Tech talent markets in America shifting with millennials
Tracking tech talent - of which millennials form an increasing proportion - can be a useful barometer of how trends in labor markets affect...
Storing CO2 underground safe for hundreds of thousands of years
We are emitting all this CO2 (carbon dioxide), a greenhouse gas from coal and gas-fired power stations that will continue warming up our planet, and...
British Airways owner IAG hurt by Brexit terrorism weak pound and strikes
British Airways owner IAG said it has been hurt by several adverse events including terrorism, strikes, the 23rd June Brexit vote plus the economic...
Property transfer tax on foreigners could trigger trade war – British Columbia
British Columbia is slapping on a new 15% property transfer tax on foreigners who buy a home. Expert trade lawyer, Barry Appleton, warns that...
Do not ignore human element of IT companies told
Businesses focus too much on the technical and mechanical aspects of IT errors, rather than also examining the human element of IT and environmental...
Canadian real GDP shrank in May because of giant Alberta fire
Canadian real GDP (gross domestic product) shrank by 0.6% in May, the steepest monthly decline in more than seven years (since March 2009). The...
Eurozone GDP growth slows Brexit will add to problems
Eurozone GDP (gross domestic product) has slowed dramatically in the second quarter – economic growth was 0.3% in Q2 compared to 0.6% in the...
Alphabet reports 21% increase in Q2 revenue, stock soars
Google’s parent company Alphabet reported a 21% surge in second quarter revenue year-on-year.
Consolidated revenue grew 25% in constant currency, driven by increased use of...
British Gas lost nearly 400,000 customers in first half of 2016
British Gas lost nearly 400,000 customers in the first half of the year as many long-term contracts ended and thousands of consumers switched to...
Higher CEO pay linked to worse shareholder return
Companies with the highest CEO pay give a worse shareholder return in the long term than companies with the lowest CEO pay.
So concluded investment...