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Lynk, a “knowledge-as-a-service” platform that connects domain-specific experts with businesses, has raised $ 24 million in a round of funding to expand in the U.S. While there are myriad platforms and tools that unlock insights from vast swathes of data, Lynk offers an AI-powered engine that indexes “knowledge domains” and …

Kevin Nair and his team were servicing a large beauty service provider client in Malaysia with network VPN services when its owners began asking several times, “Do you know how to write a software to help us with operations?” While not something Kevin was doing at the time, he thought …

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that New York urgently needs to bring the arts back — not only to help jobless artists, but to make sure that New York City survives. Declaring that New York urgently needs to revive its arts and entertainment industry if it is to recover from …

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives and careers, and it has also put a heavy toll on our economy. In the second quarter, Singapore’s economy contracted by 13.2 per cent year on year — the worst quarterly contraction on record. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by …

StratfordProductions / Shutterstock.com Where you work could affect more than how much you earn. Certain industries are associated with a higher percentage of workers in fair or poor health, according to a ZenBusiness analysis of the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Interview Survey. …

Photo by Sorapop Udomsri / Shutterstock.com This post comes from partner site FlexJobs. Welcome to our “Work From Home Q&A” series. You ask a question about remote work, and a guest expert answers it. You can learn how to ask a question of your own below. This week’s question comes …

In light of the pandemic, some companies have really taken notice of the advantages of WFH for both employers and employees. In Malaysia, fund management company Permodalan Malaysia Berhad (PNB) in Malaysia already announced back in May that it will be implementing WFH permanently. However, it’s safe to assume that …

As Singapore extends the ‘circuit breaker’ period, many sectors have been badly impacted, such as hospitality, travel and tourism, retail, as well as F&B. In a bid to cut costs, many companies have even imposed pay cuts as well as salary and hiring freezes. The National Wages Council has advised …

While many businesses are struggling to survive the crippling impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, others are seeing a surge in demand. The increased traffic spans bicycle stores, video-based social networking, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, “vice industries.” With social-distancing and self-isolation widely acknowledged as the best ways to counter the spread of …