Category: Business

Workplace Trends You Need to Know for 2023

By Dr. Samantha Madhosingh The New Year always brings a fresh perspective to our lives and work. And as with any fresh start, savvy leaders are identifying strategies to increase productivity, keep their workforce engaged and help take their business to the next level. A nuanced look at gender equality, closer-knit workforces and unique ways…


Who’s Getting Rich From Moroccan Hash | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. In the vast Rif region of Morocco, cannabis farms stretch as far as the eye can see. This illegal trade is a lucrative one, yet many of the half a million Moroccans farming the crop live between poverty and fear. Shot in…


Highflyers | Documentary

This film is only available in North America, the UK, and Australia because of territorial licensing. Andreas Drapa used to be a regular tiler in a small town, breeding pigeons in his free time. Now, he’s Germany’s wealthiest high-class racing pigeon breeder, a millionaire, and a business partner of the rich in China and Dubai,…


Amazon to Make Big Business Changes in EU Settlement

Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible choices when buying products and, for Prime members, more delivery options, European Union regulators said Tuesday. The EU’s executive Commission accepted the legally binding commitments from Amazon to resolve two antitrust investigations, allowing the company…


Chinese Business Confidence Falls to Lowest in Almost a Decade on COVID-19

BEIJING—China’s business confidence fell to its lowest since January 2013, a survey by World Economics showed on Monday, reflecting the impact of surging COVID-19 cases on economic activity with the abrupt lifting of many pandemic control measures. The index fell to 48.1 in December from 51.8 in November, showed the World Economics’ survey of sales…


Inflation Dampens Otherwise Bright Small Biz Holiday Season

NEW YORK—The free-wheeling holiday shopper of 2021, happy to spend money to relieve some pent-up pandemic demand, has given way to a more practical consumer this year, many small business owners say. The reason: inflation. Stephanie Sala felt last year had a YOLO, or “you only live once,” feel to it. People were splurging—spending $250…


Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Insurance Coverage for COVID Business Losses

Ohio’s highest court becomes the latest to conclude that a business’s insurance policies do not cover income losses, even if they took place under a state-enforced lockdown by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. According to the Ohio Supreme Court, a commercial insurance policy does not cover the income that a business lost when the governor ordered…


NYC Bill Seeks to Make It Harder for Businesses to Fire Workers

A New York City Democratic councilwoman has proposed a new law that would make it harder for all city employers to fire workers, requiring that they have a good reason to do so. City Council Member Tiffany Cabán introduced the bill, which she said will “establish protections against unfair and arbitrary firings for every worker in NYC”…


Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Promoters May Avoid Serious Consequences for Fraud, Experts Warn

News Analysis The international scandal of the implosion of FTX, whose founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, stands accused of all manner of fraudulent and reckless practices, could spur a regulatory overhaul aimed at curbing the excesses of the barely-regulated crypto space and preventing such fiascos in the future, experts on finance and law have…


Helena Bonham Carter’s Defense of J.K. Rowling Is Brave, Increasingly Rare: Free Speech Expert

News Analysis Helena Bonham Carter’s recent comments in defense of author J.K. Rowling and film star Johnny Depp, who have both come under sustained public attack and faced calls for their cancellation from the “woke” community, are unusual for a Hollywood and pop culture star in an age when community censorship poses an ever-present danger…