Business Spotlight – Page 4
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Business Spotlight: Should taxi apps be regulated?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about Uber, a new company that is competing in more and more cities with existing taxi companies.
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Business Spotlight: Stop the supermarket monsters
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about supermarket chains and consumer habits.
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Business Spotlight: Masters of the elements
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the Netherlands and how the country’s geography has led the Dutch to be especially innovative and creative.
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Business Spotlight: Should digital giants be broken up?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, explores the possible regulation of digital giant companies.
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Business Spotlight: The web of ideas
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about important inventions that we probably now take for granted.
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Business Spotlight: The man who fell to Earth
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the early ambitions and career of Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield.
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Business Spotlight: Should staff have unlimited holidays?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, explores the question of unlimited holidays for staff.
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Business Spotlight: Geek-in-chief
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. Students discuss women in top positions and the character traits of their ideal boss.
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Business Spotlight: An impossible dream?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on the American Dream and life in the USA.
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Business Spotlight: When Superman died
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on the well-known comic figure, Superman, and the creators’ daring decision to kill him off to improve sales.
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Business Spotlight: Would independence help Scotland?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on whether becoming independent would be beneficial for Scotland.
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Business Spotlight: Selling yourself
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about how to brand and sell yourself at work.
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Business Spotlight: Invisible man
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, a man who could be famous, but isn’t.
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Business Spotlight: Have marketers become spies?
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, questions whether consumers are aware of how much they are being spied on and how their digital data is used.
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Business Spotlight: MOOCs: A rising tide
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the rising popularity of MOOCs and covers strategies for looking at the pronunciation of acronyms.
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Business Spotlight: When eBay bought Skype
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about eBay’s acquisition of Skype. Teacher’s notes cover strategies for looking at the detail of written language.
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Business Spotlight: Quiet, please
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about being an introvert in, what can sometimes seem like, an extrovert’s world.
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Business Spotlight: Low-cost air travel
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the emergence of low-cost travel and South West Airlines.
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Business Spotlight: Should we ban fracking?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about whether hydraulic fracturing should be banned.
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Business Spotlight: Wild West of new business
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the emergence of young, innovative companies funded by small investors through crowdfunding sites.