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Kim Kardashian has been fined by the SEC $1.26 million to settle a probe into her publicity of Emax crypto coin as a pump-and-dump scheme. Is this right? Is this just a tap on the wrist? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

Should TikTok be banned? That was a question posed to NYU Stern Professor Scott Galloway on his recent appearance on Bill Maher's show. He raised interesting points around data and privacy, but the more interesting point is the market gap that would open up if TikTok were banned. TikTok's market penetration to 1 billion monthly active users took half the time that it took Instagram. Would a US-based TikTok-equivalent startup be able to grab share even faster? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

With talks of trying to drive greater efficiency and productivity at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai is hinting at impending cuts at the technology behemoth. And Google is really just another tech giant in a line of tech giants that is taking on the trend of workforce productivity decline in spite of higher wage growth. Is enough enough when it comes to the business environment? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

Television star and social media influencer Kim Kardashian and former Carlyle Group Partner Jay Sammons have launched a new private equity firm, SKKY, that will focus on media and consumer businesses. The firm will leverage Kardashian's influence and Sammons' investing pedigree to make investments in a diverse catalog of companies. Is this a good idea? All signs point to it being a no brainer. To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

New data from Gallup indicates that 50% of the US workforce is made up of Quiet Quitters. What does this mean for the workforce over the long term? And what does this mean for employers looking to hire in this day and age? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

Job market data keeps confounding economists and practitioners in the field of talent acquisition and operations as it becomes more unclear whether the economy is in a good place or not. Are we just in a place where the labor markets are trying to find equilibrium? Are companies adjusting their human capital infrastructure to pre-COVID levels? Or are these layoffs really a sign that a downturn is here - or coming? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

There never has been a better time to be the company that invests in a honest, authentic employer brand - one that doesn't lie or mislead job candidates about the employee experience.To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

There is a video being shared on Twitter and TikTok of a worker at a large tech company sharing her day at work that is getting a lot of views and catalyzing a lot of conversation around office perks and what it means to be productive at work. In the video, the worker appears to get very little actual work done while taking advantage of all the perks the company office space has to offer. But is this becoming the norm in a world where workers have so much leverage?To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

US labor productivity fell for a 2nd straight quarter while US labor unit costs went up. This is a bad mix when we are staring at the wall that is inflation. As companies pay more and more for less productivity, it is inevitable that the price of goods and services goes up. To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.

Between the low unemployment numbers reported last week and the number of open jobs, the idea that the US economy is in a recession is a difficult one to see. But, could there be another reason why the economy is slowing and we've seen two-quarters of back-to-back falling GDP? To learn more about Daggerfinn's employer branding and growth strategies practice, visit us at https://daggerfinn.com.