In the UK, workers are so worried about the cost of living crisis that it is affecting their performance at work, with two-thirds of managers reporting issues such as rising absenteeism and lack of engagement among stressed staff. In a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) survey of more than 1,000 managers and team leaders, 71% said …
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Protests and violence are so routine in Bangladesh that treating the ongoing crackdown on opponents of Sheikh Hasina as anything other than the noise generated by the election might seem like a stretch. From the latest deaths of opposition activists in police shootings, and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanding an “interim” administration that …
More than $400 billion in market value has been wiped from European tech companies since the peak of the 2021 boom, as venture capital deals hit a wall in late summer. The continent’s start-ups enjoyed a funding frenzy in 2021, leading to the creation of more than 100 “unicorns” – tech start-ups valued at over …
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Since the late 1990s, China has been the big beast in global oil markets, driving demand for the oil and other commodities it used to fuel double-digit economic growth every year for many years. then high single-digit growth for years. . As recently as 2017, China’s high economic growth rate still allowed it to overtake …
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Ssomething strange is happening in the UK labor market. Even as unemployment nears its lowest level since the mid-1970s and businesses across the country struggle to recruit enough staff to fill positions, growing numbers of people are leaving the labor market altogether. work. Rising economic inactivity – when working-age adults are not in and looking …
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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Most American workers dream of a comfortable retirement. Yet many find that their money falls short of this goal when they reach their golden years. Much of the problem is related to …
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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Most American workers dream of a comfortable retirement. Yet many find that their money falls short of this goal when they reach their golden years. Much of the problem is related to …
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“Every time he opens his mouth, he increases his civil and criminal liability,” said Niki Christoff, a Washington-based strategy consultant who previously held senior positions in political communications at Uber and Google. “It costs nothing to be quiet, but he can’t seem to do it.” FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the …
VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early-season revelers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas Market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city has yet to decorate its granite-clad pedestrian streets with twinkling Christmas lights as officials debate the brightness of the season during an energy …
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More than a year after one of China’s biggest property developers began collapsing, unrest has spread to cities across the country. Dozens of other developers also defaulted on debt payments, sales of new homes plummeted and construction cranes stopped at many sites. This week, the Chinese government, which so far has remained largely on the …
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