Economy

Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation.This post was originally published on this site

As a fashion sustainability researcher, finding the ReTuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna was a delightful surprise. Stepping into this Swedish shopping center felt refreshingly different—it is the first in the world to sell only secondhand […]

The stereotypical employee may be at a desk in front of a computer screen working a nine-to-five, but for many employees, the work day is filled with manual labor, hazardous environments and late-night shifts.This post […]

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In real estate, that first impression starts at the curb. From a freshly mowed lawn to a well-kept walkway, a home’s exterior […]

Aiming to correct shortcomings in Singapore’s existing public housing lease buyback scheme, one of Singapore Management University’s (SMU) top statisticians has designed a hybrid product that would better secure the nest eggs of elderly Singaporeans.This […]

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries.This post was originally published on this site

When a larger company acquires a smaller one, or creates a new subsidiary, it must decide how cozy it wants to be—both operationally and financially.This post was originally published on this site

If you’ve ever seen a steep increase in the fare for an Uber to the airport on a Friday, or you’ve checked an item’s cost on Amazon, only to see it has changed hours later, […]

New York City has the highest cigarette taxes in the nation, but Rutgers Health research indicates that many smokers illegally avoid them.This post was originally published on this site

Investors suffer significant losses when they buy into “blank check” companies that acquire private companies in order to take them public—underscoring the need for more regulations on private equity as the Trump administration works to […]