Economy

Over the next decade, Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire. The Tesla board recently proposed a US$1 trillion (A$1.5 trillion) compensation plan, if Musk can meet a series of ambitious growth targets.This post […]

Twenty years ago, vegetarian options in Swedish supermarkets were few and far between. Today there is a broad selection of products available, including vegetarian sausages and filets, and veggie balls, the vegetarian version of meatballs. […]

Timely information on a company’s production activities is crucial for investors and policymakers, yet it remains scarce as financial reports and other broader economic indicators like the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) are only released periodically. […]

Businesses, government and public service organizations have all been told to do more with less in recent years. That push, often in the name of efficiency, has led to decentralization and nonprofits increasingly using more […]

Hotel industry competition can be fierce in terms of owners knowing their competitors, including which ones affect their bottom line the most. Focusing on this industry, researchers from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith […]

British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds.This post was originally published on this site

The recent labor dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants pulled back the curtain on one of the airline industry’s longest-standing injustices: flight attendants are paid only when planes are in motion, a practice […]

Walking down the aisles of your local grocery store, you’ve likely noticed products labeled “fair trade” alongside other product options. These certified items, from coffee and chocolate to bananas and tea, come with a promise: […]

The market for video-on-demand platforms has grown rapidly in the last decade, with nearly 90% of U.S. households subscribing to a service, and most subscribers having four or more platforms. In this context, and as […]

Total effective tax rates for the 400 wealthiest Americans have declined sharply in recent years, and they now pay a smaller percentage of their true income in taxes than the average American, according to new […]