Wanted: goat farmers, acupuncturists and zookeepers. Pandemic border closures have further exacerbated a serious skills shortage that has, for years, held Australia’s economy back. Many foreign workers swiftly returned to their home nations when parts of the Australian economy retreated into a long and uncertain Covid hibernation. Now, blinking in the spring sunshine, Sydneysiders, Melburnians […]
A Canadian judge will hear evidence on whether to extradite Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer, to the United States to face fraud charges. Here’s what you need to know. Global politics, big money, high technology and the intricacies of Canadian law will come together on Monday when the extradition hearing of Meng Wanzhou,
U.S. stocks rose again Thursday, with the major benchmarks reaching new record intraday highs, following the signing of a formal trade truce between the U.S. and China, completed at a White House signing ceremony on Wednesday. Investors were also parsing a batch of healthy U.S. economic reports including those on retail sales and jobless claims
U.S. job growth likely slowed in December, but the pace of hiring probably remains more than enough to keep the longest economic expansion in history on track despite a deepening downturn in a manufacturing sector stung by trade disputes. Federal Reserve says economy and monetary policy are in a “good place” That being said, it
Online shopping retail, Amazon, is coming to high street in Britain with a chain of pop-up shops selling everything from food and drinks to electronics, beauty products and homeware. The first of the 10 stores, branded “Clicks and Mortar”, opened on St. Mary’s Gate in central Manchester, north England, this week, with more stores in
Beauty chain Sephora recently announced on Facebook that it plans to close all of its 400 US stores this week on 5 June for diversity training, as well as its distribution centers and corporate offices. This move comes after singer SZA, who is black, complained she was racially profiled at a Sephora store in Calabasas
Many people are now associating Sears with store closings and liquidation sales, but now, new Sears Home & Life stores are opening in different locations across the US. The popular retailer re-launched last week as a smaller, boutique-type chain by opening its first scaled-down store locations in the United States, more exactly in Lafayette, Louisiana,
Deliveroo has raised $1.53 billion from investment since it was founded in 2013 until now, becoming one of the best-funded startups in Europe. Recently, Amazon has taken a stake in the British food delivery startup Deliveroo, organizing a funding and investing as much as $575 million, the new funding taking the total raised by Deliveroo
Aviation contributes to about 2% of the world’s global emissions. IATA, the airline trade body predicts passenger numbers will double to 8.2 billion a year by 2037, while Boeing foresees a demand for 42,700-plus new aircraft over the next 20 years. That is why the European Union wants the industry to reduce CO2 emissions by
The plant-based protein burger is trending fast since people are looking to eat healthier and reduce their environmental footprint. Plus, these new types of proteins are made to look and taste like meat in order to appeal to meat eaters as well as to vegans and vegetarians. That is why major fast-food chains and food
