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Saturday, June 29, 2024
That Toddlin’ Town
Friday, June 28, 2024
IMF Chief Urges U.S. Policymakers to Pay Off the Deficit
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Georgieva said policymakers should put the U.S. national deficit on a “decisive downward path,” in part to ensure investors do not start losing interest in U.S. treasuries.
The IMF has a more positive outlook for U.S. inflation than the Fed does, expecting it to renormalize to 2 percent by the middle of next year. The Fed does not expect inflation to normalize to 2 percent until 2026
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Why Did Apple Suspend Temu From Its Digital App Store in 2023?
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"While this is my [says Griffin] first state lawsuit against Temu over its deceptive trade practices, it is not the first time Temu's tactics have been called into question. Apple suspended Temu from its digital app store in 2023, prompting multiple investigations into the company's dealings, including an ongoing investigation being conducted by the U.S. Congress."
Griffin also outlined some of the data he says Temu is obtaining, saying biometric data, which includes fingerprints stored in devices, and location are some examples.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Globalization: Connectedness and Interdependence of Economies
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National Geographic gives us an education on when globalization began, and the benefits and disadvantages of globalization.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chatbots Will Play a Major Role in Customer Service for 25% of Companies by 2027
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- Based on artificial intelligence
- Rule-based
- Hybrid
Monday, June 24, 2024
Today in Global Small Business: How Small Business Owners Make It Happen
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- How small business owners make it happen. Impact in action.
- Small business owners spot opportunities to boost productivity.
- Quote of the week: "Supporting small businesses is not just about commerce, it's about community." – Michael Dell, Founder of Dell Technologies
- Global Small Business Study surveyed the owners and IT decision makers at small businesses across six countries to discover their thoughts and behavior around cybersecurity.
- Trade directly benefits small- and medium-sized businesses according to FedEx study.
- Google favors e-commerce sites and user-generated content, study finds.
Saturday, June 22, 2024
The Store That Helped Build Chicago
Friday, June 21, 2024
Ecommerce Market Expected to Gross $930 Billion This Year
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However, Statista data analysis indicates the Asian e-commerce industry, spurred by online retail giants such as Alibaba, AliExpress, JD.com and Rakuten, will gross $1.93 trillion in 2024, 16% more than in 2023 and accounting for more than half of global e-commerce revenue.
Statista expects around 300 million more people to utilize e-commerce sites and shopping apps this year, pushing the total user count to more than 3.4 billion, or 42% of the world's population.
Read more here.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Challenges in Going Global, One Is Execution
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According to a recent Global Readiness Survey of 362 executives, only 10% of companies think that they have the full complement of capabilities required to win overseas, with most barely mastering the basics.
If execution is everything, why aren't more companies perfecting this skill? Learn more about how to get it done.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
The Struggle for Freedom
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Learn more about what it is and what it means.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Think With Google and Move Your Business Into International Markets
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Monday, June 17, 2024
Today in Global Small Business: Father's Day Traditions From Around the World
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- Father's Day traditions from around the world.
- Celebrating Father's Day - the day after – because it is dedicated to all the fathers, grandfathers, and step-dads and recognizes their love, support and guidance.
- Quote of the week: "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
- A fun history of Father's Day: traditions and languages around the world.
- How people celebrate Father's Day around the world.
- Father's Day dates around the world.
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Flowers Always Make People Better
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Friday, June 14, 2024
Transforming Anonymous Global Users into Loyal Customers
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When a business is ready to expand internationally, establishing reputable online security is vital. Users want to know that all their data, especially financial data, is effectively protected online. With vast diversity in security standards across territories, online businesses in different regions have their own ways to gain credibility from target audiences. This can cause challenges for companies looking to move into new markets.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Winning New Exports
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In this case, the Going for Growth program, which Enterprise Ireland and KPMG support, is designed to help female entrepreneurs achieve their growth ambitions by growing their sales, creating additional employment, and winning new exports.
Over the past 16 years, over 950 businesswomen have participated in this unique program.
Check it out here.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Supporting Women in Tech Across the Globe
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Its mission is to create a strong, supportive network for women in technology, while also implementing practical programs that empower women to succeed in the tech industry. By addressing these key areas, Women in Tech Global aims to create a more inclusive and equitable tech industry for women across the globe.
Read the interview with Ayumi Moore Aoki, Founder and CEO of Women in Tech Global.
Monday, June 10, 2024
Today in Global Small Business: FedEx Awards More than $230,000 to 10 Small Businesses
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- FedEx boosts 10 small businesses with award dollars.
- Global e-commerce revenue to hit record-breaking $3.64T in 2024.
- How to drop ship on Shopify.
- Quote of the week: "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." – Steve Jobs
- How to master international payments (sponsored content).
- Take your social media strategy to new heights.
Saturday, June 08, 2024
Adult on a Bicycle
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Friday, June 07, 2024
Alibaba Courts the U.S. and Europe to Get Global Growth
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Alibaba.com — the company’s business-to-business platform which sells to companies outside China — is launching “Alibaba Guaranteed.” The new service will provide buyers with greater certainty on delivery, payments and dispute settlement.
Thursday, June 06, 2024
How to Use AI Right For Transforming Global Small Business Marketing
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They just released a new study which captured the sentiment of over 30,000 adults in 25 countries to understand the impact for small businesses of using generative AI visuals in their marketing.
Discover their key finding here.
Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Need a CFO? Freelancing Goes Global
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Need a CFO? The highest-profile fractionals would be C-suite-level executives, ranging from part-time, long-term CFOs to M&A specialists who pop in to help close specific deals. The category also includes anyone who receives a retainer, from a foreign correspondent to a training specialist.
A major hiring shift is transforming how businesses find and utilize talent and how that talent finds and establishes relationships with companies that need its skills. Outsourcing work to freelancers is by no means a new phenomenon, but as the figures indicate, in the past five years it has jumped to an entirely new level.
Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Sisu Global Health's Gillian Henker Presents "Providing Access to Blood for a World in Need" (wegginar®)
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She has been published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, has presented at the Midwest Biomedical Engineering Career Conference and Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries Seminar in London, and was named Baltimore Technologist of the Year.
Wouldn't you love to meet her and pick her brain? Now is your chance. Attend Women Entrepreneur Grow Global's free of charge wegginar® with Gillian presenting, "Providing Access to Blood for a World in Need," on Wednesday, June 5th at 11 AM CT. The free of charge program is due to wegg's amazing, supportive sponsors as noted in the graphic.
See you there!
Monday, June 03, 2024
Today in Global Small Business: What the New China Tariffs Mean for World Trade
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- What the new China tariffs mean for world trade.
- U.S. import tariffs have dealt free trade a heavy blow.
- The impact of U.S.-China trade tensions.
- Quote of the week: "The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are "protected". The harm which a tariff does is invisible. It's spread widely. There are people that don't have jobs because of tariffs but they don't know it." – Milton Friedman
- Musk opposes US tariffs on Chinese electric cars.
- Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs.
Saturday, June 01, 2024
I Need to Be Outside
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