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Being single makes for successful business leaders

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Business leaders who are not in a romantic relationship can focus without guilt on work.

Could being single be an asset to a business person’s career? What is it about being single that could drive a professional to success? Chrisopher Murray, the marketing director at HiringSolved, says that singlehood allows him the freedom to work “when inspiration strikes, without having to run it by somebody … Read More

Porsche wants to teach Canadians to be safer drivers

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At the Apex in the 2017 Carrera S

Driving a 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S around a race track, watching the G-Force meter on the dash tick-up when braking hard at the end of a straight-away, and seeing the same meter rise again as one steps hard on the accelerator to push the rear-wheel drive Carrera out of … Read More

The more languages, the more money?

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Learning another language can open up more career opportunities and generate better pay.

Hola! ¿Cómo estás hoy? Salut! Comment vas-tu aujourd’hui? Mes oui: expanding linguistic horizons can, in fact, boost business. The importance of multilingualism was recently highlighted by Ofer Shoshan, CEO of One Hour Translation, in The 6 Top Languages Global-Minded CEOs Should Know. In it, he not only makes the case for multilingualism … Read More

Social media may be too real for your own career’s good

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Yale wasn't amused when it read the Yelp reviews of one of its professors.

What does your social media use say about you? In many ways, what one posts to social media can reveal more than you want — about you and potentially your employer. No doubt, what one writes on Facebook and posts to Instagram points to what you think matters, what you … Read More

Diego Maradona has a new team

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Sacred corner of Diego Armando Maradona in the streets of Naples, Italy. The Maradona shrine, with a lock of the Argentinians hair enshrined in glass casket with the words 'Miraculous Hair' written on it.

Diego Maradona has travelled from the mountaintop to the water’s edge. The man who used to be the greatest soccer player on Earth has taken work as manager of a second-division team in the United Arab Emirates (Fifa country rank: #75). The team is Fujairah and they are located in … Read More

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