The End Of Cash Takes A Step Closer

London's buses have gone cashless. From July 6, you can't use coins or banknotes on buses – you can only use London's “ Oyster” prepaid smartcards, its short-term general travel tickets known as “Travelcards”, or contactless bank cards. You can still buy Travelcards and top-up Oyster cards with cash, of course. But paying the driver of the bus with the last of your small change is now a thing of the past.

Larry Page's Vision Of Society Is Shockingly Similar To What John Maynard Keynes Once Predicted

Google CEO Larry Page recently participated in a fireside chat with Khosla Ventures, where among other things he offered his view on the state of the economy and labor. People are endlessly musing on the future of the labor market these days, given the idea that robots can perform more and more jobs that were once thought to be the sole domain of humans, and because tech-enabled productivity has enabled a few lucky people to reap huge fortunes with relatively few workers.

Three Questions to Ask About the Dispute Resolution Process

Dispute resolution is often a multistep process that can start with negotiation, move on to mediation, and, if necessary, end in arbitration or litigation.

This progression allows parties to start off, quite naturally, with less-expensive, less-formal procedures before making bigger commitments of money and time.

Still, there may be situations in which you wonder if it would be better to sue first and then aim for a settlement, rather than starting with a more collegial process.

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