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farming agriculture career

Business & Lifestyle

Five reasons to consider a career in agriculture

Agriculture is still one of America's primary industries, especially in the American heartland. If you considering your next career move, or have designs on starting your own business, then a career in agriculture could be the logical next step for you. Having a love of the great outdoors and a passion for the environment would be added bonuses. Agriculture is an entire industry is not simple, as there is more to it than leasing or purchasing plots of land, planting […]

todayMarch 25, 2019 68

website cookie monster

Technology News

Is your website a “Cookie Monster”? Tips to cut down on excessive site cookies on an excessively-regulated Internet

Anyone who’s anyone online is near enough sick to death of cookies by now. We’ve been gorging on the things for so long that it’s no surprise many of us feel sick of them. Cookie laws and legislation like the GDPR in Europe have been bringing these features to our attention for a few years. And, it’s fair to say that many internet browsers have about had their fill. Believe it or not, though, internet cookies are nothing new. In […]

todayMarch 24, 2019 26

Illinois pension

Capital Area Region

Illinois lawmakers ponder merger of local police and fire pension funds

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois lawmakers heard from municipal officials Thursday on the idea of consolidating their police and fire pensions and also giving them “first in line” privileges for local spending. Illinois currently has more than 650 local police and fire pension funds. Many of them are poorly equipped to pay their coming retiree costs. The Illinois Municipal League and others are proposing to consolidate them in an effort to save on administrative costs. “Pension boards currently are governed […]

todayMarch 23, 2019 54

content strategies

Business & Lifestyle

How are content strategies changing in 2019?

Content strategies have made quite a few strides in the past few years. It seems the power of the radio has always been with us and then the TV came along, bringing visual advertising power with it. You could put all kinds of marketing campaigns on the airwaves, and you could be sure they’d reach millions of people. Brand loyalty could be made simple with technology like this, and the market would never look the same because of it. But […]

todayMarch 15, 2019 36

trucker fleet

Business & Lifestyle

Have a fleet of truckers? How to tackle break time for your truckers

If you own a fleet of delivery drivers, the chances are that you’ve been keeping on top with recent ruptures in break legislation. State laws, like California’s meal time break law, outline that drivers should have a thirty-minute break for every five hours they spend on the road. Federal law, however, states that drivers should spend eleven out of fourteen hours on the road, with a ten-hour break between shifts. All of which must now be logged with installed truck […]

todayMarch 15, 2019 48

large teams

Business & Lifestyle

New study reveals having large teams in business isn’t always better

Businesses all around the world may need to reassess how they structure their teams. For the most part, large teams are the best as they have so many different minds working together. Smaller teams tend to try and make up for their lack of broad quality with a more creative mindset. This is natural in teams that are given projects as the more people who can work together, you will have a better result but fewer people in the project […]

todayMarch 15, 2019 42

Harley Davidson

Business & Lifestyle

Harley Davidson prepared to rent electric motorcycles to commuters

Commuting: the bane of working people’s lives. Heading to work may be difficult enough on a Monday morning, but when you are faced with a lengthy commute stuck in a packed carriage, pressed up against others with no personal space (and that’s if you manage to get onto the train or bus in the first place), it’s easy to feel filled with dread. You don’t get paid for this time and it’s something that you’re going to have to engage […]

todayMarch 15, 2019 33

Business & Lifestyle

Why having a sense of humor can help your brand improve customer engagement

More and more brands are realizing what smart marketers have known for years: namely, that business doesn’t have to be serious business. This is particularly important in the social media age, with CEOs becoming publicly-accessible figures and light-hearted brand warfare becoming a near-constant part of social media activity. With customer engagement harder to achieve than ever before (there’s so much competition out there now, both for business and for entertainment), any business that wants to build and retain a valuable […]

todayMarch 9, 2019 79

Business & Lifestyle

Gift ideas for that fitness fanatic in your life

Need to buy a gift for someone that loves their health and fitness? Here are a few ideas that could be worth considering. Smart fitness watch Smart fitness watches such as the FitBit have become very popular. They can record various stats from the amount of steps you’ve taken to your heart rate, which can be viewed in the form of charts using an app on your phone. As these watches can be quite expensive, try to shop around and […]

todayMarch 9, 2019 76

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