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Over 720,000 UK Businesses Are Facing Steep Financial Hardship
Over 720,000 UK Businesses Are Facing Steep Financial Hardship
April 22, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Companies across 22 sectors in the United Kingdom are undergoing the fastest uptick in significant financial distress in more than seven years, the Financial Times...

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Facebook Testing News Feed Features For Business Discovery 
Facebook Testing News Feed Features For Business Discovery 
April 15, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Facebook is rolling out a news feed discovery tool to enable users to click on the information that matters to them most and engage with...

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Employees Begin Slow Return To A Changed Workplace
Employees Begin Slow Return To A Changed Workplace
April 15, 2021  |  Business

The workplace is opening back up, albeit slowly. Facebook, Microsoft and Uber have all begun slowly reopening their physical workspace — in a highly limited...

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Will The Work-from-Home Economy Outlive The Pandemic?
Will The Work-from-Home Economy Outlive The Pandemic?
March 25, 2021  |  Economy

White-collar workers haven’t seen the inside of their office spaces for some time now, as last spring they “relocated” to telework arrangements en masse worldwide....

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Getting Back To Work: Google Bets $7 Billion On The Office
Getting Back To Work: Google Bets $7 Billion On The Office
March 18, 2021  |  Business

Google got the work-at-home world buzzing on Thursday (March 18) with a blog post by CEO Sundar Pichai detailing the tech giant’s plan to invest...

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Carvana Invests $500 Million In New Facilities And Staff
Carvana Invests $500 Million In New Facilities And Staff
March 17, 2021  |  Business

Carvana, the online used car dealership, has invested $500 million to hire new employees and open new facilities, as the company bets on its pandemic-era...

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Nokia To Cut Employees During Restructuring
Nokia To Cut Employees During Restructuring
March 16, 2021  |  Personnel

Nokia will be re-setting its cost base and investing in future capabilities like 5G, cloud and digital infrastructure, a company press release stated, although all...

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Carnival CEO: At Least Two More Years Of Choppy Waters For Cruise Sector
Carnival CEO: At Least Two More Years Of Choppy Waters For Cruise Sector
March 14, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The head of Carnival, the world’s largest operator of passenger cruises, told the Financial Times (FT) it is likely to be at least 2023 before...

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February New Business Applications Dip After January Spike
February New Business Applications Dip After January Spike
March 10, 2021  |  Startups

Entrepreneurs started fewer new businesses in February following a January surge and a record startup environment in 2020, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau...

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