Finance Industry

It's the end of an era for the legacy pot growers of California. The green rush has turned into a crush, and the small farmer is being left behind. With regulations being complicated and burdensome and big business hitting the industry hard, you must evolve or go extinct. Your survival is not dependent on changing who you are but, rather, how you conduct business. The good news is that you have everything you need to succeed.

Banking on It is the firsthand account of one woman's quest to rebuild Britain's broken banking system. After a lengthy career at the top of some of Britain's leading banks, Anne Boden had become disillusioned with the status quo - the financial crash had broken trust in the whole sector, but there seemed to be little appetite to make the most of emerging technologies to revolutionise customer experience. Increasingly frustrated with the inertia within the industry, she decided to shake things up herself by doing something totally radical - setting up her own bank.

Years of consolidation, price-fixing, and power grabs by elite industry insiders have harmed consumers and caused environmental destruction. And while that’s hurting us, it’s also making others rich. Now, financial journalist Chloe Sorvino presents a “deeply informed and eye-opening” (Publishers Weekly) look at the meat industry and its future as its fundamental weaknesses are laid bare for all to see.

Whether you’re new to real estate or a seasoned vet who is simply trying to expand your portfolio, industrial property investment is one of the best ways for anyone to generate massive returns on their investments.

Heidi is writing a script to explain the financial industry, based on how the men within it approach romance. Her clueless heroine is looking for a Wall Street husband, but who’s the best option? The trader? The investment banker? The venture capitalist? Scene by sizzling scene, Heidi considers their assets. What she wants for certain is a happy ending - but when she hits a dead end, it might take a real-life finance guy to show her what a long-term investment really looks like.

Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore. In this richly detailed and eye-opening audiobook, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers - General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola - he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits.

Unlock the Future with "The Metaverse: Beyond Imagination" — Your Essential Guide to the Digital Revolution Transforming Every Industry Step into the exciting world of the Metaverse—a groundbreaking digital universe that transcends gaming and science fiction to revolutionize how we live, work, and connect. This comprehensive guide takes you on an immersive journey through the Metaverse’s transformative impact across key industries such as education, healthcare, finance, tourism, and more. In "The Metaverse: Beyond Imagination," discover how this emerging digital frontier is reshaping ...

This book is different. Why? Because in short, bite-size chapters I will show you how the asset management industry works. Most other books on asset management focus on portfolio management. I will instead show you a 360-degree view of the industry, covering topics including: the industry's main asset managers, who the main types of clients are, and most importantly, how people within the money management industry look at themselves.

In Sold Out, Michelle Malkin and John Miano reveal the worst perpetrators screwing America's high-skilled workers, how and why they're doing it - and what we must do to stop them. In this audiobook, they will name names and expose the lies of those who pretend to champion the middle class while aiding and abetting massive layoffs of highly skilled American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor.

Jamie Merisotis, author of the award-winning 2016 book America Needs Talent, argues that people will coexist with smart machines by learning, earning, and serving others over their lifetimes. But Merisotis asserts large-scale change is necessary to develop and hone the knowledge, skills, and abilities that render us uniquely human. These qualities include compassion, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and interpersonal communication.

It’s no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned by millions of retirees. Employers blame an aging workforce, stock market losses, and spiraling costs - a perfect storm of external forces that has forced them to take drastic measures. But this so-called retirement crisis is no accident. Award-winning investigative reporter Ellen E. Schultz reveals how large companies and the retirement industry - benefits consultants, insurance companies, and banks - have all played a huge, hidden role in the death spiral of American pensions and benefits.

Mazzucato and Collington expertly debunk the myth that consultancies always add value to the economy. With a wealth of original research, they argue brilliantly for investment and collective intelligence within all organizations and communities, and for a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good. We must recalibrate the role of consultants and rebuild economies and governments that are fit for purpose.

If you listen to the tech crowd, they'll tell you that the insurance world is slow to adapt and needs to be disrupted. If you listen to the insurance crowd, they'll tell you that insurance goes hand in hand with technological advancement. The truth is that the insurance world is slow to react to change, especially in adopting new technologies. Barry Rabkin tells the story about how the insurance industry appears to have an awkwardly intimate relationship with technology.

In From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets for Traditional Finance, leading finance innovator Annelise Osborne bridges the gap between the "hoodies" who invented the technology behind digital assets and the "suits" who run traditional financial markets, in an entertaining and insightful guide for implementing digital assets in an institutional environment.

The best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor. Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in Bait and Switch, she enters another hidden realm of the economy: the world of the white-collar unemployed.

This is an essential read for anyone curious about AI and its effects on our world.In this new eBook, you'll explore the cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence and the far-reaching implications for our future. From the finance industry to healthcare, entertainment and even creative arts, AI is disrupting every aspect of our lives. Dive into the fascinating world of AI as you journey through 20 thought-provoking chapters. You'll explore the history of AI and its impact on the job market, the different types of AI, and how it is revolutionizing healthcare, education, and ...

Fields, Factories, and Workshops (1898) was one of Kropotkin's three most important texts (along with The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid - also available on Ukemi Audiobooks). Its subtitle - Industry Combined with Agriculture and Brain Work with Manual Work - indicates that although he starts from a Marxist standpoint, concerned with the exploitation of the wage-labourer and the inequality suffered by the majority of the social classes, he was equally concerned with the 'human needs of the individual’.

In The Company Town, Hardy Green, who has covered American business for over a decade, offers a compelling analysis of the emergence of these communities and their role in shaping the American economy, beginning in the country's earliest years....

Encore tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next 30 years on a golf course. These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade away. As they search for a calling in the second half of life and focus on what matters most, these individuals stand to transform the nature of work in America.

MegaWealth™ shows you how to map your unique wealth path to join the 25,000 self-made families worth over $100 million in the US without needing to come from families with connections, to know people, or be born in Silicon Valley or NYC. The next hundred millionaires shouldn't just be those who knew someone in New York or Silicon Valley and grew up hearing stories of Wall Street, board directors, venture capital, and private equity. You don't need to be from a certain family or region, but you do need to know the paths, start early enough, work hard, and have some talent and luck.