Category: Tools and Information

Equal Pay Day: The future of the American economy is Hispanic and female | CNN

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Tuesday commemorates Equal Pay Day, which represents the number of days into the year that American women would have to work in order to catch up to what men made the year before.

But for Hispanic women, that day won’t come until November.

The wage gap for women who identify as “Hispanic or Latino” is larger than that of any other racial or ethnic group tracked by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the median, they earn 63 cents for every dollar American men earn, compared to 81 cents for women overall.

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Why 2.7 million Americans still get Netflix DVDs in the mail | CNN

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Remember when Netflix used to be a DVD-by-mail company? Well, for 2.7 million subscribers in the US, it still is.

The familiar red envelopes have been arriving in customers’ mailboxes since 1998 and helped earn the company a healthy $212 million profit last year.

Why are so many people still using this old-school service in the age of streaming? There are a number of reasons.

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How Whole Grains Could Help Your Liver | Live Science

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Eating whole grains and cereal may reduce the risk of liver cancer.

That’s according to findings presented Tuesday (April 1) here at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Eating a diet rich in whole grains and dietary fiber has been linked to numerous health benefits, including a lower risk of insulin resistance, high insulin levels in the blood and inflammation in the body — all of which are risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.

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How to Keep Business Data Secure While Traveling | Business News Daily

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In the office or at home, you may be protected from online threats thanks to a robust cybersecurity solution for your internal network. But what about when you’re on a trip? You won’t be protected by your office’s network security and must depend on hotel and conference center Wi-Fi, which aren’t always safe. Using your mobile devices on the on the go increases your risk of being exposed to online threats – hackers are always looking for opportunities to infect mobile devices and use them to gain access to the greater network.

When on a business trip and constantly using your mobile device for work, you need to be wary that you’re more at risk of attack. There are certain best practices that all employees should follow when traveling with your work devices.

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12 Most Important Milestones in Life to Grow Through | Lifehack

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Life truly is a journey. The experiences we have as we travel through our days are what give our lives richness, meaning and purpose.

We are all familiar with society’s conventional ‘markers’ of success and accomplishment – things like reaching the legal age to vote, getting your driver’s license and first car, graduating, getting married, becoming a parent, buying your first home, and retiring…

But society has changed; fewer people are choosing marriage, parenthood or a formal education. Many will never be able to afford to buy their own home, and retirement is no longer the guaranteed cushion it once was. How do we measure our success and progress without these once standard markers?

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Alibaba’s FlyZoo hotel uses facial recognition check in tech | Fast Company

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Alibaba has created the hotel of the future and it’s wild, wonderful, and just a little creepy. FlyZoo, which is reportedly a Chinese pun for “must stay,” is a 290-room ultra-modern boutique hotel in Hangzhou, China that lets guests play with technology, check in with ease, and spend the night in the future for a low price of around $205—and at the cost of your privacy.

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13 Fatal Marketing Mistakes That Could Sink Your Business | AllBusiness.com

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The right marketing strategies can elevate your brand and give your business positive attention and exposure, while the wrong ones can sink your company. To find out which strategies work—and the ones to avoid—we asked entrepreneurs from YEC Next and YEC this question:

Q: What common marketing strategies should entrepreneurs avoid and what should they be doing instead?

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Where Can You Find the Best Excel Templates for Business? | Small Business Trends

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Spreadsheets have long been an important tool for businesses. You can use them for just about anything. This includes budgeting and planning out important marketing campaigns.

No tool seems more synonymous with spreadsheets than Excel. Microsoft’s tool allows you to easily fill in spaces and create tables. But it also takes advantage of some more advanced features. However, starting from scratch won’t give you a productive business.

You may want to take advantage of all that Excel has to offer. But maybe you don’t know exactly how to get started. So templates become a great option. Check out some sources for Excel business templates that can help you in 15 different areas of business operations.

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Choosing Your Company’s Core Values | Business

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This is a collection of lessons I’ve learned that relate to how companies should choose and live by their core values. At Thrive, we live by “relationships and results,” and it’s more than just a tagline.

The memory is almost 30 years old now. But it still resonates to my core.

The setting for this vivid recollection is a Target store. One of my elementary school teachers just happens to be there too.

It was one of those moments where you see your teacher outside of school and you just freeze.

My mother told me to go over and say hello. But I was shy and refused. My mother grabbed my shoulders, looked me in the eye and delivered some advice that’s never left me: “Matt, relationships matter. People matter. You need to go say hello to your teacher.”

That’s now ingrained in my business at Thrive Internet Marketing Agency. “Relationships matter” is one of our core values.

What are your core values? Here are some tips for building your business culture.

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Importance of Finance to Your Business | The Startup Magazine

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Finance is one of the very subtle sectors of a business that can make or break entrepreneurs. Ideally, all companies need finances for daily operations. This is what makes the concept of finance very important as an area for all organizations to cover. In South Africa especially, there is an underlying need to keep a business well financed and managed, in alignment with the economic development goals of the country. Below are some of the reasons finance matters to business organizations:

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