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Should You Hire a Bookkeeper? | business.com

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In-house bookkeepers, freelancers, and outsourced partners all have pros and cons. The best choice depends on the level of service your business requires.

If you own a small business, you might be used to doing many tasks on your own. For example, you may be responsible for contacting your suppliers, marketing your products, monitoring sales, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.  You might even do bookkeeping on your own. Although you might think you’re saving money by managing your cash flow yourself, you can actually do more harm than good to your money management.

An accountant or a bookkeeper can help you manage your day-to-day finances. These experts monitor cash flow from different accounts, bills and invoices, and they can organize your books to improve your business’s money management. However, before you hire a bookkeeper or an accountant, it’s important to understand the differences between the two, the pros and cons of hiring one, and what to look for in a bookkeeper.

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The best Samsung Galaxy S20 FE cases and covers for 2022 | Digital Trends

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If you’ve chosen a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition) over the regular Galaxy S20, you’ll find a lot to love, like that 6.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and 5G connectivity. Whichever of the six gorgeous colors you went for — from Cloud Orange to Cloud Lavender — your Galaxy phone needs superb protection against drops and bumps. You don’t want to risk taking your phone out and about without ensuring that it’s safe, and we’ve picked some of the best cases around that offer a combination of protection and style. Pick up one of the best Samsung Galaxy S20 FE cases from our list.

These cases are designed for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, but we’ve also got some of the best cases for the Samsung Galaxy S20 and the S20 Plus.

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5 Ways Social Media Like LeadJolt Are Helping Real Estate Agents Generate Lasting Leads | The Startup Magazine

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Social Media Is A Powerful Tool

Real estate agents have long relied on word-of-mouth referrals and local print advertising to generate leads. However, in recent years, social media has become a powerful tool for generating leads in the real estate industry. A well-executed social media campaign can reach a broad audience of potential buyers and sellers, providing an efficient way to connect with potential clients. Social media can also create a sense of community and build relationships with potential clients. In today’s competitive real estate market, agents not utilizing social media are at a distinct disadvantage.

While some real estate agents resist using social media, the truth is that it is an essential part of doing business in the 21st century. To remain competitive, real estate agents must embrace social media and use it to their advantage. With a little effort and creativity, social media can generate a steady stream of high-quality leads.

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Union suspends Heathrow refueling staff strike | BBC News

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A strike by refuelling staff which could have disrupted several airlines at Heathrow Airport later this week has been called off.

A total of 50 workers from Aviation Fuel Services (AFS) were due to stage a three-day walkout from Thursday to Sunday in a row over pay.

However, the Unite union said on Wednesday that a fresh pay offer was now on the table after talks.

It will now ballot members on the new offer.

The union said talks at reconciliation service Acas on Wednesday had led to the new offer from AFS.

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5 Things I Learned Flying on the Worst Travel Weekend This Summer | Inc.com

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It’s no secret that the summer of 2022 is a terrible time for air travel. Flight cancellations for the first six months of this year have already topped the total for all of 2021, making this year the second-worst year for flight cancellations ever, surpassed only by 2020, when the start of the pandemic brought air travel to a near-halt.

Flight cancellation statistics can just feel like abstract numbers, though, until it happens to you. I know, because it happened to me. As a speaker at the Collision Conference, I flew from Seattle to Toronto during the weekend of June 18-19. Overblown travel demand, nationwide storms, and staffing shortages all combined to make it the worst weekend for air travel on record, although that record may have been broken since. I’ve learned a lot from that experience, and from research I’ve done since. Here’s my best advice for surviving air travel this summer.

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India’s central bank wants to ban cryptocurrencies, government says | TechCrunch

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India’s central bank wants to ban cryptocurrencies, the government told the parliament on Monday, raising more uncertainty about the future of the nascent virtual digital asset in the world’s second largest internet market.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance in India, said Monday that the Reserve Bank of India has expressed concerns about the “destabilising effect of cryptocurrencies on the monetary and fiscal stability of a country” and has recommended “for framing of legislation on this sector,” she said.

“RBI is of the view that cryptocurrencies should be prohibited,” she added.

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Fully Nolan Standing Desk Review: Fantastic Four Legged Stability | WIRED

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FULLY’S JARVIS IS my favorite standing desk, and it ranks as one of my best purchases ever. It glides up and down as smoothly as the day I assembled it, and the eye-catching curved bamboo desktop still draws admiring comments, even if it has picked up a couple of dents over the years. However, it very much looks like a standing desk. Shop around for other alternatives and they all somewhat look the same.

That’s where the Fully Nolan comes in. Where the Jarvis relied on L-shaped legs with two motors to move up and down, the Nolan has a more traditional desk design with four telescopic legs. The controls are embedded in the desktop, and a metal frame outlines the underside. The headline improvement here is superior stability thanks to four motors. But with the Nolan starting at $1,299, compared to $569 for the Jarvis, this is an expensive upgrade.

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Control Your Home Office Devices From Anywhere with This Smart Plug | Entrepreneur

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If you’re working from home, you need all kinds of things to build an effective home office. But one of the most obvious things is also one of the easiest to overlook. You have a number of devices that draw power, right? So how are you going to power them all? A surge protector is essential and the Wireless Wall Tap Smart Plug gives you that multiple outlet portability with an extra perk: It can make some of your electronics smart.

This smart plug offers all-in-one protection for anything you plug in. That means protection against short-circuiting, over-current supply, surging, fires, and voltage surge faults. It provides four USB fast charging ports, a three-sided power strip, and four adapter-spaced outlets to accommodate all of your devices. It even has built-in high-speed internet connectivity to access scheduled services with an app on your smartphone.

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Common Bone Density May Predict Dementia Risk | Cool Business Ideas 

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Researchers can now assess a person’s risk of developing late-life dementia using data from a common type of bone density scan. The long-term study revealed calcification within the abdominal aorta can double one’s risk of developing dementia over the age of 80.

The new study analyzed data from a long-term research project called The Perth Longitudinal Study of Aging Women. The project initially was focused on understanding how calcium supplements can prevent osteoporotic fractures, but it included well over 10 years of valuable follow-up health data.

A team of researchers from Australia’s Edith Cowan University re-examined data from that study, hypothesizing that certain biomarkers gathered from bone density scans could be used to predict the onset of dementia up to 15 years later. The focus was on a biomarker called abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a build-up of calcium in the body’s largest artery. AAC is currently used to predict a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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Tinder’s parent company expands background checks to more dating apps | Mashable

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Tinder’s parent company has expanded its background check feature to two more of its dating apps. Now, daters on Match Group’s namesake app and Stir, created for single parents, can run background checks on potential matches. The feature was unrolled earlier this year on Tinder, allowing users to screen dates through an integrated service. The checks are conducted by non-profit platform Garbo, which aims to prevent harm in the digital age by offering public information on a person’s violent or harmful behavior.

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