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Good talent is becoming increasingly difficult to identify and retain. According to the Harvard Business Review, poor hiring practices account for 80% of employee turnover, necessitating the need for new hires and additional expenses for training and development.   Every industry now views hiring new employees as a crucial activity. Today’s businesses use recruitment agencies […]

Johnson & Johnson is credited with pioneering workplace health promotion. Its revolutionary employee health approach, ‘Live for Life,’ was launched in 1978, focused on developing and maintaining this culture. The wellbeing theme permeates the company’s physical surroundings and daily activities, from healthy eating guidance in canteens to exercise centers that provide lunchtime sessions.   Grab […]

Rowan Atkinson, the British actor, and comedian, of the ‘Mr. Bean’ fame, claimed a one-of-its-kind expensive auto insurance with a £910,000 settlement after crashing his McLaren F1 Ferrari into a tree. The insurers took nearly eight months to decide on the massive payout. Atkinson’s unique burgundy red car was one of only 64 global road-use […]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared in its study “Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration” that 2011–2020 was the warmest-ever decade on record. The IPCC conducts periodic evaluations of the level of knowledge about climate change to chronicle how extreme events have disastrous consequences. Their findings report helps shape international climate policy […]

Dash Navigation, a California-based start-up that makes hardware and software for in-car navigation systems, stated in 2008 that it would no longer sell its Web-enabled GPS unit, Dash Express. The product and company failed due to its hefty $600 price tag. A thorough examination of the venture’s costs and advantages revealed that even when the […]

After unblocking everyone on the microblogging network, Elon Musk tweeted in February 2023 that "negative feedback is a good thing". Elon Musk, a South African-born entrepreneur best known for founding SpaceX and Tesla and serving as the former CEO of X (formerly Twitter), is the world’s most talked-about business leader. He is a significant proponent […]

Facebook’s (META) 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp is one of the most significant transactions in Silicon Valley history. Over 20-time larger than its Instagram acquisition, this deal eclipsed Google’s $3.2 billion purchase of Nest Labs and Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, making it one of the world's most significant tech purchases.   Mark Zuckerberg […]

Walmart, an American multinational corporation, earned about 640 billion US dollars in revenue, gaining the first spot in the ranking of the world’s hundred largest companies, followed by Amazon. Walmart sells commodities, such as fashion and clothing, housewares, jewelry, literature, food, drink, medical supplies, and auto parts.   Grab our thorough guide to help you […]

Every year, an area the size of Great Britain is cleaned, bathed and scrubbed of the dust that comes to envelope it. It takes four months, 36 abseilers, and 18 custom-made buckets to clean the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (Dubai), which stands 829.8 meters.   Maintenance is the norm across sectors and professions. […]