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Bitcoin in soil

Is the blockchain here to stay?

Most people believe Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency, but there were actually several attempts at establishing a cryptocurrency that go as far back as 1983

Payment in bitcoin

The original decentralized currency

Donald Trump is currently promoting a new crypto venture that started selling its tokens to investors on October 15. While on the campaign trail this

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Insuring man’s best friend

Raising a child is hardly cheap – even with inflation now on the decline – but pet parents also struggle with rising costs for everything

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Remote no more

Last week Amazon joined the list of corporations closing the chapter on remote work with an announcement that most workers would be required to be

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From humble beginnings: eReaders and eBooks

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) recently announced the 22 books they shortlisted for their annual Best in Business Book Awards. Additionally,

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Political advertising: New angles to explore

Even in 2023, the media was reporting that political ad spending for the 2024 elections was expected to shatter records. AdImpact estimates the 2023-2024 election

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Employee turnover

This summer, Gallup Research published survey results with the headline “42% of employee turnover is preventable but often ignored,” noting that “employee turnover risk is

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Business news story structure

The inverted pyramid might be the classic model for structuring a news story, but it doesn’t work very well for business and financial news –

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Tricky punctuation

Here is a refresher on exclamation points, question marks, and semi-colons. Exclamation points Most style guidelines within the news industry recommend avoiding the exclamation point

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