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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 260: Business Trends.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 260. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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Our episode is called “Business Trends.” Let's get started.

Today, I’m going to be giving you a brief overview of the trends that are likely to affect our industry in the next ten years. It’s difficult to predict the fads that affect how the general public thinks and behaves. However, by looking at recent polls, we have a good idea about one area that is likely to have a dramatic influence on the way we do business down the line.

The trend that I’m talking about is the environment. The biggest concern right now across major business industries here and in other parts of the world is about how “going green” will affect company outlook.