"A Utah couple is suing an online merchant that fined them $3,500 for writing a negative review and sparked a financial nightmare for more than a year by reporting the alleged debt to credit rating companies.

"This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series that explores the use of many different language techniques in the context of a merger.

"As a non-native speaker of English, you might often find yourself in situations like this: You’re sitting in a meeting or a teleconference, and some of the participants are native English speakers.

Take a look at this summary of a Temkin Group report covering the topic.

Lynn Gaertner-Johnston (photo, left) gives us "a perfect way to show someone you care.

"As all entrepreneurs discover sooner or later, it takes more than sound business acumen to bring an idea, no matter how novel, to life.

Paul Maccabee (photo, left) is the President of Maccabee Public Relations.

"According to our internal reports, here — in no particular order — are the ten most frequent catches by our editors in your press releases: .

"In this Business English Podcast lesson we’re going to look at useful language for handling the practical details of a business visit, such as airport pickup and restaurant or hotel booking.

"The New Yorker's Maria Konnikova explains the science behind why we need to sleep more, waste less time on the internet, and stop multitasking.

"Understanding your customers is an integral part of building a loyal customer base.

"Worrying is an illusory form of control.

"Have you ever taken on additional responsibilities when your schedule was already fully booked?

More and more companies rely on the social web to influence customers before the sale and support them after; these statistics explain why social help is becoming so pervasive.

In this Business English Pod .

To ensure your thank you letter stands out from the competition after an interview, it's important to rethink how you approach writing it.

Which buzzword do you think leads the list of most overused words in PR put out by the folks at Francis Moran & Associates?

This Business English podcast is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions.

This is the last in our three-part Business English Podcast series on cold calling.

Most advice is terrible.

Ronnie Citron-Fink (photo, left) is "longing for a different tactile communicative experience – one that puts pen to paper.

Laura Labovich (photo, left), contributor to Careerealism.

Donald Todrin (photo, left), writing for the Entrepreneur section of BusinessInsider.

Jen Bilik (photo, left) presents a very good case for walking away from screens for a time to just put pen to paper.

"People are busy.