Non-wage compensation is rising. But not everyone benefits
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The benefits gap between high and low earners is widening
“I SEE PATIENTS every day who are going to have babies because they work at Facebook,” says Peter Klatsky of Spring Fertility clinic in Silicon Valley. Tech giants now include egg-freezing and in vitro fertilisation in their employees’ health coverage. But even as high-earning Americans have the cost of making a baby covered by their […]
Wealth inequality has been widening for millennia
THE one-percenters are now gobbling up more of the pie in America—that much is well known. This trend, though disconcerting, is not unique to the modern era. A new study, by Timothy Kohler of Washington State University and 17 others, finds that inequality may well have been rising for several thousand years, at least in […]
The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening
COUNTRIES find it easier to get rich once their neighbours already are. East Asia’s growth pattern has for decades been likened to a skein of geese, from Japan at the vanguard to laggards such as Myanmar at the rear. The same pattern can often be seen within big countries. Over the past decade, for example, […]
The gap between India’s richer and poorer states is widening
COUNTRIES find it easier to get rich once their neighbours already are. East Asia’s growth pattern has for decades been likened to a skein of geese, from Japan at the vanguard to laggards such as Myanmar at the rear. The same pattern can often be seen within big countries. Over the past decade, for example, […]
Tesla to drop Model S 75 RWD, widening gap with Model 3
Whenever Tesla makes some change to its lineup, usually by adding versions to its top end, it reconfigures the bottom end to simplify sales and streamline manufacturing. With the introduction of a whole new model, Tesla is making changes again. Deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 begin this month, and Electrek reports that Tesla will […]
Brazil, Widening the Hunt for Corruption, Finds It Under Every Rock
Hundreds of scandals are coming to light as prosecutors and police in smaller cities press corruption probes. They have been emboldened by a three-year-old nationwide case dubbed “Car Wash” that ensnared top political and business figures. WSJ.com: What’s News US
Samsung chief arrested amid widening South Korea corruption scandal
South Korea’s special prosecutors have succeeded in a second attempt to secure the arrest of Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee, whose implicated in the high-profile bribery scandal that involves suspended President Park Geun-hye and her secret confidante. Seoul Central District Court decided to arrest the Samsung Group chief early on Friday after an almost […]
