The 0.4% rise in US consumer prices in March didn’t look like headline news. It was the same as the February increase, and the year-on-year rise of 3.5% is still sharply down from 5% a year ago.
A Shinkansen bullet train running past Mount Fuji in Japan. Blanscape/ShutterstockJust ten days before the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan opened its Tōkaidō Shinkansen, a high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo with Osaka.
Taxes can be tough – to file and to pay. Kameleon007/iStock / Getty Images PlusMost Americans don’t like doing, or paying, their income taxes. But every year, about 85% of them will voluntarily pay the full amount of the taxes they owe.
Inclusive workplaces are good for morale as well as the bottom line. Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesFew ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI.
While opposition to DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – has a long history, it has picked up steam recently.
Inclusive workplaces are good for morale as well as the bottom line. Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesFew ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI.
While opposition to DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – has a long history, it has picked up steam recently.
A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize a Memphis shop on June 7, 2022.
Ghanaian parents have historically discouraged their children from becoming musicians or marrying musicians. A music career is still not seen as one that can provide a steady income to support a family, and the behaviour of musicians is seen by some as deviant. These attitudes stand in the way of musicians wanting to make a career out of their art.
Coffee is not the only way to fight boredom. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty ImagesThough neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all try to avoid it. Even the most exciting jobs in the world — astronaut, nuclear engineer, helicopter pilot, virus hunter — can be filled with drudgery at times. Nobody is immune from paperwork and meetings.
Companies will not be better managed with the arrival of AI — quite the contrary. (Shutterstock)It is no exaggeration to say that the democratization of new forms of artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini/Bard (Google) and Copilot (Microsoft), is a societal revolution of the digital age.
The mainstream use of AI systems is a disruptive force in a number of areas including university education, the legal system and, of course, the work world.
They act kind of like drugs, but they aren't regulated like them. Valentyna Yeltsova/Getty ImagesAmericans seem to have quite a positive view of dietary supplements. According to a 2023 survey, 74% of U.S.
