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Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
Society, Politics & Law

Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result

...businesses in Europe often pay less tax than small- and medium-sized businesses. That’s because governments do deals that will lead to favourable conditions for their own national industry. That’s without even considering that the European Commission has a president who, as prime minister of Luxembourg, signed deals with multinational corporations that allowed them to...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...business world – euphemistic terms such as ‘downsizing’ ‘rightsizing’ and ‘restructuring’ may not sound as ruthless as ‘cutting jobs’ but they spell trouble for employees nonetheless. Such language practices are not restricted to business. Words such as ‘collateral damage’ and ‘rendition’ have been coined or purloined to obscure far more brutal...
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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...businesses?...With 20 countries hailing from six continents, the Rugby World Cup is a truly global mega-event. It has come a long way since it was first staged in 1987, when it was broadcast to just 200m people in 17 territories. Now around 4 billion people in 205 territories will watch 20,000 hours of coverage – all making RWC 2015 a unique reputation-raising...
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How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?
Money & Business

How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?

...businesses. Bhargav Mitra and Robert McCausland explain why...[Statue of a human form spraying water] Leaking identity data can cost companies Google might be in trouble for collecting the personal data of its users, but many companies have a growing incentive to rid their hands of the data that users entrust them with. This is because of growing costs of holding onto it....
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Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...business?...The launch by Trinity Mirror of New Day, the first new stand-alone paid-for newspaper in three decades is, on the face of it, potentially one of the worst commercial decisions since Microsoft launched the Zune (look it up). Failure, the evidence suggests, is all-too likely an option. [A newspaper print room] Still hard pressed? For a start, newspapers are an...
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Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...business, Project Ace Sports, which she started in November 2017. The company provides different sporting opportunities for children and young people to get involved in. Allana is a now a full time Diversity Lead and Sports Teacher at a prep school in South London. [Unknown title] Transcript Early Ethnic Minority barristers and the Inns of Court Dr Caroline Derry and Dr...
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...business circles. If you want to be very clever and say ‘Happy Year of the Snake’, you need to say 蛇年快乐 (shé nián kuài lè). Check out the audio flip cards below to hear the correct pronunciations. @@PLUGINFILE@@/dialog-cards-year-of-the-snake-1519918%20%281%29.h5p Visit our innovative 30-credit module Beginners’ Chinese and study from scratch as part of a...
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What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...business and it’s half creative, editorial, psychological. PHILIP SEARGEANT: Could you say something about the criteria you look for in identifying new talents and possibly to what extent the market these days is a factor in that? JONNY GELLER: Well, the market is always a factor in the choice a literary agent makes when embarking on a new relationship with an author, I...
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