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Top 10 ways millennials are creating the future of work

December 26, 2013

Millennials will turn work into a game instead of a chore.

Over the next 10 years, millennials are going to make major shifts in corporations and most people aren’t ready for the amount of change that’s coming. Millennials will account for 75% of the global workforce by 2025 and by next year, they will account for 36% of the American workforce. At some companies like Accenture and Ernst & Young, they already account for over two thirds of the entire employee base.

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The 10 mega corporations that control almost everything you buy

November 18, 2013

“The Illusion of Choice,” via Reddit, is a chart of corporations that create a chain of smaller brands that can all be traced from the 10 mega companies featured here. We assume that you have heard of the biggest brand names and their products that you bring home all the time, however, it’s incredible to know what these giants own and control. Their influence is staggering as shown in this data visualization.

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Big Problems, Globalism, government, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

New wave of cyberattacks against U.S. corporations

May 14, 2013

The new attacks seek to destroy data or to manipulate industrial machinery and take over or shut down the networks that deliver energy or run industrial processes.

Warnings from federal officials, including a vague one issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security, are being prompted by a new wave of cyberattacks that are striking American corporations. Officials say this time the attackers’ aim is not espionage but sabotage, and the source seems to be somewhere in the Middle East.

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America’s best and worst run companies of 2011

December 18, 2011

Apple is the best run company of 2011.

There are many American companies that have done incredibly well this year. A number of companies have posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Business, Corporate Manipulation, government, Latest Trend

Nevada’s big bet on ‘shell’ secrecy

September 26, 2011

Nevada is a magnet for businesses seeking secrecy.

In Nevada, the business of registering businesses is booming and the consultants in this thriving industry, many who are former felons, are aiding companies in seeking to avoid liabilty and disclosure. But many of these consultants are former felons. All of this comes at a time when Washington is calling on other nations to enforce greater transparency of financial flows.

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US ISP/copyright deal: a one-sided private law for corporations, without public interest

July 28, 2011

Screwing the public to help corporations is pretty standard procedure
these days for people like New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Last month, the major American ISPs and entertainment industry lobbyists struck a deal to limit Internet access for alleged copyright infringers. This deal, negotiated in secret with the help of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo did not include any public interest groups or comment from the public. As a result, it’s as one-sided and stilted as you’d imagine. Corynne McSherry from the Electronic Frontier Foundation analyzes the material that these cozy corporate negotiators left out, the stuff that public interest groups would have demanded. Here’s an abbreviated list…

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The Day that Google Died

June 3, 2011

Futurist Thomas Frey: It was a frenzy of activity as workers scurried from office to office, making their final checks, gathering books, papers, and personal belongings. Many were still stunned over the announcement that Google was closing its doors. The final minutes before the deadline were reserved for tearful hugs and remorseful goodbyes, but for the people of the world these brief moments of stunned silence would soon be replaced with long term anger and outrage.

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