Thinking About Quitting Your Job? The Pros and Cons of Self-Employment

Has the thought of working for yourself ever crossed your mind? Before making a decision, read this first.

Has the thought of working for yourself ever crossed your mind? Before making a decision, read this first.
Fiverr’s dramatic stock collapse on Wednesday is proving to be a real-time example of how artificial intelligence is decimating the gig economy. Shares of online freelance marketplace Fiverr International (Nasdaq: FVRR) were down over 20% midday Wednesday at the time of this writing, after the company reported lackluster second-quarter 2026 fiscal earnings. Fiverr reported $97.78…
TikTok is reportedly testing a membership program for U.S. shoppers, similar to Amazon Prime. That’s according to a report Friday (July 24) from Business Insider, citing screenshots of the offering seen by its journalists. According to the report, the program is called TikTok Shop Plus, built into the social media company’s eCommerce platform. It offers…
Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has acquired more than 25.7 acres of land in Pune’s Mulshi taluka for a combined consideration of Rs 16.42 crore, according to property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix. The transaction comprises four adjoining agricultural land parcels in Village Pimpri, Taluka Mulshi, District Pune, purchased from Sriram Luthra,…
You’ve purchased a new piece of furniture and paid for door-to-door delivery. When it arrives, the package is unloaded from the truck and left at your front gate. The problem? It’s still nowhere near your door. Now, it’s up to you to get it the rest of the way. That is what firms are doing…
Grayscale Investments, a key player in digital asset management, has taken another step to broaden its lineup of cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by submitting a registration statement for a spot Worldcoin ETF. This move underscores the firm’s ongoing commitment to providing investors with regulated access to emerging crypto assets amid a maturing market for such…
Following a targeted report on VASPs and digital assets, the FATF [Financial Action Task Force], a global coordinator of financial standards and illicit activity, has filed a report on decentralized finance, or DeFi. FATF standards are followed, and at times adhered to, by approximately 200 countries. The targeted report on DeFi highlights the ‘regulatory challenges”…