Mercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed 100 drop-offs to strategically placed vans in Zurich with a perfect safety record and more deliveries are planned for next year. About 50 individual
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A 14.93-carat pink diamond ring sold for about $32 million at Christie's in Hong Kong, at the low end of estimates in a volatile market for gems, while a vintage Patek Philippe set a record auction price for a wristwatch in Asia. Pink Promise diamond. Source: Christie's. The oval stone, set in a ring
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Dan Hood writes that too many accounting firms are fighting a war on talent, i.e., complaining about millennials and their demands. However, the upshot is that firms who ignore this shift do so at their own peril. “[W]hat the Millennials want is, first, perfectly reasonable, and second, worth spending time on
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But they do make for a busy January in many accounting and compliance departments. Truncated SSNs/TINs. The PATH Act replaced the requirement that employers include employees' Social Security numbers on copies of Forms W-2 furnished to employees, with use of an “identifying number” for the
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SoftBank Group Corp. and a group of investors are trying to buy a stake in Uber Technologies Inc. at a sizable discount to the company's $69 billion valuation, seeking to clinch what would be one of the largest purchases of stock in a private company.
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