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27 businesses you can start up with less than $1,000
Creating an extra source of income through a side-project doesn’t have to be as complex as it sounds. In fact, with a little guidance, you can get a side-business up and running for less than $1,000. Take a look here at the 27 mini-businesses you can get started for less than a Read More...
Hershey is investing hundreds of millions into more ethical chocolate
Customer-focused companies from Unilever to McDonald’s are investing more in sustainable sourcing as customers increasingly look for those credentials for spending their dollars. Chocolate giant Hershey is joining the trend with plans to spend $500 million through 2030 in order to produce its Read More...
Google now purchases more renewable energy than it consumes as a company
Google announced in a blog post that it now purchases more renewable energy than it consumes as a company. Google began these efforts in 2017, with the goal of purchasing as much renewable energy as it uses across its 13 data centers and all of its office Read More...
Why fast-food employees may finally become unionized
The employees of the American fast-food chain Burgerville are attempting to form the first-ever fast-food union in the U.S. If they’re successful, it could pave the way for a wave of fast-food unionizations. Historically, fast-food workers’ attempts to form unions have been hampered by the Read More...
Africa’s new free trade area could have a massive impact on poverty
Some studies have shown that by creating a pan-African market, intra-Africa trade could increase by about 52 percent by 2022. With that in mind, African leaders have signed a framework to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the Read More...
Want to be more productive? Start thinking like a wild animal
Channel your inner wild animal for greater focus at Read More...
Li-Fi is set to change the way we access the Internet
You’ve most certainly heard of Wi-Fi, but have you heard of Li-Fi? Li-Fi is high-speed wireless internet transmitted through light. That light can come from something as simple as a desktop lamp. While Wi-Fi works fine, it currently relies on radio waves to work, something that we’re running Read More...
These boots are made from old plastic bottles recovered in Haiti
Timberland’s latest man-boots have an interesting backstory. Their canvas-like uppers are recycled from plastic bottles picked up from the beaches of Read More...
CEO pay: A movement is building to force companies to share their wealth
Many CEOs in the U.S. make a 1,000 times more money than the average employee in their companies. Unfortunately, that’s not a new phenomenon. But it is new that there is a federal regulation that requires publicly traded U.S. corporations to disclose how much their chief executives are making Read More...
Blockchain will track how meat gets from Australian farms to Chinese tables
Last year, Chinese consumers got a chance to verify the goodness of the steaks coming to them from a local producer. Now they’ll be able to track their meat all way back to farms in Australia, one of the country’s major beef suppliers, thanks to the help of technology that makes it hard to Read More...