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The current tech support landscape functions on the principle of no gain without pain.Customers issue a flurry of phone choices before they get help. If you do get a human, here is how to have the best interaction with tech support: 1. Before you call: Restart your computer. After restart, make sure you have no other programs opened, other than the one causing problems. … [Read more...] about How to deal with customer service

If you happen to read the Wall Street Journal or other finance journalism, you've probably seen stories about companies buying back their own stock. Curious why organizations would buy their own shares? Turns out, buybacks offer a variety of benefits for both companies and shareholders. Stock buybacks have increased substantially in recent years, both in terms of the … [Read more...] about What are stock buybacks and why do companies use them?

Tune into Shark Tank and you'll hear advice from Daymond John, the founder of clothing brand FUBU, who has amassed a fortune stretching into the hundreds of millions. And in many ways, his story encapsulates the American Dream.Short, terrible at basketball and dyslexic, Daymond realized early on that the surest path to prosperity was entrepreneurship and he had to champion … [Read more...] about Shark Tank host Daymond John’s keys for success

For a long time, choosing materials often meant trade-offs. Iron is durable, but susceptible to rusting and also heavy. Glass is light, but cracks and breaks easily. Plastics won't shatter, but are prone to scratching. That said, materials sciences have advanced tremendously over the past few decades, and using a new polymerization process, researchers at MIT have created a … [Read more...] about Stronger than steel, lighter than plastic

First, the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic came for our paper products. Now it's coming for our warehouse space. In the United States and throughout much of the world, warehouse space is growing scarce.Just how bad is the shortage? Craig Fuller, the CEO of shipping analytics company FreightWaves, says that warehouses will ideally have about 15 percent of their … [Read more...] about Warehouse space at a premium in America