Category: Business

Three years ago, the pandemic disrupted where and how people worked, forever changing the traditional workplace. Today, leaders are grappling with questions about how to move forward – when to return to the office, what work looks like today, and how to prepare for the future. These questions and more are addressed in the new […]

By 2025, nearly 70 percent of employees will be expected to use data at some level in their jobs, compared to 40 percent in 2018. That expectation, combined with the ongoing shortage of skilled tech talent, will force organizations to start considering nontraditional candidates – including those who might lack formal education or a degree but are […]

Dive Brief: Oil and gas company Colonial Oil Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Colonial Group, has acquired Strickland Oil Company, according to a press release on Tuesday. The acquisition includes Pooler, Georgia-based Strickland’s commercial fuel and lubricants business, as well as a cardlock site in its hometown. Strickland serves customers within a hundred-mile radius of […]

Dive Brief: Convenience store retailer Kwik Trip has revealed plans to expand to South Dakota with three new c-stores set to open in the Sioux Falls area, according to a report by Sioux Falls Business. The stores — which will operate under the retailer’s Kwik Star banner seen at locations in Iowa and Illinois — […]

Dive Brief: Several c-store chains, including Stinker Stores, FastLane, Gas Express, High’s and Major’s Management, have installed bitcoin ATMs in partnership with Lux Vending, according to a Tuesday press release.  Lux Vending, doing business as Bitcoin Depot, offers machines that let customers convert cash into bitcoin, rather than needing a digital payment method to buy […]

Dive Brief: Dollar Tree has named Rick Dreiling as CEO, effective Jan. 29, the discount retailer announced Tuesday. Dreiling, who has served as executive chairman of the discount retailer since last March, will retain that title as he assumes the chief executive’s role. Dreiling, a former supermarket executive, is taking over the top job from […]

Returning to the office can be a jarring experience after years of working at home. When my company, Alphawave IP, began its transition to a hybrid model, I had to re-incorporate a long commute and break the work-from-home routine I had become accustomed to, balancing work and life as a full-time CTO, professor, husband, and […]

Despite increasing layoffs across the country, demand for IT pros remains high, especially for software developers and senior software developers. According to our recent IT & Development Outlook Report, 89 percent of CIOs and CTOs say that the global shortage of software developers has impacted them. According to another recent report, over 100,000 jobs for IT pros […]

Launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, the Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions report underscores the need for greening the economy in a way that is fair and inclusive, creating meaningful work opportunities for all.  “It is […]

That’s according to UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, whose analysts said that global growth “turned negative” during the second half of 2022. The UN agency said that trade in goods and services is expected to reach $25 trillion and $7 trillion respectively, by the end of the year. The downturn began in the third […]