A top management consulting firm is on a major hiring spree in South Africa – here’s what they are looking for
Management consulting firm Monocle is rapidly expanding its operations, with the firm now boasting offices in London and Amsterdam, as well as Johannesburg and Cape Town. Monocle specialises in banking and insurance, with the firm assisting most of the large banks in South Africa and several prominent local insurers by acting as a project execution […]
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St. Anthony: Minneapolis firm strikes first major deal for its PFAS-fighting technology
Claros Technologies, which last year raised $5.35 million in venture capital, has struck its first major agreement to scale its system to “capture, concentrate and destroy” PFAS chemicals from wastewater. Minneapolis-based Claros said it has a partnership worth millions of dollars with Japan’s Kureha Corp., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and plastics for the advanced […]
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Chinese internet firm Sohu’s employees duped by email scam that promised ‘allowances’ to those who provide their banking data
Chinese internet portal operator Sohu.com said on Wednesday that two dozen employees lost more than 40,000 yuan (US$6,000) after they fell victim to an email scam, which promised “allowances” to recipients who provide their bank accounts and other personal identification information. The 24 employees believed the email was authentic because it was sent from an […]
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Internet Rips Post Seeking Experienced Roofer for ‘$7.25/Hour, Firm’
Thousands of commenters scoffed at one internet poster after their request for trade work at a paltry pay rate was reposted in a popular internet forum. In a viral Reddit post published on r/antiwork, Redditor u/FantaSciFile shared a screenshot of a Facebook post (with the author’s name removed) seeking an experienced roofer willing to work […]
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Why a New Jersey technology firm bought a bunch of newspapers in Greater Minnesota. And what it wants to do with them.
The news came out of nowhere. Brian Larsen, editor of the Cook County News-Herald in Grand Marais, had no idea the weekly newspaper he worked at for 13 years was for sale until outgoing owners Hal and Deidre Kettunen broke it to him over an office pizza lunch in November 2020. Moments later, still in […]
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