Monthly Archives: August 2022

Salesforce launches simplified CRM to help customers ‘do more with less’

Salesforce has unveiled a trimmed down version of its popular CRM service, in an effort to help businesses increase efficiency and cut costs amid economic uncertainty. The defining feature of the new Salesforce Easy platform is the ability to sample and purchase different Salesforce components on a flexible basis, which the company says will allow…

Trump’s team told ICE officials to wipe all data from their phones before leaving their jobs, report says

Former President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Trump administration aides deleted official records from their government-issued gadgets. The latest instance involves texts and emails wiped by immigration officials.  “We cannot stand by as agency after agency admits that it destroys public records,” say watchdogs. Trump-era immigration…

Russian diamonds are back on the market with deals being done in Indian rupees instead of US dollars, report says

Getty Images After being hit with US sanctions, Alrosa is back selling more than $250 million of diamonds a month, sources told Bloomberg. The Russian mining giant is selling diamonds to buyers in India and Europe who are mostly paying with rupees. The return of Russian supplies has eased tightness in the secondary market for…

A major student-loan company sowed ‘confusion and anxiety’ by mistakenly telling some borrowers they have debt payments due in September

College graduates. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Student-loan company Maximus mistakenly told borrowers they have payments due in September. The company said it issued an apology, but some borrowers say their accounts still haven’t been corrected. In July, Biden instructed companies to halt messaging surrounding the loan payments restart. In a time of extreme uncertainty…

How to ‘quiet quit,’ from a former teacher who did it for 2 years so she could enjoy a better life while still getting a paycheck

Maggie Perkins Maggie Perkins, 30, engaged in “quiet quitting” while working as a teacher beginning in 2018. She actually quit in 2020 because “the conditions were not sustainable to have a quality of life.” Now, she’s trying to help others avoid burnout while staying engaged and collecting a paycheck. Maggie Perkins loved being a teacher….

A billionaire who backed Jeff Bezos and Larry Page said not investing in ‘slightly crazy’ Elon Musk was ‘probably the worst investment decision of all time’

Maja Hitij/Getty Images John Doerr said he missed an opportunity to invest in Tesla in 2007. The venture capitalist chose to invest in a competitor that later went bankrupt instead. Doerr has been known for backing several key companies, including Amazon, Google, and Twitter. Billionaire investor John Doerr said passing up on an opportunity to…