Tag: Business

Increased hybrid workplace surveillance raises privacy concerns, hurts trust, and creates backlash.

Starbucks is set to implement a new policy in January, requiring corporate employees to work from the office at least three days a week, with serious repercussions for non-compliance, according ...

This past summer, leads for Brian Brown’s landscaping business near Lake Tahoe were drying up.    “We’d put together bids, call clients, and they were like, ‘well, we’re going to think ...

Effective workplace recognition requires modern approaches that could save companies millions each year.

Japan’s political parties are promising to raise the minimum wage, a step that may win votes in Sunday’s general election but could squeeze the small and midsize firms that form ...

Alphabet’s Google is developing artificial intelligence technology that takes over a web browser to complete tasks such as research and shopping, The Information reported on Saturday.  Google is set to ...

British business confidence sank to a four-month low in October ahead of the first budget plan from the country’s new government, a survey showed on Monday, echoing other signs of ...

Volkswagen plans to shut at least three factories in Germany, lay off tens of thousands of staff and shrink its remaining plants in Europe's biggest economy as it plots a ...

Wells Fargo Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf said on Thursday that the U.S. lender may lose $2 billion to $3 billion on its commercial real estate office loan portfolio.  “We’ve ...

Upwork, the Bay Area tech firm connecting freelancers with jobs, is laying off 21% of its workforce, affecting at least 160 employees based on its reported 800 staff at the ...