Should You Buy a House Now? Real Estate Pros Make the Case

September 6, 2024 The US could see a thawing of the housing market in the coming weeks. Hopeful buyers and sellers should be ready to pounce well ahead of the traditional start to moving season in the spring. How should you prepare? A series of interest rate cuts widely expected to begin later this month appear to be breathing life into a residential real estate market. Mortgage rates have...

3 Work Trends – Issue 33

August 21, 2024 Senior employment in Japan, can ChatGPT design a university course and how can we solve the global skills crisis – these are the stories covered in this issue of the World Economic Forum’s 3 Work Trends newsletter, your guide to the future of work and education in an ever-changing world. How senior employment is addressing workforce shortages and #EmployeeSatisfaction in...

This founder asked ChatGPT for a Marketing Plan. Here’s what it missed

August 21, 2024 Many of us expected robots to be a part of our future, but perhaps not in the way we imagined. Instead of doing our chores and serving us hors d'oeuvres (like Rosey the Robot from The Jetsons), AI wants to think for us. Joy Gendusa founded PostcardMania in 1998 and has helped nearly 120,000 small business owners all over the country with effective marketing strategies. Naturally, she...

Climate Change Response in Asia and Pacific Held Back by Insufficient Data

Asian Development Bank (ADB) 610,145 followers August 22, 2024 Asia and the Pacific accounts for more than half of all greenhouse gas emissions and is hit harder by disasters and other climate risks than any other region. Without high-quality data and the ability to analyze it, policymakers in the region can’t design effective measures to address climate change impacts and evaluate...

UAE’s architectural boom designates Gulf country’s urban planning model

The massive projects include skyscrapers, residential towers, and hotels all with imaginative designs, paint an image of UAE's success in becoming a model of urban planning August 15, 2024 RELATED TOPICS UNITED ARAB EMIRATESREAL ESTATE RELATED COMPANIES Abu Dhabi The architectural boom taking place in the United Arab Emirates is ushered in by prosperity and development in the real estate...

It Pays to Work Remotely But Only If You’re the New Starbucks CEO

August 23, 2024 What is Happening at Starbucks? Starbucks recently announced that it’s bringing on Brian Niccol, formerly of Chipotle, as its new CEO. If you’ve been following Starbucks’ trajectory over the last few years, you know they’ve been beleaguered by a chain of events that sent their stock prices plummeting. Given Starbucks’ struggles, I think bringing Niccol on is a brilliant...