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By fostering open communication, understanding team bandwidth, and planning ahead, leaders can make the fourth quarter a time of achievement instead of anxiety. If you’ve ever participated in a race, then you know: there’s a difference between trying to run fast and trying to beat someone.

The report is meant to help business leaders navigate an ever-changing industry. Artificial intelligence is heading toward a future where it’s so embedded in everything we do, we’ll eventually forget it’s even there.

Chances are that workplace jerk might be acting that way because of stress you’re not aware of. It’s worthwhile to spend a little energy trying to understand why they’re acting the way they are. Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions.

Everyone wants the maximum amount of bang for their buck, whether the currency is money, time, or effort. But the culture around narrowing options invites other problems. Any time I’m unsure of which jacket to buy, or which movie to watch, or which country to visit, I do this one simple trick: take a look at the rankings.

By DEE-ANN DURBIN Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement. The move came the day after two judges halted the merger in separate court cases. U. S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger Tuesday after holding a three-week hearing in Portland, Oregon.

In March, as the local developer Patrick Fleming neared the close of a lucrative business deal, he began looking for a larger house — one that wouldn’t require new construction. “We found very, very little,” he said last week, “as we wanted a contemporary home.” There was only one he liked. What Fleming calls the Blue Glass House is an 8,300-square-foot abode in Cherry Hills Village.