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More Small Businesses Turning to Online Lenders for Financing

Small Business Labs

The Federal Reserve recently released its 2019 Small Business Credit Survey.    As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), in 2018 32% of small businesses seeking credit applied to an online lender. Small businesses seeking financing were approved at higher rates by online lenders than traditional lenders.

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WeWork’s Potential Bankruptcy: What Will Be The Effect On Office Vacancy Rates?

Allwork

commercial banks and the effect of WeWork’s potential bankruptcy ( as discussed in my article last week ). San Francisco’s very high vacancy rate is perhaps an outlier to a certain extent as it has increased almost 20% since before Covid (Q4 2019), compared to between 10% and 14% for other major U.S. real estate, U.S.

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Raise a Glass: The Popularity of Nonalcoholic Drinks Is Marking a Shift in Drinking Culture

Success

Throughout her roughly 15-year career in investment banking, international development and renewable energy financing, she traveled to over 30 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. adults participated in dry January in 2019. According to Nielsen , over a fifth of U.S.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

Success

in 1995 to 27% in 2019.” In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract. In 2018, Rhimes was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. The Inspiration. The Inspiration.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

Between 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. UK recruitment firm, MRL Consulting Group took a different approach, by closing its offices every Friday for a six-month trial in 2019. Global trials.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. Kim Carson CEO, Founder, Parallax Futures With more than 15 years of leadership experience in research, operations, strategy, finance and business development, Carson’s track record stands out for clients.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

Hard to believe, but in 2018, only roughly 3 percent of US employees worked from home, reports management researcher David Burkus. Sexism and gender bias, report Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister. years in 2019. This doubled to age 80 by 2010.

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