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The business world tends to favor extroverts over introverts with brainstorming in meetings, sales calls to clients’ offices, and general customer service duties. To an introvert, interacting with other people like this simply isn’t an option in their day-to-day lives. This makes a network-oriented career difficult. Fortunately, there are several jobs that are designed for […]
Large US corporations are using tax loopholes and offshore practices to pay 0% tax rates. One-fifth (20%) of large US companies that reported a profit on their financial statements in 2012 paid nothing in taxes. Senator Bernie Sanders recently asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct the survey in order to find companies that are […]
Tesla has made a bid worth about $3 billion to buy SolarCity. Tesla chief Elon Musk told reporters that he envisions a Tesla store where customers could take care of all of their sustainable energy needs in a matter of minutes. “Five minutes, you’re done,” said Musk, who owns 22% of SolarCity and is its […]
Billionaire Mark Cuban says Donald Trump’s wealth is less than the real estate magnate claims. His comments arrive after a report was released on Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission. The report shows a dismal campaign-finance report from the presumptive Republican nominee. “If @realDonaldTrump were fractionally as rich as he says he is, he would write […]
Billionaire Li Ka-Shing believes his country’s economic outlook is bright. Ka-Shing is the richest man in Hong Kong and he is going long-term on the country even as it grows at the slowest pace in 25 years. In an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Angie Lau, he said the services industry is generating incoming and foreign investments […]
Dell is selling its software business for more than $2 billion. The software division is being acquired by Francisco Partners and the private equity arm of activist hedge fund Elliott Management. All parties have confirmed the sale but have not revealed any further details. Dell has been working hard to refocus its tech portfolio while bolstering […]
Donald Trump’s net worth has been a major point of debate throughout the US Presidential race. While Trump claims his net worth is somewhere in the $10 billion range, most publications believe he is worth closer to $3 billion to $4.5 billion. Because Trump has failed to release all of his business and personal finance […]
Smith & Wesson is breaking records as Americans continue to buy an increasing number of guns. The company on Thursday reported a 22.4% annual increase in firearm sales. Smith & Wesson executives also projected robust sales growth for the next 10 months. Shares of Smith & Wesson jumped by about 7% in after-hours trading after […]
Mark Zuckerberg has joined Google in backing Andela, a two-year-old startup that trains software developers in Africa and then helps place them in full-time roles with international companies. Andela has grown quickly to 200 engineers with offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria. On Thursday, the startup announced a funding round of $24 million in a round […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is a billionaire but he doesn’t have his own office. In an interview with The New York Times, Hastings explains, “My office is my phone.” “I found I was rarely using my cubicle, and I just had no need for it. It is better for me to be meeting people all around […]
When Shazam cofounder Dhiraj Mukherjee started his music discovering service in the early days he gave it a 4% chance of working. Speaking at the Startup Grind Europe conference in London, Mukherjee said he calculated the figure in the company’s early days when he realizes Shazam’s complex technology had just a 25% chance of actually working. […]
Americans donated an incredible $373 billion to charities in 2015. That money was collected from individuals, estates, foundations, and companies, according to the annual report Giving USA. A new record of $359 billion was set in 2014. Individual donors were far and away the biggest supporters of various charities. They donated $264.6 billion for a 4% […]
