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Microsoft Teams Essentials is a new standalone version for small businesses
Microsoft is creating its first standalone version of Microsoft Teams for small businesses. Microsoft Teams Essentials will be priced at $4 per user per month and provide access to the core meeting features of Teams without the typical Office app bundling that requires a more expensive Microsoft 365 plan. This standalone version makes Teams even more of a Zoom competitor, as Microsoft is dropping its Slack-like channels functionality in favor of a more simplified chat interface and a focus on meetings and video calls. “It’s the first standalone offering of Microsoft Teams designed specifically with small businesses in mind,” explains Jared Spataro, head of Microsoft 365. “It brings together features…
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Researchers Dig Into How the Pandemic Is Impacting Business
During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, many high school students embraced innovation. For Caleb A., a senior at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia, that took the form of Up Next Finance, a website to help high school students understand investing, economics and personal finance. “My mission is to help people learn about finance and create a better life for themselves,” says Caleb, who has also turned to TikTok to share finance tips. Like any good researcher, Caleb couldn’t help but observe the shifting financial scene during COVID, initially with a plummeting stock market that was 30{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} off its high. That volatile landscape prompted him to also write Teenage CFO,…
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eLab student entrepreneurs make their first pitches to NYC alumni
Students in 20 businesses pitched their ideas to 150 Cornell alumni, investors and friends during the eLab pitch night Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City. The night gave students one of the first opportunities to share their ideas since they were chosen for eLab in September. Their ideas ranged from home monitoring to nursing shortage solutions to astronomical tourism. “I think the companies here are reflective of the diversity of the amazing curriculum at Cornell,” said Andrea Ippolito ’06 MEng ‘07, a lecturer in the College of Engineering and a member of the eLab teaching team. “In this cohort, you saw fashion tech, hospitality tech, real estate…
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Business is booming for Osceola County vacation rental homes
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The numbers show that 2020 was a down year for tourism travel, and Central Florida felt the impact financially as tens of millions of tourism tax dollars were lost. What You Need To Know Central Florida lost tens of millions of tourism tax dollars due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 While most of the area’s businesses are still on the rebound, experts say vacation rentals in Osceola County are thriving So far, vacation rentals are doing better than 2019, before the pandemic hit, despite being down about 10,000 homes As Central Florida continues to rebound, the vacation rental business in Osceola County is thriving. Not only is…
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For Small Business Saturday, VP Harris and family drop by DC’s Downtown Holiday Market
For Small Business Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris paid an afternoon visit to D.C.’s Downtown Holiday Market for a little holiday shopping and to stress the vital role of small businesses in the U.S. economy. For Small Business Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris paid an afternoon visit to D.C.’s Downtown Holiday Market for a little holiday shopping and to stress the vital role of small businesses in the U.S. economy. Accompanied by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, stepson Cole Emhoff and his girlfriend Greenley Littlejohn, the Second Family greeted local shoppers and made stops at the Downtown Holiday Market by Capital One Arena on F Street, Northwest between 7th and 9th…
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De-oiled Lecithin Market Emerging Growth Analysis, Future Demand and Business Opportunities 2025
De-oiled Lecithin The rise in demand for green and organic food products worldwide and growth in trends among consumers seeking weight loss is anticipated to drive the growth. PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, November 30, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — De-oiled Lecithin Market by Form, Source, and Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, by 2025,”the de-oiled lecithin market is projected to reach $396,526.4 thousand by 2025, growing at a CAGR 12.4{3e92bdb61ecc35f2999ee2a63f1e687c788772421b16b0136989bbb6b4e89b73} from during the forecast period. The soy form segment accounted for maximum share in 2017. Growing demand for organic food products all over the world, inclination toward weight loss, and surge in demand for convenience food with nutritional content are the…