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4 Reasons Why the Applicant Tracking System is Ineffective
My wife has an ongoing argument with Amazon’s Alexa. “Alexa, play WBUR.” “I don’t understand your question.” “No, Alexa….Play WBUR….Alexa, play WBUR.” “Playing a station from Boise Idaho.” “Argh.” As I watch this interaction, it demonstrates how technology and humans...
The future of the world economy is deglobalization
Mark Carney, former Bank of England governor. Photo: Daniel Leal/Getty Images If you are a globalist — someone who believes humanity can best thrive with the abundant flow of goods, ideas and people across international borders — it has been a dark decade. And getting...
Gas prices are high. Oil CEOs reveal why they’re not drilling more
New YorkCNN Business — The US oil industry doesn’t appear to be in any rush to come to the rescue of Americans struggling with high gas prices. Oil company CEOs say Wall Street is to blame. Fifty-nine percent of oil executives said investor pressure to maintain...
Shell follows BP out of Russia as oil companies abandon Putin
Shell is getting out of Russia and ditching its joint ventures with Gazprom, including its involvement with the moribund Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The UK-based oil company said Monday it would dump its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquified natural gas...
Ukraine-Russia crisis: 7 big companies that could be hammered
A man takes a selfie picture outside the Russian State Duma building in Moscow on February 22, 2022. - Russian lawmakers on February 22 voted to ratify President Vladimir Putin's agreements with east Ukraine's separatist republics, a day after the Russian leader...
Covid: Face mask rules and Covid passes to end in England
England's Plan B measures are to end from next Thursday, with mandatory face coverings in public places and Covid passports both dropped, Boris Johnson has announced. The prime minister also said the government would immediately drop its advice for people to work from...
How Nike’s Lawsuit Against Lululemon’s Mirror Could Change the Digital Fitness Landscape
Nike Inc. accused Lululemon Athletica Inc. of patent infringement related to its at-home Mirror fitness device and other apps in a new lawsuit filed Wednesday. The complaint, filed in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges that Lululemon infringed on six of...
Costco is renting 3 container ships and ‘several thousand containers’ to shield itself from supply-chain delays and rising costs
Costco is looking to protect itself against rising freight costs. Noam Galai/Getty Images Costco is renting its own container ships to import products from Asia to the US and Canada. It wants to sidestep the global shipping crisis and shield itself from shortages and...
Where Did All the Shipping Containers Go?
The shipping container that has been the building block of global trade growth is turning into the latest source of frustration for importers and exporters coping with world-wide supply-chain disruptions. The steel boxes are harder than ever to find as surging demand...
Macy’s Shares Jump as Earnings Trounce Estimates, Retailer says it’s Gaining New Customers Online
Macy’s on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue that topped analyst estimates, as customers returned to its stores to buy denim, luggage and new dresses. The department store chain also hiked its outlook for 2021, heading into the back half of the...
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