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NPR Lays Off 10% Of Its Workforce

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NPR is set to make the largest staff reduction since the 2008 recession, with the layoffs of around 100 people and the cancelling of numerous open roles. This will bring the total workforce from around 1,200 to around 1,050 employees. It’s unclear when layoffs will subside in these industries.

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Self-Healing Pain and Finding Inner Peace with Charles Clay

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After incurring a catastrophic back injury during a snowboarding trip in 2008, Charles Clay felt hopeless. Make sure to visit Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts or Spotify , then rate it five stars and share it with your community! Want to support the In the Details podcast? You can also stop by Karen Allen’s website.

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4 Truths of Pivoting Your Business During Hard Times from the Founder of eXp Realty

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But for anyone who was around in 2008, life was really, really good—until it wasn’t. In 2008, I was running one of the top teams in the country. Would we have turned to a cloud-based model if 2008 turned out differently? Being in real estate comes with natural ebbs and flows, as with many industries. Sure, maybe.

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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Perhaps one of the most notable is Google’s acquisition of Android, “which has successfully positioned Google as the market leader in smartphone operating systems, allowing significant control and access to consumer data,” Smith shares. Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002.

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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

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How Deesha Philyaw got her first break This was before the economic collapse of 2008, when media outlets and magazines paid freelancers quite well. And now you know, in retrospect, I probably should have asked someone else or just googled… But he was so kind and he taught me how to pitch him. How do you pitch?’” she recalls. “I

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UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

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FPB warns that removing ‘green’ fuel tax incentive will further alienate small firms : The FPB is questioning the Government’s commitment to helping small firms switch to environmentally friendly fuels, following an announcement in the 2008 Budget that it is to remove a tax incentive for investing in ‘green’ biofuels.

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Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 02/07/2008.

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« Government – Small Business Quote of the Day Small Business Start-Up Checklist – Time Management » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm and is filed under SME News Round-up. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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