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How These Millennials Took Over Their Dad’s Biz, Craft Bespoke Furniture From Felled Trees

Rogers&Sons is a curious blend of old and new established carpenters, with older workers working alongside younger woodworkers, experimenting with modern techniques. Founded by Roger Yeo in 1988, the company was originally incorporated as JR & P Industries, and started out as manufacturers of system furniture. In 2014, Roger was …

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Lyft and Uber projected to prevail in pricey Prop 22 fight over worker designation

Maintain your employer brand in a pandemic Read the VentureBeat Jobs guide to employer branding Download eBook (Reuters) – Voters in trend-setting California backed a ballot proposal by Uber and its allies that cements app-based food delivery and ride-hailing drivers’ status as independent contractors, not employees, according to a projection …

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Take What You Want: This Telegram Channel Lets You ‘Sharetings’ For Free, Has Over 56K Listings

He’s only 25 years old, but Jonathan How has already launched his first app called Sharetings. The National Technological University (NTU) business undergraduate is also the founder of popular Telegram channel Singapore Freebies (Sgfreebie). He is on a mission to democratise upcycling, and his enterprise is entirely driven by the …

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Raising The Woof: This S’pore Couple Runs An Agency That Manages Over 2,000 Pet Influencers

Though human and virtual influencers are aplenty, pet influencers are the next big thing. Take Rhea the Siberian Cat for example — the fluffy feline has over 16,000 followers on Instagram, and has collaborated with big brands like Shopee and Sudio. Indeed, Jane Peh, co-founder of The Woof Agency, said …

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U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks

WASHINGTON — The strange sound came at night: a crack like a marble striking the floor of the apartment above them. Mark Lenzi and his wife had lightheadedness, sleep issues and headaches, and their children were waking up with bloody noses — symptoms they thought might be from the smog …

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Man Arrested After Threatening Wichita Mayor Over Face Masks, Police Say

Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kan., said he often gets “goofy” threats, like the time someone said they wanted to attack him with a Goodyear blimp. But those threats took a serious turn on Friday after someone reported to the police that they had received text messages threatening to kidnap …

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Pay Cuts Over Retrenchment: S’pore Employers Should “Lead By Example”, Slash Own Wages First

The National Wages Council (NWC) said today (October 16) that companies that have already exhausted cost-saving measure should implement temporary wage cuts to minimise retrenchments. The tripartite group said that pay cuts should depend on the performance and outlook for the company as well as the industry it is in. Companies …

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France’s 5G plans fuel divisions over environmental and economic impact

Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now The recent 5G spectrum auction that raised $ 3.3 billion for the French government would seem to be a win for a country still mired in the destructive economic and health effects of the pandemic. Instead, France finds itself at …

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Timeline: History of the Housing Market Over the Last 50 years

Stay-at-home orders during the pandemic have forced many to rethink their living situation. Small apartments have stopped being cozy and are feeling too cramped to quarantine for months on end, driving some 22% of U.S. adults to relocate, or at least know someone else who has, according to the Pew …

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