Category: Business

How to Create an Asynchronous Work Culture

By Matt Tucker As organizations embrace the remote-first future and wrestle with their own versions of hybrid working models, they face several challenges. First, they must learn to communicate effectively with team members across different time zones and cultures. Once they master communication, their productivity soars—but how can they measure productivity effectively? Remote work began reshaping the…


11 Money Traps to Avoid When Retirement Planning

Retirement is something that most working people hope to eventually achieve, but planning for retirement isn’t always easy. Many different variables, such as the future cost of living, your life expectancy, the housing market, etc., need to be accounted for. It can be challenging to know just how much you’ll need in order to live…


Hire Employees for Your Business and Make Sure They Stay

The past year or so has been a rough period for small businesses. COVID-19 limited interactions with customers—quashed sales, and shrunk the workforce to new lows. Many small businesses did not make it out of the wreckage. Those that survived are now attempting to regain their footing. It’s time to hire employees for your business….


5 Ways to Add Self-Care Into Your Busy Schedule

By Aditi Ramchandani We all know self-care should be a priority. But most of us don’t have the time to make it a priority. Here is something that you probably didn’t know: The busier you are, the greater self-care you need. Doctors like Dr. Christiane Northrup have found that “being too busy can cause serious health problems.” When…


Australia to Investigate Monopolies and Woke Capitalism in New Parliamentary Inquiry into Financial Sector

The Australian federal government is set to examine the power “mega-funds” like U.S. giants BlackRock snd Vanguard, and local super funds hold over the country’s financial sector with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics decision to investigate the issue of “common ownership” and whether it has led to possible collusion between firms. Tim Wilson, a federal…


Australia to Investigate Monopolies, Woke Capitalism in New Parliamentary Inquiry into Financial Sector

The Australian federal government is set to examine the power “mega-funds” like U.S. giants BlackRock, Vanguard, and local super funds hold over the country’s financial sector, with the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics to investigate the issue of “common ownership” and whether it has led to possible collusion between firms. Tim Wilson, federal member of Parliament…


New York Auto Show Canceled Amid Delta Variant Worries

WASHINGTON—Organizers on Wednesday canceled the New York Auto Show that had been set for later this month amid rising COVID-19 cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus. The 10-day public show and press previews that had been set to start Aug. 19 typically draw thousands of journalists from around the world…


Jeff Bezos No Longer Richest Man in the World

By Entrepreneur Staff Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is no longer the richest man in the world—and not just because he’s invested in spending more time off the planet. His net worth tumbled $13.9 billion in one day when Amazon’s stock price fell 7 percent last week after the company reported second-quarter growth…


Robinhood Shares Surge 50 Perccent, as Investors Scoop up ‘The Meme of Memes’

Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc rose more than 50 percent on Wednesday during a wild trading session as investors scooped up shares after its underwhelming stock market debut last week. The online brokerage’s shares closed at $70.39, off the session high of $85 when the stock was up nearly 82 percent, with one analyst dubbing…


Sustainability Startup Ecotone Renewables Wants to Eliminate Food Waste, or at Least Make It Useful

By Lauren Rosenblatt From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH—Ecotone Renewables, a startup by students and graduates of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, wants to change the way the world thinks about food waste—and it wants to use a seahorse to do so. It’s not talking about the underwater critter but it is paying homage…