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Markets Nov. 10, 2020, 12:43 AM

Zoom tumbles 16% as Pfizer’s vaccine success drags on work-from-home stocks

Zoom dove as much as 16% in early Monday trading after Pfizer’s encouraging COVID-19 drug results dragged stay-at-home stocks lower. The pharmaceutical company announced Monday morning that it’s experimental coronavirus drug was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in trial participants. The news lifted global stocks, particularly those for […]

Markets Aug. 28, 2020, 10:37 PM

Workday leaps 12% after beating earnings expectations on work-from-home demand

Workday jumped as much as 12% in early Friday trading after beating estimates for second-quarter earnings and revenue. The company also raised its guidance for full-year subscription revenue above Wall Street’s forecast. Workday promoted Co-President Chano Fernandez to co-CEO, where he’ll serve alongside CEO Aneel Bhusri. The firm’s better-than-expected results […]

Markets Jul. 16, 2020, 4:33 AM

There’s a tax deduction for people working from home, but it won’t apply to most remote workers during the pandemic

The home office deduction is only available to self-employed people who use their home “regularly and exclusively” for business during the tax year. If you meet those requirements, you may be entitled to a partial deduction for expenses like utilities, mortgage interest, depreciation, and insurance. If you started working from […]

Strategy Apr. 20, 2020, 2:20 AM

Employees across the globe are working remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are 18 high-paying jobs you can do from home.

The spread of the coronavirus has led to millions of layoffs, and over 10 million Americans filed for unemployment in March. The pandemic has also put more than a third of the population under a social distancing restriction to prevent further spread of the virus where they are either required […]

Markets Apr. 4, 2020, 1:12 AM

There’s a tax deduction for people working from home, but it won’t apply to most remote workers during the pandemic

Millions of Americans are working from home to curb the spread of the coronavirus and now wondering whether they can claim a tax deduction. The home office deduction is only available to self-employed people who use their home “regularly and exclusively” for business. If you meet those requirements, you may […]

Strategy Nov. 2, 2017, 6:49 AM

One of the biggest perks of the modern workplace is disappearing

In the 1980s, IBM was a pioneer in the...

Strategy Sep. 3, 2016, 7:55 AM

Employees across the globe are working remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the perks and perils of working from home, according to people who have done it for years.

Apple, Google, Amazon, and several companies across the globe have asked employees to work from home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The debate over whether companies should allow their employees to work from home has been fairly polarising in the past. Some executives say encouraging remote work […]