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Employee efficiency is an essential part of business. In order for an employee to be efficient, not only do they have to work hard, limit distractions, and complete each task, but they must do so without costing the employer too much money. The U.S. economy loses an estimated $7.4 billion per day due to timesheet errors. That’s approximately 50 million hours of work each day that are unaccounted for. Organizations across the U.S. and the world are beginning to take … Continue reading “The Days of the Conventional Timesheet Are Long Gone”

According to new data released by Urban Institute, single-family rentals are being developed faster than any other type of American housing. Approximately 35% of the country’s 44 million rental units are single-family rental homes and townhouses. That’s a 4% increase since 2006. USA Today reports that millennials are leading this housing rental trend. In the past, millennials have found it difficult to pay for a down payment and high mortgage. This is because of the housing market crash in 2008, … Continue reading “New House-Rental Trend Is Taking Over The U.S. Housing Market”

The Portland-based vacation rental management company, Vacasa, announced Tuesday, October 17 an investment of $103.5 million. The Series B round is currently being led by Riverwood Capital as well as other investors such as Level Equity, NewSpring, and Assurant Growth Investing. Although Vacasa has yet to disclose its terms of value, Bloomberg has reported that the company’s investment has doubled its value. Currently, Vacasa is considered the largest vacation rental management company in the U.S. The company’s total revenue has … Continue reading “Vacation Company Vacasa Receives $103.5 Million Investment”

Americans love to travel for business, and the IRS is looking for a way to make it a bit more financially feasible for them. According to the American Express Business Travel Survey, a full 91% of respondents reported enjoying traveling for business. Of that number, 62% explained that they enjoyed this option simply because they enjoy spending quality time, in person, with their colleagues, customers, and potential prospects. However, traveling all the time can hamper a person’s well-being. Electronics gadgets repair aside … Continue reading “IRS Creates New Standard Pay for Business Travelers”

Experience management solutions leader Integrated Research Ltd, IR, has launched its next-generation IR Prognosis UC Assessor. The global provider’s automated unified communications (UC) network assessment solution will be a cloud-based service. The new Prognosis UC Assessor is recommended for Skype Operations Framework and is certified by Microsoft, thereby supporting Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Skype. This cloud-based development is especially helpful to corporate employees, of which one-fifth use Office 365 cloud service in their work. The Prognosis UC Assessor provides an … Continue reading “IR Launches Next Generation IR Prognosis UC Assessor”

Home renovation giant Home Depot is slowly but surely becoming gobbled up by another giant, online e-retailer Amazon. Earlier this month, Home Depot released its quarter 2 earnings, and while they surpassed expectations from Wall Street, they didn’t make much improvement from the steady decline they’ve been experiencing within the past few years. Despite this growth, according to Inc.com, it doesn’t seem like it is going to be long before Amazon completely takes over. This is because Home Depot focuses a … Continue reading “Experts: Amazon Poised to Take Over Home Depot in No Time”