‘A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business’

As we move further into 2024, the landscape of work is undergoing significant transformations. Driven by technological advancements, evolving employee expectations, and shifting global economic conditions, businesses must adapt to stay competitive and thrive. This blog post explores the key emerging trends in business for 2024 and offers insights on how organizations can navigate these…

As if high gas prices weren’t making life miserable enough, California drivers are being buffeted by higher auto insurance premiums — if they can find coverage at all. Frustrated by state regulations, a number of insurers have limited the new policies their agents can sell in California. Barbara Caudana, a personal line account manager for…

Business & FinanceGovernment 14 December 2023, 5:25 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation.  Market Impact Raiffeisen’s presence…

The Institute of Fiscal Studies says higher interest rates have increased costs of financing the system.

This spring, six different Amazon employees claimed they were wrongfully terminated by the company in retaliation for their involvement in organizing to improve working conditions. Now, at least one of those workers, Courtney Bowden of Pennsylvania, will have her case heard before a judge. Although a victory would mean little in terms of punitive damages,…

Sylvia Rook, lead officer for fair trading at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, said that based on information provided by Panorama, replacing country-of-origin labels with “Made in the UK” ones in this way was “incorrect” and “could potentially mislead consumers”.