Category Archives: Business

8 Keys to Coming Off as the Expert in Whatever You Sell

Solve their problem instead of simply selling them something.

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Source:: Entrepreneur

Zuckerberg Just Proved Once Again That Congress Doesn’t Understand The Internet

Today’s jumbled Facebook hearing left little faith that Congress could ever draft a useful data-protection bill, much less agree on one.
“You will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during opening remarks in his congressional hearing Wednesday. As it turned out, Zuckerberg didn’t have much to worry about. He was probably overprepared.

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Source:: Fast Company

More Patent Trolls Are Targeting Startups. Here’s What You Can Do.

As an entrepreneur, you could be a potential target for patent trolls. But there is something you can do about it.

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Source:: Entrepreneur

This new Gender Pay Scorecard gives Apple an “A minus” and Facebook a failing grade

Apple and Facebook are two of the 33 companies that were scored based on their equal pay disclosure, performance, and commitments in the finance, tech, and retail sectors. Apple got an A- grade (the highest on the card), as did Bank of New York Mellon, eBay, JPMorgan, Nike, and Starbucks. The quantitative accounting and analysis were conducted …
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Source:: Fast Company

Real Time Economics: Budget Blowout | Inflation in Focus | China Chides ‘Cold War’ Mentality

This is the web version of the WSJ’s daily economic newsletter. You can sign up for daily delivery here.
In today’s issue, U.S. budget deficits are ballooning, China’s investment in the U.S. slides while the country’s president says a ‘zero-sum’ world view is out of place, Trump promises to protect farmers, manufacturers are wary of a trade war, and Japan chimes in on trade relations.
DEFICITS DON’T MATTER, RIGHT?
Tax cuts and spending increases enacted over the past four months will lead to $1 trillion budget deficits and a mostly temporary spurt in economic growth. The Congressional Budget Office said the federal Read More

Source:: wsj