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In China, You Can Share Everything From Bikes And BMWs To Treadmills
Backed by a torrent of venture capital, China has gone sharing mad with everything from treadmills to karaoke booths and napping capsules all up for short-term rent - and at the click of a smartphone. AFP lists a number of the services that have come (and gone) in China in the last 18 months.
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How An Umbrella-Sharing Start-Up Lost Nearly All Its 300,000 Umbrellas
Only three months into starting up operations in 11 cities across China, Sharing E Umbrella announced that it lost almost all of its umbrellas, reports South China Morning Post. Here's what happened to their nearly 300,000 umbrellas.
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Americans Shift Away From Traditional Jobs: Study
More than 42 million Americans are part of the independent workforce, representing a shift away from traditional jobs as more people join sectors such as the "on-demand" economy, a study showed Tuesday.
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In China, You Can Share Everything From Bikes And BMWs To Treadmills
Backed by a torrent of venture capital, China has gone sharing mad with everything from treadmills to karaoke booths and napping capsules all up for short-term rent - and at the click of a smartphone. AFP lists a number of the services that have come (and gone) in China in the last 18 months.
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How An Umbrella-Sharing Start-Up Lost Nearly All Its 300,000 Umbrellas
Only three months into starting up operations in 11 cities across China, Sharing E Umbrella announced that it lost almost all of its umbrellas, reports South China Morning Post. Here's what happened to their nearly 300,000 umbrellas.
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Americans Shift Away From Traditional Jobs: Study
More than 42 million Americans are part of the independent workforce, representing a shift away from traditional jobs as more people join sectors such as the "on-demand" economy, a study showed Tuesday.
