The Big Brotherly boss will see you now—and always A survey of more than 1,000 firms in America in 2021 found that 60% of them used monitoring software of some type. Many of the surveillance products are powered by articifical intelligence (AI), which has made strides in the past few years. Smile, you’re on candid…
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Singapore Tycoon Kwek Leng Beng’s CDL Suburban Housing Project Sees Robust Sales Despite Property Curbs
City Developments has sold 77% of its residential units at Piccadilly Grand, a residential condominium it is jointly developing with Hongkong Land unit MCL Land just outside the Singapore central business district, despite the government’s property cooling measures. An artist’s impression of the Piccadilly Grand, a residential condominium being jointly developed by City Developments and…
Private Labels Are Flooding Retail
While private label brands have been around for a long time, we now see growing interest in them. Rising prices, high inflationary pressures, and an uncertain economic environment are forcing many retailers to be creative and introduce new private brands to serve their customers. While private label brands have been around for a long time,…
Norwegian-Backed Investment To Take Control Of London’s West End
Over a thousand years since the Vikings last invaded the U.K., a fresh incursion is on the cards as Norwegian-backed real estate companies Capco and Shaftsbury are poised to merge. The two real estate companies own large chunks of London’s West End property estates, while backer Norges Bank –Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund – already…
Which housing markets are most exposed to the coming interest-rate storm?
The pain of rising mortgage repayments will be harder to bear in some places than in others But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the rich world’s housing markets, many of which continue to break records. Scarce housing supply together with robust demand, high levels of net household wealth and strong labour markets should…
Web 3.0 To Change The Landscape Of Social Media And Online Content
The introduction of web 2.0 platforms highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. The introduction of these platforms also highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. Web 2.0’s social media model is strongly predicated on the accumulation of mass amounts of…
Europe Car Forecasts Turn Negative, While Electric Sales Growth To Stall
Sales prospects for cars and SUVs in Western Europe are fading fast with forecasts dropping into negative territory as economic prospects weaken, and even the rock-solid electric car revolution is likely to take a breather over the next couple of years. Western Europe’s battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales more than doubled in 2020 to just under…
The Week in Business: More Strong Job Gains
The Federal Reserve approved its biggest rate increase since 2000. Investors joined Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter. Another inflation indicator comes out this week. The Labor Department reported another solid month of job growth in April on Friday. The United States has regained nearly 95 percent of the 22 million jobs lost at the…
Sheldon Krimsky, Who Warned of Profit Motive in Science, Dies at 80
He delved into numerous scientific fields — stem-cell research, genetic modification of food and DNA privacy among them — and sought to pinpoint the dangers. Sheldon Krimsky, a leading scholar of environmental ethics who explored issues at the nexus of science, ethics and biotechnology, and who warned of the perils of private companies underwriting and…
4 Ways To Improve Performance: Cool New Science On Motivation
People have an instinct to matter—and you want to do great things in your work and in your personal life. Great performance is the result of the right motivation. Science has discovered new ways to get motivated and improve performance—and certain tactics work better than others. Tell yourself you’ll do better in these process steps,…