T-Mobile is Slashing Its Workforce, 5K Employees are Set to Lose Jobs in the Coming Weeks

Aug 25, 2023 10:04 am UTC| Business Economy

T-Mobile is reducing the number of its employees; about seven percent of its workforce will lose their jobs in the coming weeks. To be more precise, the American wireless network operator will lay off 5,000 staff, and this...

Subway Acquired by Roark Capital Group, Ending Six-Decade Family Ownership

Aug 25, 2023 08:55 am UTC| Business Economy

In a landmark move, Subway, the renowned sandwich and salad fast-food chain, is now under the aegis of Roark Capital Group. After nearly 60 years under the DeLuca familys management, this transition signals the end of...

Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts

Aug 25, 2023 08:21 am UTC| Economy

The Australian government has just released the latest iteration of its Intergenerational Report, the sixth since the first was published in 2002. Each provides a snapshot of the sort of Australia in which future...

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

Aug 25, 2023 08:19 am UTC| Business Economy

More than 323,000 workers including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers walked off their jobs during the first eight months of 2023. Hundreds of thousands of the employees of delivery...

Shein, Forever 21 Strikes Deal to Combine Brands and Expand Presence in Fashion Market

Aug 25, 2023 08:15 am UTC| Business Economy

Shein announced it has signed a deal with Forever 21 to combine their brands and sell their products to a wider audience. The Singapore-based fast fashion retailer said they are aiming to strengthen their respective...

Sudan’s future is being shaped by guns and money – like its past

Aug 25, 2023 08:03 am UTC| Economy

Like most contemporary wars, Sudans war cannot be reduced to a contest between two sides. It is many other things, among them a gun class of constantly shifting coalitions of specialists in violence and political trading...

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China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment

Aug 25, 2023 08:01 am UTC| Economy

China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource imports, like oil, from Africa. This led to a model of development finance in which China funded infrastructure in...