Today, white-collar jobs might be known as non-collar jobs, considering the many knowledge workers who make calls from sofas in T-shirts and sweats. Remote work is an unevenly distributed privilege during the lockdown. While some employees are able to avoid…
Joe Biden condemned anti-government protests in Brazil as the White House faced calls from Congress to expel Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of the Latin American country, from the US, where he has remained since leaving office. “Canada, Mexico and…
It’s time again for the annual forecast for markets and the economy. After going 5-for-5 in 2021, last year was harder to predict. War, energy crisis and China’s Covid obsession will do it. I’d call the 2022 prediction two-for-two, with…
If 2022 proves anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. Just as businesses breathed a sigh of relief that the worst prospect of a pandemic was over, Russia invaded Ukraine. Then summer comes and the world sadly breaks records on climate…
Brazilian police have begun dismantling dozens of anti-government protest camps across the country after days of violence in which supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. Heavily armed police began on Monday…
vitapix | E+ | Getty Images Recent government job data shows the US labor market is still strong, with the unemployment rate at a low 3.5%. “The unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in 50 years,” President Joe…
Elon Musk’s gambit to lower Tesla prices in China may have backfired as angry owners protested the new vehicle’s price over the weekend. Feeling the heat from local rival BYD, Tesla lowered the entry point for its two main model…
The author is a former board member of the Office of Rail and Road and is president of the Infrastructure Forum Britain’s railways have bigger problems than weeks of industrial action. They really need a structure that works. They need…
The outlook for Uber has improved, and this will lead to better stock performance in 2023, according to Piper Sandler. Analyst Alexander Potter upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral, saying that rising inflation will prompt consumers to buy more…
Economists have since joined websites with sexual harassment and bullying content in an effort to curb behavior that has long plagued the profession. At this year’s meeting in New Orleans of the American Economic Association, the largest professional organization in…