China was currently facing “greater difficulties” in keeping its economy stable, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
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Food delivery start-up Postmates, now a unicorn, wants to 'pour on a little gas' ahead of its IPO
Postmates, just raised another $300 million in venture capital, putting the US online food delivery start-up in unicorn territory, The Financial Times reports.
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Red Hat falls after revenue disappoints
Red Hat came in below estimates for fiscal second-quarter revenue, and guidance for the next quarter was also soft.
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Amazon's HR boss tells employees it's 'wrong' to deface LGBT posters, months after first incidents
Amazon’s SVP of human resources Beth Galetti addressed the defacements of LGBT posters, which first happened in June, in an email sent to the company’s Seattle employees on Tuesday.
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Watch Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos talk about space at Air Force Association conference
Jeff Bezos will deliver the keynote speech Wednesday of the 2018 Air, Space & Cyber conference, hosted by the Air Force Association (AFA) in Maryland.
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The biggest trend in Chinese social media is dying, and another has already taken its place
Short videos are taking China by storm.
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When an Owner’s New Company Puts the Old One in Trump’s Cross Hairs
“It adds risk,” said Bill George, a director of Goldman Sachs and a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. “It can draw feedback from the president.”
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Why CEOs Should Share Their Long-Term Plans with Investors
Many people have suggested moving away from quarterly earnings reporting as a way to reduce short-termism. But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. Rather than requiring less short-term information, we believe the key to combating short-termism is to encourage companies to share more information about their long-term plans.
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Companies want access to more and more of your personal data — from where you are to what’s in your DNA. Can they unlock its value without triggering a privacy backlash?
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How To End Procrastination And Finish That Big Project
Whether it’s in your professional or personal life, how to finish that big project you started is often a major challenge. According to Harvard Business School professor Robert Kaplan and his colleague David Norton, 90% of business strategies fail due to poor execution. This staggering statistic is backed up by a Harvard Business Review database study which revealed employees at 60% of companies surveyed claimed their organization was “weak” at execution.
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