Education and Career

The increasing adoption of social as a communication channel for both brands and people brings with it a new set of issues. Sure, these conversations offer brands the chance to push promotional messages and, more importantly, engage in one-on-one discussions with their customers. Yet as the volume of outbound messages,...

Many successful businesses can have a difficult time in pleasing all of their customers. Some customers can be difficult to manage which can cause a lot of problems for your business.  As a result, here a few few tips on how to work effectively with clients who give you a...

NoteStream™, like so many entrepreneurial ventures, was founded to fill an unmet need. The idea took root while searching on mobile for credible information on French wine. I wanted articles that weren’t shortened, but were actually formatted for reading on a smartphone. After failed attempts to find anything useful, NoteStream...

Somewhat unsurprisingly, Sweden tops the list of the countries with the highest individual income tax rates, a recent data by PWC. At 57 percent, the individual income tax rate in Sweden is the highest in the world, followed by neighboring Denmark (55.41 percent), Finland (55.41 percent) and the Netherlands (52...

Will postal workers go the way of the dinosaur? Mail delivery has been named 2015's most endangered job in the US, according to the job hunting website CareerCast’s JobsRated 2015 report. Like the giant panda, the mountain gorilla, and the black rhino apparently Postman is an endangered species. Joint second...

Many business people have a hard time dealing with their competition and their anxieties. It is important to stay ahead of your competition if you want to be successful.  What you don’t need is to lose business to others because you underestimated your competition. Here are 9 tips on how...

Every business has seasonality. Whether that’s seasonality in the volume of sales, revenue per customer, or just the amount of work placed on staff, certain months of the year are noticeably ‘bigger’ months for almost any business. Unfortunately, there are typically also a few months out of the year that...

India emerged as the world’s most attractive investment destination for the next 3 years, according to a new Ernst & Young report, more than double the percentage who preferred China. 32% of international investors, said India, the world's fastest growing economy, is the most favoured investment destination in the world,...

University of Chicago's Booth School of Business has been named the world’s best MBA programme, in The Economist's 2015 ranking of the top 100 full-time international MBA programs. Second on the list is University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, and Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business came third, down...

The New York City has been ranked the most expensive city in the world to rent property in, renting a furnished 2-bedroom in the Big Apple costs an average of $4,620 a month, according to the Prices and Earnings 2015 report. But renters in four other cities have it worse:...