THE UK has left the EU and there are new rules for doing business with Europe. CTS Projects, based in County Down and Dublin, has been looking into the changes ahead with the help of the UK Government website. The business provides facilities maintenance services for 30,000 homes and commercial properties across the Republic of […]
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In response to those concerns, the American Economic Association commissioned a survey of more than 9,000 current and former members that asked about their experiences in the field. The results, released in 2019, revealed a disturbing number of cases of harassment and outright sexual assault. And it found that subtler forms of bias were rampant: […]
Wall Street’s mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon. Shares in the troubled video game company more than doubled Wednesday to $91.71 apiece, the stock’s best day since Jan. 27, when it was going for $347.51 a share. A rally in GameStop has been rare since it fell back to earth early […]
Developing countries including territories in Latin America and the Caribbean are likely to find the pace of their post COVID-19 recovery significantly compromised notwithstanding the fact that during 2020, a full calendar year of the pandemic, they attracted a record share of global foreign direct investment, according to Investment Trends Monitor published by the United […]
Business Newsday Thursday 18 February 2021 The Industrial Court can assess damages for unfair termination on the basis of the principles of equity as contemplated by Section 10 of the Industrial Relations Act. FILE PHOTO – COURTNEY McNISH Section 10(5) of the Industrial Relations Act (IRA) provides the court with a wide range of powers […]
Having survived a tumultuous 2020, in which thousands of workers lost their jobs, and businesses closed, Barbadians are being put on notice that a most uncertain 2021 awaits them, as the island battles a wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday February 3, the country started a 15-day shut down until February 17, dubbed a […]
POUNDLAND is closing 44 shops temporarily from this Sunday due to the third coronavirus lockdown. The closures come after the retailer reported an 80% drop in customers visiting some stores. 1 Poundland is ‘hibernating’ 44 of its storesCredit: Getty Images – Getty The rest of Poundland’s 800 stores in the UK will remain open as […]
What is happening is known as a “steepening of the yield curve,” with long-term rates rising as short-term rates hold still. It tends to presage faster economic growth; it is the opposite of a “yield curve inversion,” which is known as a harbinger of recessions. But the flip side is that the moment appears to […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Lauren Foundos has excelled at just about everything she has put her mind to, from college sports and Wall Street trading to her Forte startup that takes workouts online. Being a woman in the overwhelmingly male world of venture capital was still a barrier — but, like many other female entrepreneurs, […]
After being disappointed by Budget 2020 for its lack of direct support towards businesses, which have suffered tremendously from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the collective private sector anticipated with hope that Budget 2021 would contain comparable fiscal measures like the billions granted to households and public sector employees last year. Regrettably, this was […]