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Number of migrants grows to 272M people, makes up 3.5% of global population

Number of migrants grows to 272M people, makes up 3.5% of global population
Growing number of international migrants in the world continues to outstrip the world's population growth. The figure has already amounted to 272 million people, continuing the upward trend in all regions of the world, the UN report says. Number of...

What challenges the future holds for new Alibaba CEO?

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On September 10, Alibaba chairman of the board Jack Ma retired, leaving the seat for the holding’s CEO Daniel Zhang. He has been working in Alibaba since 2007, having started from the position of financial director of the Taobao trading platform. In...

Apple vs Netflix: What profit would make $ 1 th invested 10 years ago?

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Apple and Netflix are often mentioned in the lists of large technology companies whose early investors managed to significantly increase their capital. Which company would bring you a bigger profit if you invested 10 years ago? Based on CNBC...

US General Motors plants to go on nationwide strike

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Workers at General Motors Co factories went on nationwide strike on Monday. It has become the largest strike of United Auto Workers (UAW) union in more than a decade, Dow Jones writes. Union leaders called for a strike amid stalled negotiations on a...
Markets & Industries

Germany approves blockchain regulation strategy, private stablecoins to be banned

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The German government has approved a blockchain regulation strategy. The document effectively bans circulation of alternative money in the country. The ban also applies to Facebook’s stablecoin Libra, Reuters reports. Information that Germany is...

Citi: Gold may jump to $ 2000 per ounce

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Gold prices will rise and reach a “new high in the next year or two,” Citi analysts said in a report. This maximum, in their opinion, could be $ 2,000 per ounce. Interest in the metal is growing due to the monetary policy of some central banks (the...

Saudi Arabia restores oil supplies

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Saudi Arabia has completely restored supplies disrupted by an attack by drones at Saudi Aramco’s facilities on the night of September 14, Al-Arabiya TV reported citing the country's energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud. "Prince...

Chinese industry starts suffering from lack of demand

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Fall in global demand and uncertainty associated with the outcome of the PRC – US trade war, along with the action of duties already imposed by the parties, caused a record drop in China's macro-indicators. According to the National Bureau of...
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“Wherever we go, we are above all at the service of the local authorities' urban project” an interview with Carmen Munoz, CEO of the French Company Citelum

Citelum, a subsidiary of the French energy group EDF, is a company specializing in urban lighting, which currently generates more than 75% of its revenue from international operations. Its general manager, Carmen Munoz-Dormoy, explains how the company has established itself abroad and how it is involved in local urban development.1. In your last activity report, you stated that you ar...
World & Politics

Companies increase climate commitments in the lead-up to Global Climate Strike

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The global climate strike, scheduled for September 20, is expected to be held in 160 countries. Employees from major global corporations will take part in the event: for instance, more than 15 thousand employees of Amazon and employees of Microsoft...

Allianz: China's slowdown and general economic uncertainty froze middle class growth

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The slowdown in the growth of the global economy pinned the size of the global middle class at around 1 billion people. The growth of this part of the world's population stopped for the first time in the last ten years, Allianz experts note....

Central Bank of Japan maintains monetary policy, notes possibility of easing

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Following a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan left the monetary policy unchanged, but signaled the possibility of expanding incentives. As expected, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks with the Central Bank was maintained at minus...

US, Japan announce initial agreement on custom duties

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Donald Trump announced final signing of the agreement in the coming weeks. The White House has published a statement by US President Donald Trump addressed to the US Congress. The statement reads that the negotiation process is nearing successful...
Management & Strategy

Three open-thinking lessons for leaders

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A true leader can change minds, create cool teams and resolve conflicts of all sizes with the help of a basic idea: think about people and you will be happy. Let's see how this idea can be brought to life. 1. Focus on others One of the most...

Keep it personal: Set and keep your personal boundaries at work

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Do you feel that your colleagues steal your time and attention? Do you have a thousand small tasks but no time for the main goal? Are you torn between work responsibilities, but have no energy for personal relationships, leisure and what you really...

Unlearn what you have learned: How ignorance prevents our victories

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Sometimes we worry that we may seem ignorant, inattentive, incompetent. We are afraid to fail in public. We are not asking questions for which we supposedly should already know the answer. But this is precisely what prevents us from moving forward...

Nissan CEO returns part of bonuses he received

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Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa apologized “for the inconvenience” and admitted that the company paid him more than expected. Hiroto Saikawa agreed to return the full amount of the overpayment - 47 million yen (€ 400 thousand), reports Reuters. At the...