Being an employer is not the most important job of a company – WirtschaftsWoche

Being an employer is not the most important job of a company – WirtschaftsWoche

Criticizing the pursuit of profit Pursuit and the power of market technologyPursuit is baseless. We should celebrate both… 2024-09-07 13:04:30 #employer #important #job #company #WirtschaftsWoche

New York Takes Action Against Illegal Airbnb Listings

New York Takes Action Against Illegal Airbnb Listings

Airbnb In New York, with a population of around eight million, there are thousands of offers on the platform that are illegal according to the guidelines. (Photo: Reuters) New York In view of astronomical rents and an acute shortage of housing in New York, the US east coast metropolis wants to enforce restrictions on short-term … Read more

Why you should pay for social networks

Why you should pay for social networks

Blue tick on Facebook and Instagram Parent company Meta introduces paid verification. (Photo: Reuters) Düsseldorf The new service from the Internet company Meta, with which users of Facebook and Instagram will be able to verify themselves in the future, costs up to 15 dollars a month. There is a “blue badge, special protection against identity … Read more

Facebook and Instagram get subscription for account verification

Facebook and Instagram get subscription for account verification

MENLO PARK The subscription will first be introduced in Australia and New Zealand, founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook on Sunday. Other countries are said to follow “soon”. A start in the important US market can be expected in the coming months, a Meta spokesman told the Wall Street Journal. The price is … Read more

Meta CEO Zuckerberg lost $ 30 billion

Meta CEO Zuckerberg lost $ 30 billion

Meta chef Mark Zuckerberg Investor confidence is waning. (Photo: AP Photo, Imago, All Mauritius [M]) San Francisco, Dusseldorf Mark Zuckerberg is known for his usually stiff facial expressions and mostly emotionless public appearances. But when he was recently contacted by analysts about his plans for the metaverse, he got excited. “We are creating history here,” … Read more

Data dispute could shut down Facebook & Instagram in Europe

Data dispute could shut down Facebook & Instagram in Europe

– Instagram-Logo The social network, which belongs to the Meta Group, runs on servers in the USA. – (Image: REUTERS) – – – – Brussels The Irish data protection authority wants to prohibit the Meta Group from continuing to store user data on its servers in the USA. Should it prevail, it would mean, at … Read more

This start-up wants to pay out GHG premiums faster

This start-up wants to pay out GHG premiums faster

Düsseldorf The topic of greenhouse gas quotas creates covetousness. Since the beginning of the year, every owner of an electric car has been able to receive an annual bonus. Anyone who drives electrically saves emissions and can sell this saving – the so-called greenhouse gas quota or GHG quota – for around 300 euros to … Read more

Airbnb lets employees work from anywhere

Airbnb lets employees work from anywhere

– Brian Chesky “I trust you – and flexibility only works if you trust the people on your team,” writes the Airbnb boss. – (Photo: AP) – – – – San Francisco The apartment broker Airbnb does not want to force its employees back into the office even after the end of the corona pandemic. … Read more

Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance at SXSW

Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance at SXSW

– Mark Zuckerberg The Meta boss was surprisingly seen virtually at the SXSW tech fair. – Bild: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP – Austin, Texas He was the surprise virtual guest at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas: Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook — today’s meta — announced his attendance just a day … Read more

Start-ups: Financing record – yet there is still a lack of money

Start-ups: Financing record – yet there is still a lack of money

Julian Teicke (left), Verena Hubertz, Klaus Hommels The Wefox founder, the SPD politician and the investor are campaigning for better start-up financing. – (Photo: Wefox Group, Carolin Lauer, Lakestar [Montage]) – – – – Berlin Never before have investors put so much money into German start-ups as in 2021. By September it was around 12.4 … Read more