A group of Florida timeshare owners are suing a company for deceptive sales practices. Palm Beach Post reports that about 20 couples and other individuals have filed a lawsuit against Boca Raton-based Bluegreen Corp. The plaintiffs claim that the timeshares cost more and have fewer benefits than they were promised initially. Palm Beach Post reports that the group’s lawyers are pushing for more than $5 million in damages. They allege that Bluegreen’s practices violate Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. A 2016 … Continue reading “Timeshare Company Sued For Deceptive Business Practices”
LinkedIn Releases New Tool That Uses Data to Help Employers Hire Better Recruits
Posted on Categories Featured NewsLinkedIn, the job recruiting social network, is in the middle of developing a tool that will merge recruitment and cold, hard, data. Known as Talent Insights, this tool is designed as a way to help companies make a cohesive, data-based decision when picking out employees. The goal is to empower recruiters to make a strategic hiring decision and not just look at the traditional qualifications before they hire recruits. For example, instead of just looking at the person’s GPA and experience, … Continue reading “LinkedIn Releases New Tool That Uses Data to Help Employers Hire Better Recruits”
IR Launches Next Generation IR Prognosis UC Assessor
Posted on Categories Featured NewsExperience 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”
Experts: Amazon Poised to Take Over Home Depot in No Time
Posted on Categories Featured NewsHome 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”
The Advertising Club Of New York Reveals New Logo And Brand Identity
Posted on Categories Featured NewsThe Advertising Club of New York, a non-profit organization that has striven to connect working professionals across multiple industries for over 120 years, has re-branded. The company unveiled its new logo and brand identity on August 25 and plans to launch a new website as soon as this month. In recent years, the company has expanded its membership to include media startups, social media platforms, agencies, and clients. To showcase this change, the non-profit’s logo now includes a plus sign, … Continue reading “The Advertising Club Of New York Reveals New Logo And Brand Identity”
Hurricane Harvey’s Projected Financial Impact on Texas Exceeds $100 Billion
Posted on Categories Featured NewsHurricane Harvey not only destroyed thousands of homes, but also has done extensive financial damage on Texas as a whole. It’s estimated that economic impacts from Harvey are well over $100 billion, making it one of the most expensive disasters in U.S. history. While Texans continue to battle everyday disruptions like construction, there are other concerns at hand. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would propose an emergency 8.9% increase in property taxes to handle all of the storm-related costs. … Continue reading “Hurricane Harvey’s Projected Financial Impact on Texas Exceeds $100 Billion”
Hackers Steal Documents And Information Affecting 143 Million Consumers
Posted on Categories Economy, FeaturedAs technology evolves, online security becomes increasingly important to both businesses and individuals. The internet offers the ability to access millions of facts and pieces of information with the click of a button, though sometimes it can be used for malicious purposes. This is a fact that Equifax Inc. experienced first-hand when they suffered a cybersecurity incident that affected nearly 143 million U.S. consumers. According to the company’s statement on the incident, intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, … Continue reading “Hackers Steal Documents And Information Affecting 143 Million Consumers”