A man wears a mask while walking through the empty streets of Beijing, January 27 2020.
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When cinemas closed down, Huanxi Media Group turned a crisis into an opportunity.
Look familiar?
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Stress, and more chronic exhaustion such as burnout, is commonplace within the modern workplace.
Happy holiday!
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Why hit the beach on holiday when you can use your annual leave to be ill at home instead?
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The privatisation of the UK’s railways has been fraught with problems but it can’t get any worse for Northern’s passengers.
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Ignore business books which promise to reveal the secret formula of success – usually it’s down to luck.
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With planes grounded, and money lost, the firm is at a pivotal point in its history.
From premium to premiums.
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It seems no traditional finance company is safe from the marauding tech giants.
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At the time of the 2016 referendum, there were widespread fears that Brexit would unleash a contagion effect among other member states.
Remain voters overwhelmingly prioritise a deal with the EU.
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How the public ranks different post-Brexit trade partners and which sections of the economy they prioritise.
Roosting time.
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After Theresa May passed the buck, her successor has put pragmatism first.
Below ground level.
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Will the all-time lowest rate in the world of -0.75% be enough for these alpine explorers?
Don’t take too long.
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Tilting toilets are the latest suggestion to limit time spent on the loo at work.
Let battle commence.
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The US reaction to the UK’s digital tax proposals is like 1765 all over again.
China in lockdown.
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How China appears to have learned from its response to the SARS crisis of 2003.
Gotcha.
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From wearables with monitoring chips to face scanners that assess your contentment, workplace surveillance seems to be going in one direction.
Supply chains can add a lot to a company’s carbon footprint.
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Supply chains can amount to four times an organisation’s own operational carbon footprint.
Forever?
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How many people realise that the central banks’ great programme for reviving the global economy involves hand-picking which companies and sectors to help out?
Mercedes’ new electric SUV is made by Daimler which has complained to the European Commission about Nokia.
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Car makers need access to the latest telecoms technology, but Nokia refuses to grant licenses because manufacturers won’t pay up. So the disputes begin…
Automated for the people.
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Once algorithms go live on markets, they start behaving in ways that programmers could not have foreseen.
Core blimey.
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The iPhone maker’s tremendous stock rally has got nothing to do with fundamentals.
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Boris Johnson has proposed the public ‘bung a bob for a Big Ben bong’ to commemorate Brexit.
Johnson visiting Tony Blair’s former constituency of Sedgefield after the December election.
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When you look at what the PM is up against, the Brexit trade negotiations might almost seem like light relief.
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Four ways they can make work more fun and keep staff happy.
Not first class.
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The Modi boom was built on sand – and now the tide has come in.
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Research consistently finds that immigration has little, if any, impact on the employment prospects of UK-born workers. But it doesn’t account for possible regional variations.