The Atlantic

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Each month, the editors of The Atlantic’s Business Channel put together a list of the most insightful and interesting pieces of journalism about money and economics from around the web. This month’s picks include the practical and the absurd: stories

The Christian Science Monitor

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The be-your-own-boss appeal of gig-economy jobs like Uber is especially strong in countries with low formal employment – and often high inequality. But in places where car ownership itself is a significant hurdle, middlemen become key.

Classic American

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Handing over your classic car’s keys to someone you’ve never met before sounds like a terrible idea, but it could in fact be a lucrative decision. We’re wasting thousands every year on cars we rarely drive, according to a survey by car-sharing market

Marketing

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I typically avoid giving people advice about their money. As a rule, I'm reluctant to give people advice about their marketing, too. It’s a good thing, then, that there was plenty of contribution from experts putting this, a money themed Marketing is

Entrepreneur

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As a tech executive who often traveled on business, Aaron Easterly was constantly asking friends and family to care for Caramel, his beloved Pomeranian. “I would never take her to a kennel, so I’d go frantically down the list of family, friends and n

The Guardian

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To flourish, the informal digital networks providing new services needed to be protected from the market

Apple Magazine

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Just last week, we wrote about how what has been widely termed the ‘sharing economy’ – the distinctly Millennial movement of ‘sharing’ rather than necessarily ‘owning’ seemingly anything and everything, and drawing upon technology in the hand to make

CKGSB Knowledge - China Business and Economy

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Forget e-commerce. In today’s China, the smartest businesses are moving the digital revolution into the offline world as the boundaries between online and offline become increasingly blurred. The integration of information technology into our daily l

CKGSB Knowledge - China Business and Economy

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In the 1960s and 1970s, the most popular wedding gift in China was a bicycle. By the end of the 1980s, there were 500 million bikes in China and Beijing had gained the title of “Bicycle Kingdom,” with freeway-sized bike lanes accommodating millions o

New Idea

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According to the Sharing Hub (thesharinghub. com.au), a site that brings sharing economy businesses and consumers together, the Australian sharing economy is booming, with recent research revealing that businesses have seen revenue growth of 68 per c

Business Today

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Last December, Delhi based Kritika Verma moved to Bangalore to work with a travel company. Soon, the 23 year old took a house on rent and was searching for some basic furniture a bed, shelf and a small side table. Verma did not want to buy them all

Business Today

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1) The Founder Akshay Bhatia, a graduate from Warwick Business School. Before setting up Mutterfly Technologies, he had worked for Morgan Stanley's UK asset management team. 2) The Trigger "During my stint abroad, I was fascinated by the ease of acce

TechLife News

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Just last week, we wrote about how what has been widely termed the ‘sharing economy’ – the distinctly Millennial movement of ‘sharing’ rather than necessarily ‘owning’ seemingly anything and everything, and drawing upon technology in the hand to make

TechLife News

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Just last week, we wrote about how what has been widely termed the ‘sharing economy’ – the distinctly Millennial movement of ‘sharing’ rather than necessarily ‘owning’ seemingly anything and everything, and drawing upon technology in the hand to make

Entrepreneur

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Have you heard the one about the Silicon Valley executive who went all-in on the sharing economy? First the guy sold his BMW and opted to take Uber to and from work every day; then he converted his empty garage into an apartment that he rented out on

Apple Magazine

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Mask slackers will now have to provide photographic proof they’re wearing a face covering before boarding an Uber. The San Francisco-based company unveiled a new policy Tuesday stipulating that if a driver reports to Uber that a rider wasn’t wearing

The Christian Science Monitor

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Cheaper than an Uber or Lyft ride and faster than a shared bicycle, dockless scooters are catching on in a number of cities across the United States. But city officials say the companies aren't doing enough to ensure the programs and scooters operate

Farmer's Weekly

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Striking a balance between economic realities and political issues was the biggest difficulty facing South Africa’s grain producers at present, according to Derek Mathews, newly elected Grain SA chairperson. Speaking to Farmer’s Weekly, he said dwind

Cosmopolitan India

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CEO and Co-Founder, Stage3 stage3.co “We launched Stage3 in 2015 with a mission to make top designers affordable and accessible to everyone. We built an inventory of toptier designers like Sabyasachi, Shantanu & Nikhil, Ritu Kumar, etc, by buying it

The Atlantic

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What is Uber? The company’s standard answer is that it is a technology company—an app that matches people who want to get somewhere to people who will take them there for money. This is not wrong. But, as the European Union’s highest court told the c

New Idea

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Whether it’s renting a spare room on Airbnb or doing odd jobs through Airtasker, working in the sharing economy can be a major income earner or cash booster for some, discusses financial planning expert Helen Baker. If planned and structured well, i

TechLife News

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Mask slackers will now have to provide photographic proof they’re wearing a face covering before boarding an Uber. The San Francisco-based company unveiled a new policy Tuesday stipulating that if a driver reports to Uber that a rider wasn’t wearing

Money Magazine

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The introduction of sharing economy platforms has transformed the way we live and enjoy our lives. Whether it is finding a gem of a holiday home on Airbnb or jumping in an UberPool with a stranger, there’s a mushrooming array of goods and services av

The Atlantic

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A slew of small, Uber-like companies have launched in recent years, offering parents a way to outsource their daily driving.

TechLife News

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These days, when you want to quickly travel from one place to another but lack your own car, there’s a good chance that you opt not to hail a yellow taxicab, but instead to call upon the services of a regular driver through the Uber app on your iPhon

The Atlantic

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When the New York Symphony goes on strike for better wages and benefits in the web TV series Mozart in the Jungle, its members find new ways to make do. Union Bob, a piccolo player whose nickname underscores his commitment to union rules, starts taki

Apple Magazine

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These days, when you want to quickly travel from one place to another but lack your own car, there’s a good chance that you opt not to hail a yellow taxicab, but instead to call upon the services of a regular driver through the Uber app on your iPhon

TechLife News

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These days, when you want to quickly travel from one place to another but lack your own car, there’s a good chance that you opt not to hail a yellow taxicab, but instead to call upon the services of a regular driver through the Uber app on your iPhon

Literary Hub

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It’s often called the sharing economy, and it’s often hailed as the liberating economy of tomorrow. Silicon Valley executives sound like giddy cheerleaders in championing apps like Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit (home repairs), Instacart (grocery delivery),

The Atlantic

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Airbnb, the popular platform that lets people rent out their homes and apartments, released the results of a volunteer survey this week containing the striking statistic that nearly one in 10 of its hosts in the United States is an educator. In some