Transforming Business

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: Group of people walking to different scenes made up of the five trends – from artificial intelligence to the new workplace to digital worlds

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Women were promised thousands of dollars to cancel their abortions. The group they trusted didn't always pay up.

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An illustration of a clock, pregnant women, hands, money, and ultrasounds

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Tara couldn't afford to keep the baby.

It was fall 2021, and she and her husband were "totally broke and really struggling," she said.

Generative AI is transforming businesses everywhere. Big Tech will still be crowned the winner.

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: People surrounded by a variety of Generative AI examples. Multiple datasets, images, audio and training artificial intelligence programs

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Shadow banking is changing the way companies borrow money

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: Multiple enclosed glass rooms with people inside shaking hands, with money bills or coins as office desks.

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The next lucrative side hustle: selling electricity to your neighbors

Tech Insider : Economy
Solar power turning into cash flow.
Instead of relying on monolithic utilities to keep the lights on, the rising popularity of solar panels and battery storage could allow average Americans to sell electricity to their neighbors.

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ESG backlash dominated headlines in 2023, but it's still 'quietly' reshaping industries behind the scenes

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: Individuals surrounded by sustainability elements: wind turbines, upcycled materials, and innovations using sustainable materials

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For its critics, ESG might as well be a four-letter word.

It represents woke capitalism. It propels a for-profit nanny state.

The workplace is transforming because workers want good jobs, not just jobs

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: A grid consisting of various working setups such as working from home, working in the office, and team video conference calls. It also includes workplace issues such as pay inequality, Unions, and Al integration.

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Ingrid Vilorio, 42, knows what it means to fight to make a job into a good job.

The digital world remade itself and now every company has become an ad seller

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: Group of people walking into different UI interface of digital screens. Each window features various digital applications such as specifically targeting users for marketing purposes or displaying new privacy features from Big Tech.

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Average homebuyers are beating out Wall Street landlords

Tech Insider : Economy
A homebuyer pulls the welcome mat from under a wall street investor.
Deep-pocketed investors bought lots of homes during the pandemic, drawing the ire of regular homebuyers and lawmakers. But the panic over corporate vultures obscures the real problems in the housing market.

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I've interviewed dozens of disruptive go-getters from self-made millionaires to entrepreneurs. Here are my 4 observations on what sets them apart.

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