Foreign worker shortage hurting Maryland's crab industry
Oct 12, 2020 23:52 pm UTC| Economy
A shortage of visas for foreign workers and pandemic-caused disruptions hobbled Marylands crab industry, forcing two-thirds of the major seafood processors to rely on a few employees or close business. New visas issued...
Number of unemployed, underemployed South Koreans rise 20%
Oct 11, 2020 23:25 pm UTC| Economy
South Korea had 3.97 million unemployed and underemployed out of an economically active population of 29.9 million as of August, increasing by over 20 percent, or 692,300 people, from last year. In August 2019, the...
US aviation contractors cut thousands of jobs due to delayed govt aid
Oct 10, 2020 00:04 am UTC| Economy
More than 16,500 workers from 15 US aviation firms were laid off due to months of delay in payroll aid from the US Treasury According to an investigation by a US House of Representatives subcommittee, had the US...
Like the care economy, arts and culture are an opportunity missed in the 2020-21 budget
Oct 09, 2020 08:07 am UTC| Economy
If a week is a long time in politics, a years an eon. The 2019-20 budget announced a regal return to surplus, with a fundamentally sound Australian economy at 2.75% growth and unemployment under 5%. Low interest rates and...
Oct 09, 2020 07:55 am UTC| Economy
It wasnt so long ago that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said wind turbines couldnt pull the skin off a rice pudding. He now seems to have undergone something of a Damascene conversion, promising to boost the...
Under what conditions are international sanctions effective?
Oct 09, 2020 07:51 am UTC| Economy
According to US government data, 32 sanctions regimes are currently in effect. Canada, for its part, currently imposes sanctions on 20 different states and on terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda. The EU is currently...
How coronavirus has hit the UK's creative industries
Oct 09, 2020 07:16 am UTC| Economy
As the days get shorter and the second wave of coronavirus sets in, the UK is switching to a new winter economy plan. The package of measures marks a shift in government rhetoric from jobs retention to jobs support as the...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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