by Bhatt Unnati | Jan 19, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Vishal Garg, the Better.com founder, who fired roughly 900 of his workers via Zoom last month and then took “time off,” is returning to his position as the head of his mortgage lending company. “As you know, Better’s C.E.O. Vishal Garg has been taking a break from his...
by Bhatt Unnati | Jan 18, 2022 | Business, Covid-19, Latest News
The world’s 10 wealthiest people more than doubled their fortunes from US$700 billion to US$1.5 trillion during the coronavirus pandemic as poverty rates soared, according to a study released by charity Oxfam ahead of a high-profile World Economic Forum (WEF) event...
by Bhatt Unnati | Jan 18, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Microsoft announced a deal to buy video-game player Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash. If it goes through, it would be Microsoft’s biggest-ever acquisition — and by far the biggest deal ever in the video game biz — as well as the largest tech deal to date....
by Bhatt Unnati | Jan 13, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Latest News
“My low-skill workers, my cooks, my dishwashers, my messengers, my shoe-shine people, those who work at Dunkin’ Donuts — they don’t have the academic skills to sit in a corner office,” New York City’s new mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference, stirring up...
by Bhatt Unnati | Jan 12, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Warning that high inflation could make it harder to restore the job market to full health, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed will raise interest rates faster than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices. With America’s...
by Jack Kelly | Jun 21, 2021 | Business
A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn’t make the cut. Anthony didn’t know why — a situation common to most job seekers at one point or another. But she also had no sense at all...
by Jack Kelly | Jun 21, 2021 | Business
What corporate jargon do you hate the most? I asked this question on Twitter recently and was surprised by the most common answer: “family.” I thought I’d get a stream of nonsense—circle back, learnings, synergy, that sort of thing. I was looking forward to us all...
by Bhatt Unnati | Jun 17, 2021 | Business, Latest News, Remote Work
Over the past year, millions of women globally have left the workplace due to job loss or child-care demands, resulting in at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020, according to Oxfam International. As business leaders start to map out their plans for bringing...
by Bhatt Unnati | Jun 10, 2021 | Business, Latest News
Yes, the super-rich are different than the rest of us. A lot of them pay very little in income taxes. Some of the world’s wealthiest executives, including Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Elon Musk, pay little to no taxes compared to their wealth, a...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 31, 2021 | Business, Career Advice
LinkedIn has launched new Profile features “to help our members better represent themselves in a more authentic way and share their career goals and aspirations,” the company said. LinkedIn Profile is aiming to become warmer, and more inclusive to help...
