Will Amazon Go Kill Jobs? Oh, Probably

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Recently Amazon announced that it would test a new product meant to allow shoppers to skip long lines in stores and pay on their phones without going through a complicated online transaction. Amazon Go, currently being tested in one Seattle area grocery store and only available to Amazon employees, works like this: shoppers tap their […]

What If You Ran Your Business Like Westworld?

What If You Ran Your Business Like Westworld? The season finale of HBO’s Westworld aired last night to a huge audience. The show drew praise for its twisting, immersive storylines, nuanced performances, and vision of a future where the rich could play in a video game come to life: a park where robots, not sprites, […]

Unemployment Fell to 4.6% in November

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The November jobs report is here and the news is good: the US economy added 178,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in November and the unemployment rate has dipped to 4.6%, its lowest rate since August 2007. September’s job gains were revised to 208,000 and October’s to 142,000. This steady growth means that it’s likely that when the Fed meets […]

Would You Breastfeed During an Interview?

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Is pausing an interview to breastfeed your child appropriate? One business co-owner and hiring manager in the UK says that not only is it appropriate, sometimes it’s necessary. The Daily Mail reports that the owner/manager, shared her story on the mother-oriented forum, Mumsnet. According to her post, she informed her business partner that her son would be […]

Fight for $15 Protests Planned Nationwide Today

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Today thousands of fast-food and airport workers are protesting in favour of a big minimum wage hike. Fight for $15 is back, and food service workers, cleaners, hospital and home health care workers, drivers and other low-wage workers are demonstrating at restaurants, airports and other high-traffic areas to spread their message. Among the protesters today will […]

Tech Pioneers Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Tech Pioneers Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom   Yesterday President Obama awarded his last round of Presidential Medals of Freedom, to 21 scientists, artists, athletes and activists. Obama has awarded more Medals of Freedom than any other president and this ceremony came as a surprise to some — just months ago he held what […]