Southern California’s bosses added 80,700 workers in the past year to a record 8.06 million jobs – but that hiring pace is roughly half of the pre-pandemic job market’s gains. My trusty spreadsheet – filled with state job figures for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties – compared employment changes for the region … Read more
The tech race is on, and Europe is falling behind. In seven of the eight critical technologies that will shape the future – from space tech to quantum computing – we lag other economies. Targets for big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud adoption are slipping out of reach. Our GDP growth has stagnated while … Read more
In the line of fire Criticism of EU corporate disclosure regulation is not new. In a leaked policy paper drafted by former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the minister said Berlin should seek to abolish the EU regulation on sustainability reporting rules, among others. The suggestion echoed one made by French Prime Minister Michele Barnier … Read more
And, with its point-to-point travel options, business aviation enables travellers to fly directly to hundreds of airports that are not reached, either directly or at all, by commercial airline services. That provides quick, flexible travel solutions for companies, particularly those with multi-site operations or in underserved regions. The sector’s impact extends far beyond its immediate … Read more
“I am ready to represent everyone in Poland,” Nawrocki told a PiS convention in Kraków, Poland’s second-largest city and its longtime historic capital, referencing his working class background. “I’ve led a normal and humble life,” Nawrocki added in a swipe at Trzaskowski, whom PiS has long painted as elitist. “Millions believed Poland could get better, … Read more
He appeared to get support on Thursday from the influential Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau, who argued that “the balance of risks on growth and inflation is … shifting to the downside,” and that possible U.S. tariffs are unlikely to change the eurozone inflation outlook in particular. The ECB cut its benchmark … Read more
Last Updated:November 21, 2024, 14:32 IST With over 2.3 lakh drivers and more than 50 lakh customers, Namma Yatri now facilitates an average of 1.6 lakh trips daily across Karnataka. In November alone, nearly 500 trips were completed, with 300 drivers already joining the platform. Namma Yatri (NY), the Bengaluru-based mobility app dedicated to empowering … Read more
Consider Anca Gheorghe, a 23-year-old Roma woman from Romania. She attended a poorly resourced school with unqualified teachers and faced unfair discrimination, leaving her with limited opportunities. Left with virtually no other options, she joined an EU-funded vocational program to train as a hairdresser, hoping for financial independence. Yet, there are already enough hairdressers in … Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit in the third quarter of the year 2024 reached SR 30 billion, according to data released by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance on Monday, November 4. The date reports revealed that the Kingdom’s oil revenues recorded a growth of 1 percent in the first nine months of 2024, while … Read more
Speaking Dutch is central to this, van den Broeck believes. “Dutch is part of our DNA” as Flemish people, he said. Migration drives shifts “Brussels has always been a multilingual city because it’s centered at the border between the Roman- and the German-speaking territories,” explained VUB researcher Saeys. Waves of migration after World War II … Read more
