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Japan’s population is getting so old that a diaper manufacturer is only making products for adults, not babies

aol.com A Japanese diaper maker will produce diapers exclusively for older adults amid a steep decline in demand for infant diapers, an ill-boding reminder of Japan’s aging…

Starbucks Is the Latest Brand to Eliminate Its Global CMO Role, but Chime's Vineet Mehra Rejects the View That the Position Faces an Existential Threat

entrepreneur.com UPS last December eliminated the role of the chief marketing officer, replacing it with a chief commercial and strategy officer who would oversee product management and…

Is Javier Milei making Argentina great again?

reason.com In January, Argentine President Javier Milei went to Davos, Switzerland, to lecture the rich and powerful about the miracles of capitalism. During his speech at the World…

AI chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality

axios.com Grumbles about generative AI's shortcomings are coalescing into a "trough of disillusionment" after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots. Why it matters:…

Argentina Is Not the Total Econ. Disaster Milei Claims

nytimes.com Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has been in office for just over 100 days. Since his inauguration on Dec. 10, Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian, has been on a…

Ripple Labs accuses the SEC of trying to 'punish and intimidate' by seeking $2 billion in penalties from XRP developer

aol.com None The SEC is seeking fines and penalties worth $2 billion from Ripple Labs, its legal chief said. • None Stuart Alderoty said the SEC wanted to "punish and intimidate…

How the Gaming Industry Provides a Path to a More Equitable World

benzinga.com "Push Play" by tech industry veteran Dr. Songyee Yoon is released by Forbes Books NEW YORK, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Push Play: Gaming for a Better World, a new book…

Americans have between 4 and 6 hours of leisure time daily. We just have no idea how to use it

businessinsider.com Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI The average American has way more "free" time than you might think. But most of us spend the majority of our…

One Earth Summit: Hong Kong aims to rapidly align with global disclosure rules

scmp.com “To transform this vision into concrete action, we will launch a road map within this year to provide a transparent and well-defined pathway on sustainability reporting for…

The 10 Most Corrupt Countries on Earth

247wallst.com Corruption is more than just greedy politicians lining their pockets with government funds. It involves elected officials granting favors to friends and allies, companies…

A new year’s message from the CEO

economist.com Dear friends and colleagues, Happy New Year! This time last year, for the ninth year in a row, I warned you that there had never been a more uncertain outlook for our…

Ron DeSantis has some lessons for America’s politicians

economist.com “God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker’—so God gave us Trump.” Thus intones the narrator of a video Donald Trump shared on his social-media…

Got $5,000? Buy and Hold These 3 Value Stocks for Years

finance.yahoo.com Stock prices are starting to feel a bit frothy. For perspective, the S&P 500 is currently valued at more than 23 times its trailing earnings, and more than 21 times this…

What I’m looking forward to at the first-ever One Earth Summit

aol.com Diane Brady here, filling in for Peter Vanham. I’m excited to be heading tonight to Hong Kong, where I started my career as a reporter. Since COP28 concluded, it’s clear…

Starbucks is the latest brand to eliminate its global CMO role, but Chime's top marketer rejects the view that the position faces an existential threat

businessinsider.com Vineet Mehra is chief marketing officer at Chime Vineet Mehra Starbucks is the latest high-profile company to phase out the role of chief marketing officer, following UPS in…

This layoff could have been an email. Is there a good way to lose your job as a remote worker?

cbc.ca Is there a good way to lay off a remote worker? Four years after remote work became the norm for a huge section of the labour force, it appears some companies are still…

Fifty shades of brown: how splits in Europe’s hard right sap its power

economist.com Is it possible to build an entire political philosophy out of hating George Soros? Nothing delights the European hard right more than demonising the financier, who has spent…

Biden's Hail Mary Budget Is Just Another Anchor Baby

zerohedge.com Biden's Hail Mary Budget Is Just Another Anchor Baby Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, 'n Guns blog, Last week I was contacted by Sputnik News to give some comments on…

Fortune is expanding in Europe

talkingbiznews.com Fortune announced Wednesday an expansion in Europe led by former Forbes Europe editor Alex Wood Morton, who becomes executive editor. Wood Morton will lead editorial across…

Hot Stocks: The 3 Best Opportunities for Investing in the Metaverse

investorplace.com Here are just a few of rock-solid metaverse stocks to buy and hold now After losing billions, the metaverse – and metaverse stocks — are coming back strong. According to…

France is piloting a 4-day work week

aol.com France is the newest country to join the bandwagon in trying the famed four-day work week. But unlike most other countries that have piloted the system for a select few…

What Does a Chief AI Officer Look Like in the Marketing World?

adweek.com For all of the talk about the jobs AI is expected to replace (that's 85 million, according to the World Economic Forum), it's also expected to create some 97 million new…

Banks are taking it on the chin, but here’s why they deserve a second look

financialpost.com Canadian banks have long been considered a solid investment choice for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the best thing they have going for them is the oligopolistic nature…

Want that promotion? How to confidently advocate for yourself in a shifting media landscape

pressgazette.co.uk According to the World Economic Forum, the future of work will not only be about hard skills; it will be about holistic, or soft job skills. Media companies want people with…

Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says

businessinsider.com Andrew Scott's new book "The Longevity Imperative" calls for a rethink on how we view aging. John Murray Press It's time to start thinking differently about aging, according…

China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop

economist.com In recent weeks, China’s economic policymaking has been not just inadequate but a little skittish. On January 23rd draft rules on video games disappeared from the…

China’s population is shrinking and its economy is losing ground

economist.com “HOW SHOULD one look at the Chinese economy?”, asked Li Qiang, the country’s prime minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16th. “It is similar to looking…

Ukraine Is Facing The Scenario Of Asymmetrical Partition

zerohedge.com Ukraine Is Facing The Scenario Of Asymmetrical Partition Submitted by Andrew Korybko Asymmetrical partition between Ukraine’s western neighbors into “spheres of economic…

US manufacturing firms are flocking to the metaverse

cointelegraph.com According to the World Economic Forum, the automotive, energy, software, aerospace and defense industries are leading the way for industrial metaverse investment.

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