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Enlarge / Is there any justice in this vast sea of cubicles? (credit: Disney) After months of high-profile mistakes and employee legal actions, the data quality assurance company Leapforce has been acquired by its rival, Appen. For years, Leapforce was one of the biggest “work at home” employers in Silicon Valley, providing task work to […]
Published time: 19 Nov, 2017 22:13 Iran’s foreign minister has said Saudi Arabia accusing Tehran of “destabilization” can only be described as “ironic,” as his nation is involved in successful talks on the Syrian peace process, while the Saudis are provoking new regional crises. Tehran has been working with international partners, such as Russia and […]
THE president’s tax promise has always been clear: he will reduce the amount middle-earners, but not rich Americans, must pay. Yet every time Donald Trump releases a plan, analysts say it does almost the opposite. The Tax Policy Centre, a think-tank, recently filled in the blanks in the latest Republican tax proposals and concluded that […]
They have suffered losses of up to £607 as the Government wages war on air pollution linked to diesel engines. Plans including “toxin taxes” and “scrappage schemes” have forced down diesel prices by an average of nearly six per cent as used car buyers switch to petrol. Details of the latest headache for diesel-owners are […]
(In our coverage of Game of Thrones season 7, we’ll be examining each episode with one simple question in mind – which character is winning the game of thrones this week?) Game of Thrones season premieres are always about table setting. Where is everyone right now? What are they doing? Where are they going? What do […]
JUST what is the point of a minimum wage? It seems a straightforward enough question to answer. Minimum wages are designed to protect vulnerable workers who might otherwise lack the bargaining power to command a decent pay package. They are a means to limit severe poverty among those in work. Yet they also attract opposition […]
Express Sport understands the Manchester United captain looks destined to leave Old Trafford after playing a bit-part role under Jose Mourinho last season. The Portuguese boss has £200million to spend on new signings and has already bought in Victor Lindelof from Benfica. He wants to get his transfer business done early and has made finding […]
Decades after a wave of Cuban refugees landed in Florida, a dispute among economists over their economic impact is echoing in today’s fights over immigration. WSJ.com: What’s News US
British workers have seen their real-terms pay fall for the first time in three years as employers refuse to increase wages in line with inflation. Excluding bonuses, wages went up 2.1 percent in the three months to March – the weakest rise since July last year. Read more By contrast, inflation rose 2.3 percent in […]
TRIMLY DRESSED deliverymen, polite and punctual, are ubiquitous in Japan. So it was shocking to see one of them kicking his parcels and hurling his trolley outside a block of Tokyo flats after apparently finding no one at home. Captured on a camera phone last December, this incident of “parcel rage” went viral, forcing Sagawa […]
