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Do you distrust the companies that profit from the goods and services you buy? Research suggests most of us do. (Shutterstock)

Why we think businesses are out to get us

Research shows that consumers don’t like it when businesses make money. Why?
Apple’s Tim Cook believes access to high-skill immigrants is a key source of American innovation. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Hiring highly educated immigrants leads to more innovation and better products

New research shows recruiting high-skilled immigrants leads to a ‘meaningful’ increase in innovation – and even more than spending money on research and development.
Indonesia has decided that state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina will take over the Rokan block, in Riau, from Chevron when the US energy firm’s operating contract expires in 2021. www.shutterstock.com

Pertamina gets Rokan oil block from Chevron. What does this tell us?

The recent Rokan block deal signals a shift to a more nationalist agenda, but Indonesia’s government is still pursuing other more outward-looking economic policies.

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