As the holiday season approaches, employers have to avoid complacency as employees begin to take holiday time off. Here are seven ways to manage employee holiday leave so that your company remains productive through the holidays.

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The cutting-edge payment method is rapidly becoming so common in Beijing and other large cities that experts have begun referring to the Chinese capital as a prototype of the futuristic cashless society. In 2017, the country saw $15 trillion (paywall) in mobile payments - yet some people still struggle with going cashless.

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The state of the US healthcare system has created a boom in crowdfunded medical campaigns as patients struggle to pay for treatment. In 2017, campaigners raised $930 million through GoFundMe — nearly half of the money raised by the site. Some hospitals have taken notice. In a recent example,  a woman was denied a heart transplant because of the state of her finances, and suggested that she set up a “fundraising effort.”

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As part of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Asean Initiative, a coalition of major tech companies have pledged to train 20 million people in Southeast Asia by 2020 to prepare them for the future.

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This holiday season, take a moment to realise how blessed you really are. (Even if some of those blessings are in disguise.)

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Food and beverage has witnessed a healthy growth over the past couple of years and with this trend there have been some significant shake-ups. The sector has moved increasingly from imitation to innovation.  New technology is driving products such as bio-hacked foods which may not sound very appetising as they are decomposed and then reconstituted based on artificial intelligence (AI). There’s also a deeper understanding of F&B components at the molecular level.

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An email subject line is like a resumé. The smallest advantage gets your foot in the door for people to actually get to the real content. Here are seven email subject line mistakes to avoid if you want people to actually click through.

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Some hotels and resorts depend on social media posts to get future guests inspired to visit. But the Ayana Resort and Spa in Bali, Indonesia, is taking a different approach. Their new "In the Moment" program is encouraging visitors to unplug when they're by the pool -- by banning smartphones and other electronic devices.

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After spending some time in the workforce, it can be easy to grow cynical and disillusioned with your job. However, the power of gratitude may be more beneficial to businesses than we think. So how do you ban the thieves of thankfulness from your workplace?

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Outrage is spreading in China over a video ad campaign for Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana that shows a Chinese model struggling to eat spaghetti and pizza with chopsticks.

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