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How A Company Works When 100% Of The Staff Is Virtual | Fast Company |

We already do a lot of our work away from our cubicles, so a totally virtual office isn’t that far of a stretch.

A wide variety of professional roles can be performed remotely, and half of American employees hold a job that’s compatible with telework, says Sutton Fell. The most popular virtual positions are creative director, UI developer, visual design engineer, accountant, and marketing manager, according to the FlexJobs study.

Source: How A Company Works When 100% Of The Staff Is Virtual | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

Secretive ex-billionaire gives away the last of his fortune

Asked about his ambitions, Mr Feeney once said: “I want the last cheque I write to bounce.”

As a businessman, Chuck Feeney was remorseless in his pursuit of profit, squirreling away his fortune in tax havens and always driving a hard bargain. Having achieved a cash pile of some £4bn, he has been no less assiduous in giving all of it away.

Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation set up by the 83-year-old American billionaire with the instruction to dispense his entire fortune before his death, made one of its final donations today, after three decades of giving, by pledging nearly £25m to Northern Ireland.

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