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Japanese Lawmaker Becomes Billionaire By Selling E-Signature Services Amid Work-From-Home Revolution
by John Kang, Forbes Staff on September 30, 2020 at 5:51 am
Taichiro Motoe is the founder of Tokyo-listed Bengo4.com Inc., whose shares surged 100% this year as more people work from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Japanese Lawmaker Becomes Billionaire By Selling E-Signature Services Amid Work-From-Home Revolution
by John Kang, Forbes Staff on September 30, 2020 at 5:51 am
Taichiro Motoe is the founder of Tokyo-listed Bengo4.com Inc., whose shares surged 100% this year as more people work from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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America’s Black Holocaust Museum Turns To Social Media For Virtual Life During Covid-19
by John Scott Lewinski, Contributor on September 30, 2020 at 5:38 am
In the words of its founders, the Black Holocaust concept exists to build “public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America,” while promoting racial repair, reconciliation and healing in the hope of building a society “that remembers its past in order to shape a better ...
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The Platform Is The Star Of Steve Aoki’s New VR Concert
by Charlie Fink, Contributor on September 30, 2020 at 5:32 am
Oculus Venues will present a groundbreaking show by 2X Grammy Nominated producer/DJ Steve Aoki Wednesday night, September 30th, showcasing the new VR live performance platform from Supersphere, ArcRunner.
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1st Trump-Biden Presidential Debate Was ‘Exhausting,’ 8 Things To Do To Recover
by Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor on September 30, 2020 at 5:32 am
U.S. President Donald Trump began interrupting Democratic challenger and former Vice-President Joe Biden and then moderator Chris Wallace. It all went downhill from there.
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One on One with Steve Payne, EY’s new Americas Vice Chair of Consulting
by Joe Kornik, staff on September 23, 2020 at 12:00 pm
This summer, Steve Payne was appointed EY Americas Vice Chair—Consulting, a position that oversees more than 20,000 consultants focused on creating long-term…
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One on One with CohnReznick's Keith Denham
by Joe Kornik, staff on September 11, 2020 at 2:29 pm
As the U.S. enters month six of the Covid-19 pandemic, several consulting firms are shifting from temporary playbooks to more strategic long-term solutions…
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One on One with North Highland and LogistiPoint
by Joe Kornik, staff on September 8, 2020 at 9:38 pm
Earlier this month, North Highland, a mainstay on Consulting’s Best Firms to Work For rankings, finalized the acquisition of LogistiPoint Consulting, a…
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One on One with Arthur D. Little's Dr. Karim Taga and Rick Eagar
by Joe Kornik, staff on April 17, 2020 at 2:20 pm
Arthur D. Little released first learnings from global CEOs in the telecoms, transport and utility industries who delivered critical infrastructure services…
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One on One with Crowe’s Josh Cole
by Joe Kornik, staff on July 11, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm, recently named Josh Cole as managing principal of the consulting team at Crowe, a convergence…
Technology News
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Papaya Global raises $40M for a payroll and HR platform aimed at global workforces
by Ingrid Lunden on September 30, 2020 at 7:02 am
Workforces are getting more global, and people who work day in, day out for organizations don’t always sit day in, day out in a single office, in a single country, to get a job done. Today, one of the startups building HR to help companies provision services for and manage those global workers better is
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Papaya Global raises $40M for a payroll and HR platform aimed at global workforces
by Ingrid Lunden on September 30, 2020 at 7:02 am
Workforces are getting more global, and people who work day in, day out for organizations don’t always sit day in, day out in a single office, in a single country, to get a job done. Today, one of the startups building HR to help companies provision services for and manage those global workers better is
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Salesforce creates for profit platform to help governments distribute COVID vaccine when it’s ready
by Ron Miller on September 30, 2020 at 7:01 am
For more than 20 years, Salesforce has been selling cloud business software, but it has also used the same platform to build ways to track other elements besides sales, marketing and service information including Work.com, the platform it created earlier this year to help companies develop and organize a safe way to begin returning to
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The joke is on consumers as Liquid Death raises $23 million more
by Connie Loizos on September 30, 2020 at 6:25 am
In what began as a kind of funny, savvy marketing stunt that has since gained traction, a nearly three-year-old, Santa Monica-based startup that sells water from the Austrian Alps under the brand Liquid Death, has raised $23 million in Series B funding. Backers in the round include an unnamed family office; Convivialité Ventures, which is
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E-scooter startup Neuron Mobility adds $12M to its Series A for expansion in Australia and New Zealand
by Catherine Shu on September 30, 2020 at 4:50 am
Neuron Mobility, a Singapore-based e-scooter rental startup, announced today that it has added $12 million to its Series A. Led by Square Peg, an Australian venture capital firm and GSR Ventures, this increases the round’s new total to $30.5 million. The company, which operates in Australia and New Zealand in addition to Southeast Asian markets,
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Legislators Propose Bill That Would Target Staffing
by Nick Montgomery on September 25, 2020 at 4:43 pm
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Staffing Employment Remains Stable in September
by Nick Montgomery on September 22, 2020 at 3:12 pm
New Starts Down Due to Labor Day ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, September 2020 Staffing employment for the week of Sept. 7–13 was relatively unchanged (-0.02%) from the prior week, holding at a value of 78, according to the ASA Staffing Index. Several survey respondents mentioned the Labor Day holiday and temporary-to-hire conversions as factors... The post Staffing Employment Remains Stable in September appeared first on American Staffing Association.
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Front-Line Covid-19 Nurse Is National Staffing Employee of the Year
by Nick Montgomery on September 14, 2020 at 1:39 pm
The World Employment Confederation Outlines Policy Recommendations to Reduce Disparity Between Global Supply and Demand, Leading to Better Functioning Labor Markets The post Front-Line Covid-19 Nurse Is National Staffing Employee of the Year appeared first on American Staffing Association.
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BLS Employment Situation August 2020
by Nick Montgomery on September 4, 2020 at 1:09 pm
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Washington Appeals Court Vacates Safety Citations Against Staffing Firms
by Nick Montgomery on September 3, 2020 at 2:22 pm
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