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A new position called the “chief freelance officer” is starting to appear, according to a report by two French students from the Grenoble École de Management. The chief freelance officer “is responsible for creating a good experience for freelancers within the company,” according to a summary of the report. “In small companies, he is the … Read more‘Chief freelance officers’ starting to appear, report says
Qualified talent is not only more difficult to recruit, but it’s also more difficult to retain, according to a survey by jobs platform iHire. More than half of job seekers on its platform, 51.7%, left their jobs voluntarily in the past five years, and 75.5% said they planned to stay with their current employer no … Read moreQualified talent difficult to retain, survey finds 75.5% plan to leave within five years
Personal finance website WalletHub announced the 10 US cities with most rapid economic growth over the past seven years based on a review of 515 US cities. The fastest-growing cities are: Lehigh Acres, Florida Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Bend, Oregon Enterprise, Nevada Frisco, Texas Fort Myers, Florida Meridian, Idaho St. George, Utah Cape Coral, Florida … Read moreReport lists top 10 cities for economic growth in US
Software maker SAP SE, which owns the Fieldglass vendor management system, announced last week that its CEO Bill McDermott is stepping down. The Walldorf, Germany-based firm announced that Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein have been appointed co-CEOs effective immediately. Morgan most recently served as president of the company’s cloud business group, which included SAP Fieldglass, … Read moreSAP, owner of SAP Fieldglass VMS, names new CEOs
Xor, the developer of an artificial intelligence chatbot platform for recruiting, has raised $8.4 million in a seed funding round, VentureBeat reported Friday. Xor, based in San Francisco, tripled sales in the US and reached $2 million in annual recurring revenue, according to the report. Funds will be used to expand the company’s workforce of … Read moreAI chatbot maker Xor announces $8.4 million funding round (VentureBeat)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several labor laws last week, according to the California Employment Law Report. The laws give sexual harassment victims more time to file complaints, provide for a ban on forced arbitration and more. Please follow and like us:
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said state-run ONGC is free to sell its majority holding in oil refiner and fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, practically confirming the market view that the acquisition neither created synergy nor yielded any benefit for the flagship explorer. Please follow and like us:
THE FALL AND FALL OF INDIA’S FEMALE LABOUR PARTICIPATION RATE WHAT DOES THE DATA SHOW? India is an economic powerhouse on the global stage. It earned the moniker of the world’s fastest-growing major economy in… Please follow and like us:
THE FALL AND FALL OF INDIA’S FEMALE LABOUR PARTICIPATION RATE WHAT DOES THE DATA SHOW? India is an economic powerhouse on the global stage. It earned the moniker of the world’s fastest-growing major economy in… Please follow and like us:
Apple Inc. and CEO Tim Cook have gone big in efforts to capture consumers and profits in the People’s Republic of China, so the current outrage from the rest of the world over its obedience to the communist government – as it cracks down on dissent – appears to be a minor irritant not worth … Read moreApple CEO Tim Cook Caves to Communist China, Again
published 2019-10-14 11:29:00 by Bob Price New immigration procedures implemented by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) effectively disbanded a group of 2,000 mostly Central American caravan migrants. Immigration policies put in place following an agreement between Mexico and the Trump Administration broke up a caravan consisting of approximately 2,000 people from Central America, Africa, … Read moreTrump-Mexico Immigration Deal Breaks Up Caravan of 2000 Migrants
No one has been a more ardent defender of Lyft than our very own senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur. However, due to recent Lyft changes to rates and more, Jay is more than a little despondent. Below, 6 reasons why Jay doesn’t love Lyft anymore. Oh Lyft, what happened? I was your guy. You were … Read more6 Reasons Why I Don’t Love Lyft Anymore
A trio of Americans on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including Indian-born MIT professor, Abhijit Banerjee. Please follow and like us:
A trio of Americans on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work in the fight against poverty, including Indian-born MIT professor, Abhijit Banerjee. Please follow and like us:
I’m pleased to announce that I’m scheduled to return to CNBC this afternoon to comment on latest, fast-moving developments surrounding the U.S.-China trade talks and the “Phase One” deal announced last Friday. The segment is slated to begin at 2 PM EST and, as usual, if you can’t tune in, I’ll post a link to … Read moreMaking News: Back on CNBC this Afternoon, Piscopo & Breitbart Podcasts…& More!
STOCKHOLM — Indian-origin MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, his wife and one-time Ph.D student Esther Duflo, and Harvard professor Michael Kremer have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work which has “dramatically improved our ability to fight… Please follow and like us:
Australia’s economy, like much of the advanced world’s, is in a neoliberal trap. Austerity and inequality caused it, and only the working class can get us out. Office workers are reflected on a window of the Australian Securities Exchange building on November 10, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Daniel Munoz / Getty Images) The 1970s saw … Read morePiketty Down Under
The government on Thursday assured the ailing telecom industry that it is mindful of their financial problems, while giving hints that reserve prices for the upcoming spectrum auctions – including 5G airwaves – may be revised downwards in line with the demands of the industry. Please follow and like us:
Andrew is homeless in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When I offered him socks, Andrew showed me that he needed new shoes. He was hiking the Appalachian Trail, and his shoes wore out. Nine months ago, Andrew’s son died. He set out to … Continue reading → The post Andrew appeared first on Invisible People. Please follow and … Read moreAndrew
At the crack of dawn, he walked. Clad in black tracks and T-shirt, his feet licked by the gentle waves of the Bay of Bengal, his white facial hair shimmering in the first rays of… Please follow and like us:
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to be the new sultan of the Middle East by exporting his version of Islam into Europe and elsewhere. At present he is heading an attempt at genocide… Please follow and like us:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has seized and identified assets worth Rs 3,830 crore, including private jets and a yacht, in connection with its probe in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank money laundering case. The assets, both immovable and movable, will be attached under provisions of the Prevention of Money … Read moreSeized, identified assets worth Rs 3,830 crore in PMC Bank case: ED
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday enhanced the withdrawal limit for depositors of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank to Rs 40,000 from Rs 25,000 permitted earlier. Please follow and like us:
Contemporary wisdom is that the United States is a declining power. You don’t want to bet on that looking at the Nobel winners list. Americans continue to dominate the honors. They have won more than… Please follow and like us:
Biometric time clock systems are gaining popularity with businesses all over the world. This type of time clock system has the potential to save time and money and make it simpler to track hourly employees. Does that mean you should switch to using a biometric solution to track employee time? What are biometric time clocks? … Read more5 reasons firms are switching to biometric time clocks – should you?
| [S9 E39] In the first half of Economic Update this week, Professor Wolff discusses how and why socialism changed from what it meant in the 19th and 20th centuries (public enterprises… Please follow and like us:
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize, said Indian economy is on a shaky ground. The data available do not hold any assurance for the country’s economic revival anytime soon, he stated. “In the last five-six years, at least we could witness some growth, but now that assurance is also gone,” Banerjee … Read moreIndian economy on shaky ground: Nobel awardee
Looks can be deceiving. There is something innately satisfying about confirming suspicions. We see something, we draw conclusions, and then hopefully confirm them. That beautifully crafted dish is just as delicious as it looks. That frosted glass of beer is … Continue reading → The post How Highly Educated People End Up on the Streets … Read moreHow Highly Educated People End Up on the Streets
[S9 E39] In the first half of Economic Update this week, Professor Wolff discusses how and why socialism changed from what it meant in the 19th and 20th centuries (public enterprises…READ MORE Please follow and like us:
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Biden and Warren tie in Iowa, another debate looms, Harris continues to plummet, LBGTCrazy, indestructible Bernie is back on his feet, Yang is the new Ron Paul, and Beto is coming after your church. It’s your Democratic Presidential clown car update! Q3 Fundraising Only two new listings, in bold. Bernie Sanders: $25.3 million. Elizabeth Warren: … Read moreDemocratic Presidential Clown Car Update for October 14, 2019
Retail inflation based on consumer price index accelerated to 3.99 per cent in September against 3.28 per cent in August, government data showed on Monday. The figure came marginally below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) 4 per cent target. Please follow and like us:
Vishal Bhardwaj’s 2011 film 7 Khoon Maaf was based on a Ruskin Bond story. Priyanka Chopra played the protagonist Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes who bumps off many husbands one after the other. But as Ruskin said… Please follow and like us:
Abki Baar, Sattar Paar goes the BJP campaign slogan in Haryana, nicely in rhyme with its chief minister’s last name. ML Khattar has come a long way from his difficult initiation as an administrator. The… Please follow and like us:
Las Vegas, Oct 14 (IANS) Indian American beauty Shree Saini collapsed right before Miss World America final night of the competition. Shree will stay in a hospital for a “cardiac arrest watch”, says her mother. “Please pray for my daughter Shree Saini. This is Ekta Saini, Shree’s mom. Shree collapsed right before Miss World America final … Read moreIndian-American contestant collapses before Miss World America final night
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Bernie Sanders just released a landmark plan to shift ownership and control of the US economy away from the very affluent and towards workers and the public. Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally on July 18, 2015 in Phoenix, AZ. Charlie Leight / Getty Bernie Sanders released a proposal … Read moreBernie Wants You to Own More of the Means of Production
