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Driving Innovation: What GM’s Robotaxi Shutdown Teaches About Bold Business Pivots

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This change highlights some of the challenges associated with keeping aspirations realistic toward innovation-driven industries facing consumer trust, regulatory terms and technological limitations. Lessons for the industry GMs decision to cease the entire program underscores the significance of balancing ambition with realism.

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Labor Strikes Affect Industries Around The World

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Another round of negotiations is slated for early next week. On Wednesday, around 155,000 federal workers walked out of their jobs after negotiations with federal employers failed to reach a deal for higher wages. Why it matters: Employment within these industries is greatly being affected by increased inflation rates.

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How to Calculate Your Freelance Rate

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But even in cases with a fixed budget and no wiggle room to negotiate, you always have the choice to simply turn down an unfair rate. For example, if a client wants to increase sales, reduce expenses or improve team efficiency, ask them to attach a dollar amount to each objective. And remember, be confident in your skills.

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Future-proofing Workspaces: Top Tactics To Align CRE Choices With Business Needs

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The commercial real estate (CRE) industry has been especially tumultuous for the last few years. However, when comparing total occupancy costs for smaller spaces and shorter terms, flexible workspace most often is less expensive. We’re moving beyond simply considering rent and building operating expenses (opex).

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Looming Strike Threatens Supply Chain As Port Workers Protest Workplace Automations

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The New York Times reports that the union , representing over 47,000 members, halted negotiations with the United States Maritime Alliance in June after the discovery of an automated gate at a small port in Mobile, Alabama. Daggett , the union’s president and chief negotiator.

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Annie Särnblad Wants to Teach You How to Read Facial Expressions—So You Can Get Ahead in Business

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She leads workshops at conferences, is sought after by Fortune 500 companies and has facilitated high-level negotiations. I call it the ‘no’ face because when you see it in a negotiation and somebody does this, they didn’t like that,” she says. She can also code the 10,000 muscle combinations within human expression.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

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I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education. What does it mean to pursue financial feminism? Invest in the stock market.