Platforms have rewritten the contract between workers and companies. Here’s how gig workers and creators are starting to push back.
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Chinese group’s CFO admits misleading HSBC over operations linked to Iran
Kristalina Georgieva issues forceful rebuttal of ‘quid pro quo’ claims amid mounting calls for resignation
Pinneberg has for decades sided with the party that claimed power but this year’s picture is unclear
Having made billions available to households, companies and governments to borrow during the pandemic, the brakes are now being applied
Biden’s security pact with UK and Australia comes at the cost of deep resentment in Paris and Brussels
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM has it that the capital of Europe’s most powerful economy is poor, bolshie, chronically indebted and utterly reliant on subsidies from richer states. The debacle of the construction of the Berlin-Brandenburg airport, completed in 2020 nine years late and more than €4bn ($4.7bn) over budget, confirmed every prejudice about the city. A political…
Talk of the importance of stakeholders is just thatFOR MOST people, coming into work is about more than picking up a pay slip. Not everyone aims to change the fate of humankind at the office. But even a sense that one’s employer is making a useful product helps escape the lure of the duvet in…
Investors rush to sample the streaming boomA ROCKSTAR’S WELCOME greeted Universal Music Group when it launched on Amsterdam’s Euronext exchange on September 21st in Europe’s largest listing of the year. Giddy investors all but threw their knickers at the newly public company, whose share price finished the day up by 36%, valuing the world’s biggest…
The Small Business Administration’s (SBAs) PPP Loan Forgiveness Portal has accepted one million applications in less than two months.