that are — literally — not delicate flowers.
• For your Laugh of the Week: Play with the “office buzzword generator” from Racked.

On CorporetteMoms Recently…

• We talked about gifts and birthdays.
• Kat shared some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable office clothes.

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