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Most of us have room to improve our productivity and avoid time vampires lurking around every corner, says Dawn Rasmussen, Path??finder Writing and Career Ser??vices.

She lists the nine worst time-?suckers threatening your productivity.

1. IMs, emails and texts. When you reply to every message as soon as it hits your screen, you take yourself off course and take time away from more important tasks.
2. Repetitive emails. Create templates for messages you send over and over again. You?re wasting time rewriting the messages each time.
3. Lost information. You need a structured organizational system for all of your computer and paper files.
4. Communication breakdowns. Email doesn?t convey tone and contributes to miscommunication, which eats up time with frustration, resulting in back and forth. When in doubt, go talk to someone in person or call.
5. The Internet. You may get on the Internet for a productive work reason, but soon you realize you don?t know how long you?ve been on or what you?ve been doing. Place a sticky note on your desktop to re??mind you to focus on your task.
6. Unstructured meetings. Meetings that lack an agenda or have a leader who can?t keep everyone on task accomplish less. Make a plan in advance to keep participants focused.
7. Chatty colleagues. If you spend too much time talking with colleagues, find a way to break away and take control of your work time.
8. Other people?s problems. If you find yourself involved with other people?s problems, teach them to help themselves instead. Coach subordinates, be honest with colleagues and offer solution suggestions to bosses.
9. Too many commitments. Learn to say no when you really don?t have time for additional duties.

? Adapted from ?9 Worst Productivity Suckers,? Dawn Rasmussen, Careerealism.

Online resource: Learn four more ways to beef up your productivity here.

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Lauer offered to resign with 'Today' troubles

NEW YORK (AP) ? A report says Matt Lauer was ready to take the fall last year for troubles on NBC's "Today" show.

The Daily Beast reported Monday that Lauer told Steve Burke, the chief executive of NBC Universal, that he would leave if Burke thought the show was better off without him. Burke dismissed the idea. The account of the behind-the-scenes drama at the troubled morning show was confirmed by show spokeswoman Megan Kopf on Monday.

"Today" has slipped behind ABC's "Good Morning America" in the ratings, and the slide was more pronounced after Ann Curry's messy departure as Lauer's co-host last summer.

Many viewers blamed Lauer for Curry's ouster, but the report said Lauer had been urging NBC to move more slowly with its plans to replace her.

Associated Press

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US probes Sanofi over blockbuster drug Plavix

PARIS (AP) ? The U.S. Justice Department is investigating drug maker Sanofi's disclosures to the Food and Drug Administration about different responses to its blockbuster blood thinner Plavix.

The French company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that it learned in June about the investigation.

It only said the investigation centered on "the variability of response to Plavix." The company did not immediately respond to requests to give more details on the investigation.

In 2010, the FDA added a black box ? its strongest form of warning ? to the label for Plavix. At the time, the watchdog said certain patients with a genetic variation cannot metabolize the drug, putting them at increased risk for heart attack and stroke.

Before it got U.S. generic competition last May, Plavix was the No. 2 drug in the world by revenue, with annual sales of around $9 billion in 2011.

Sanofi says it is cooperating with the investigation into Plavix, which is jointly marketed with U.S.-based Bristol-Myers Squibb. Bristol-Myers Squibb spokeswoman Jennifer Fron Mauer said the company had no comment on the investigation.

Plavix is prescribed to heart disease patients to prevent dangerous blood clots, which can cause heart attack, stroke and death.

In order to work effectively, Plavix must be broken down by a particular liver enzyme. But the FDA says 2 to 14 percent of people in the U.S. have low levels of the enzyme, preventing them from successfully processing Plavix. The likelihood of being a non-responder varies by race, according to the FDA.

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