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Number of U.S. Nonemployer Businesses Continued to Grow in 2018

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Census,  the number of   nonemployer small businesses increased to 26,485,532 in 2018, up 3% from 2017.  The data includes anyone reporting $1,000 or more in self-employment income, so it includes a lot of part-time businesses.   between 2010 and 2018 and reached 3.1 million in 2018

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A New Report Identifies The Ideal Amount Of Office Space Per Employee

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The need for office space has fluctuated many times in the past, but a new report has identified a method that calculates the ideal amount of space needed per worker. . In 2018, office density in the UK came to around 9.6 The post A New Report Identifies The Ideal Amount Of Office Space Per Employee appeared first on Allwork.Space.

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Uber's Safety Report

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safety report that provides details on the number of sexual assaults, murders and fatal crashes that occurred through its platform in 2017 and 2018. The New York Times article headline on the report - Uber Says 3,045 Sexual Assaults Were Reported in U.S. in 2018. .  .  Last week Uber released a U.S.

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CB Insights on the Trends Shaping Tech in 2018

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The technology information site CB Insights recently published their list of 15 Trends Shaping Tech in 2018. These include (the trends and descriptions are from their report): Cars become a subscription good : Pay a monthly fee and drive a car for as long as you’d like. So their list of tech trends is well worth taking a look at.

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MBO Partners’ 8th Annual State of Independence Report

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MBO Partners released their 2018 State of Independence report this week. This is the 8th annual report in this series, making it the longest running look at independent work. million in 2018. The number of Full-Time Independents fell in 2018 to 15.8 Emergent Research (that's us) contributes to this study.

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Euromonitor's Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2018

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Euromonitor International recently released their 2018 Top 10 Global Consumer Trends list,  which are listed in the chart below. Key quote from the report summary: Consumers of all ages want and need less.   The full report is well worth reading (it's free, but registration is required). 

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Who Is Leading In AI Development? China Or The U.S.?

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is leading in the development of advanced AI systems like ChatGPT, a report published by the New York Times reveals China has surpassed the U.S. researchers — compared to about 18 percent from the U.S. According to Marco Polo’s report, the U.S. education since 2018 — adding over 2,000 undergraduate A.I.

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