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Investment 101: How Risk Can Translate Into a Good or Bad Investment

Growing your money through a suitable investment can be tricky. It is sometimes difficult to recognize a good investment among the numerous scams and offers for immediate returns.  In theory, any investment can sound like a good investment if it is pitched cleverly. This, however, is not a guarantee that you’ll realize a return or ...

David Clapp

American dollars.

How to Create a Comfortable and Efficient Home Office

More and more people are telecommuting, as the benefits of remote work are seen by companies and employees alike. If you have a home office is, you need to create an environment that will be productive, inspiring, and comfortable. The perfect home office marries design ideas carried through the rest of the home with those ...

Viena Abdon

A comfortable home office.

What a Healthy Work Environment Is and How to Create One

A healthy work environment enhances employees’ morale, productivity, and well-being. However, changing the working atmosphere may be time-consuming or costly.  A healthy work environment benefits your business because it can lead to increased sales. Generally, a positive work environment boosts productivity while lowering costs associated with absenteeism and dissatisfaction. Do you want to create a ...

Viena Abdon

Office workers working as a team.

There’s a Buying Frenzy for Diamond Jewelry

Let us start with the most simple scenario. Many years ago, the diamond industry’s biggest fear was being forgotten by Millennials. Consumers are now buying diamond jewelry more than ever before. With the industry increasingly harnessing technology to improve operational efficiency and reach an extended customer pool, the diamond industry is going from strength to strength, ...

Mirachelle Joya

Cut diamonds.

The Upright Principles of Confucian Businessmen

Traditional Confucian values — “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust” — sound like rather staid notions, more suitable for a refined scholar of literature than a go-go entrepreneur. But cases abound through Chinese history of Confucian businessmen who built vast commercial empires relying on those ideas. Take the case of Hu Xueyan, a banker who went out ...

Max Lu

Statue of Confucius.

7 Leadership Angles to Help You Become a Great Start-Up Owner

Not everyone is comfortable with the idea of getting into a typical job that imposes many limitations on them. There are a select few people who have the guts to become a start-up owner of their own venture. While some of them succeed and reach the pinnacle of success, others fall short and eventually bite ...

Armin Auctor

Business team working together in a casual setting.

Is Working Remotely Here to Stay?

Remote working, which is also referred to as “working from home,” is a work arrangement where employees do not commute to a central place of work.  It is estimated that approximately 4.7 million people were working remotely before the COVID-19 pandemic. But a global survey conducted by Gartner Inc. found that 88 percent of business ...

Katrina Hicks

A young woman working from home.

Microsoft to Shut LinkedIn in China Amid Scrutiny

LinkedIn is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Launched on May 5, 2003, the platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs. As of 2015, most of the company’s revenue came from selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales professionals. Microsoft bought ...

Max Lu

LinkedIn sign.

Once Again Tech Giant Apple Is Appeasing China

Over the years, many technology giants and multinational corporations (MNCs) have modified their ads and marketing policies to appease the Communist regime in China. Apple, which is known for making iPhones iPads, and MacBooks, is one of the most high-profile MNCs in this regard. A new report reveals how the Cupertino, California-based technology giant Apple ...

Max Lu

An Asian man talks on his cellphone just outside the Apple store in New York City.

Amazon Destroying Goods Not Illegal Under UK Law

The online order fulfillment monster has come under public scrutiny in the UK after an undercover ITV investigation aired on June 24 showing that the practice of Amazon destroying goods and new items is not illegal in the UK. According to reports made to ITV by whistleblowers, between 130,000 and 200,000 items are expected to ...

Helen London

Amazon destroying goods - not illegal in UK.