Business
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Why Manhattan’s Skyscrapers Are Empty
In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant. Derek Thompson The Atlantic Such is the…
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A life of long weekends is alluring, but the shorter working day may be more practical
When financial services company Perpetual Guardian in New Zealand trialled eight Fridays off in a row, its 240 staff reported…
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Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn slams prosecutors, likens arrest to Pearl Harbour attack
Fugitive auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday accused Nissan and Japanese prosecutors of plotting against him as he staged an…
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Ross Garnaut’s climate change prediction is coming true and it’s going to cost Australia billions, experts warn
In the 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review, which examined the scientific evidence around the impacts of climate change on Australia…
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‘Damaging for jobs’: Australian business says the four-day week wouldn’t work
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox said the idea of employees working part-time for a full-time wage is not…
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People who second-guess themselves make worse decisions, study finds
“Trust your gut.” It’s something we’ve all heard (and probably even expressed at one time or another), an exhortation to…
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Say Goodbye to Banking as We Know It
There will be no counting the disruption. So is China readying its own Bitcoin? Banish the thought. Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg…
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What ever happened to the Irish salmon farming industry?
Smoked salmon has become such a staple of the Irish diet in recent decades that when families sat down to…
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Low interest rates can cause a baby boom, Bank of England suggests
Researchers at the UK’s central bank set out to investigate whether its policy and mortgage rates can impact couples’ decisions…
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Tesco withdraws Christmas cards from sale after forced labour claims
Tesco says it has suspended production at a factory in China alleged to have forced foreign prisoners to help make…
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Trade, Not Aid, Is the Way to Persuade Pakistan to Buck China’s Influence
Last month, Alice Wells, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia, delivered a scathing critique of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…
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Great Australian Bight: Norwegian energy company given environmental approval to drill for oil
The Norwegian energy giant Equinor has been granted environment approval for its controversial bid to drill to explore for oil…
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The EU’s China moment
Talk of a federal state has long fallen out of fashion in Brussels — but the Green Deal climate program could change…
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Queensland school runs out of water as commercial bottlers harvest local supplies
The Tamborine Mountain state school has run out of water, even as water miners in the Gold Coast hinterland are…
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‘Italexit’ returns as League official renews euro exit campaign
ROME — Matteo Salvini’s far-right League is bringing back its flagship campaign to exit the euro. Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli Politico…
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In Trade War, EU Is Force to Be Reckoned With, Netherlands Warns
Adding to growing calls for the bloc to do more to boost its economic sovereignty, Wopke Hoekstra said in an…
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