NY Times gains in otherwise grim newspaper sector
The New York Times, boosted by gains in digital readers, rose to the No. 2 spot among US daily newspapers in a sector still struggling with falling print circulation, industry figures showed Tuesday.
The New York Times, boosted by gains in digital readers, rose to the No. 2 spot among US daily newspapers in a sector still struggling with falling print circulation, industry figures showed Tuesday.
As gas lines to blast furnaces at a small-town plant are gradually cut off on Wednesday, it marks not just the end of an era, but for many workers, a “broken promise” by French President Francois Hollande.
China’s manufacturing crept higher this month to the fastest pace in two years, a survey showed Thursday, in another sign the world’s second-biggest economy is coming out of a downturn.
The Philippines’ chief economist expects to see a more vibrant industry sector in 2013 as the government focuses on key industries and strives to ease the processes and costs in doing business. “Our key priority sectors, namely tourism, business process outsourcing or BPO, electronics, housing and real estate, agribusiness and forest-based products, logistics and shipbuilding, [...]
Unfazed by predictions of the death of newspapers, billionaire Warren Buffett is pumping more money into print.
The Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Thursday that its first-quarter sales soared 11.9 percent to 12.14 billion euros ($16 billion), lifted mostly by emerging-market demand.
Domestic helpers, one of the “lowest valued economic activities in the country,” contribute more to the economy than mining, an independent research think-tank has said.
The following moral or ethical dilemma supposedly was included on an actual job application: You are driving down the road at night during a torrential downpour, when you pass by a bus stop. Three people are waiting for the bus: An elderly lady who looks as if she needs medical attention; a longtime friend who once saved your life and the man/woman of your dreams (assume you’re unmarried)
Local industry players and thousands of workers are opposing the proposed tax hike on tobacco and alcohol products, saying the measure is designed to kill local industries and displace workers.
It was the talk of Davos, grabbing the imagination of a forum otherwise shrouded in gloom: a miracle machine that cracks the code of life within hours and could revolutionize healthcare.
The government should not pin too much hope on the buiness process outsourcing industry, and recent statements by President Barack Obama to bring outsourcing jobs back to the United States highlight the risk of doing so, acording to the Ibon Foundation.
Industry sales grew by 7.4 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from year-ago level, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said. The agency said the growth rate for the first three months of this year was, however, lower than the 11.9 percent registered in the same period in 2010 as “all sectors, except transportation [...]
