1. Home
  2. Business

Category: Business

Women in sport are winning the fight for equal pay – slowly

Women in sport are winning the fight for equal pay – slowly

The Welsh national football association has pledged to introduce equal pay for their men’s and women’s teams by 2026. The news comes following a documentary featuring the most capped Welsh player Jess Fishlock, who called…

Read More
What’s the secret to making sure AI doesn’t steal your job? Work with it, not against it

What’s the secret to making sure AI doesn’t steal your job? Work with it, not against it

Whether it’s athletes on a sporting field or celebrities in the jungle, nothing holds our attention like the drama of vying for a single prize. And when it comes to the evolution of artificial intelligence…

Read More
Oil Recovers Some Omicron-Triggered Loss as Risk Unclear  By Investing.com

Oil Recovers Some Omicron-Triggered Loss as Risk Unclear  By Investing.com

© Reuters. (Adds settlement prices) By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil markets recovered some of last week’s stunning loss triggered by panic over the Omicron variant of Covid after some said that the strain might…

Read More
Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion

Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Large shares of grants that donor-advised funds distributed from 2014 to 2018 supported educational and religious nonprofits. That’s what we found…

Read More
South African groundwater project shows the power of citizen science

South African groundwater project shows the power of citizen science

About 30% of the water on the planet is under the ground, out of sight and not easily accessed. Little is known about this “invisible” groundwater. This is especially so in remote areas, such as…

Read More
FSB Asia group discusses financial stability outlook and risks from outsourcing and third-party relationships

FSB Asia group discusses financial stability outlook and risks from outsourcing and third-party relationships

Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 35/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for Asia held a virtual meeting today to discuss vulnerabilities and financial stability issues affecting the region.…

Read More
Debt deal struck but ‘heated’ discussions await Argentine president in congress

Debt deal struck but ‘heated’ discussions await Argentine president in congress

Alfonso Prat-Gay, Argentina’s finance minister The creditors may have said yes, but Argentine president Mauricio Macri still faces an “uphill battle” to get the debt settlements on its 2001 default agreed in congress, a task…

Read More
Oil rebounds to $76 on speculation Omicron-related drop overdone By Reuters

Oil rebounds to $76 on speculation Omicron-related drop overdone By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin in Mentone, Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant By Alex Lawler LONDON…

Read More
the major drawbacks with this shopping bonanza

the major drawbacks with this shopping bonanza

Black Friday is upon us again. It’s one of the biggest shopping events of the year, although there are mixed signals about how successful it is likely to be in 2021. One recent study found…

Read More
The government’s planned ‘anti-troll’ laws won’t help most victims of online trolling

The government’s planned ‘anti-troll’ laws won’t help most victims of online trolling

Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Michaelia Cash announced proposed new legislation aimed at making online “trolls” accountable for their actions. Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard Morrison decry trolls as “cowardly” and…

Read More