We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Chairman Dolf van den Brink said the company expects trading this year to be “significantly impacted” by inflation and supply […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Japanese firms don’t plan to raise base salaries at this year’s labour talks, a Reuters poll showed, with pay increases more likely to come from one-time bonuses that may not kickstart household spending.A man wearing a protective face mask walks in an office building at a quiet business district on the first working […]

Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project, The Office) has partnered with Amazon to launch Mindy’s Book Studio, a boutique story studio that will publish books selected by the six-time Emmy nominee, which she will look to adapt for film in concert with Amazon Studios. Mindy’s Book Studio will publish books across genres beginning late this year, which will be available across […]

Is a college education worth the cost? The average annual cost of a college education is over $35,000 a year. This includes tuition, room and board. The average student loan for the four years is almost $40,000. College loans to the federal government total a staggering almost $1.6 trillion. These loans can take years, or decades, to pay off. This […]

Retail sales in the U.S. showed a substantial rebound in the month of January, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. The Commerce Department said retail sales soared by 3.8 percent in January after plunging by a revised 2.5 percent in December. Economists had expected retail sales to jump by 2.0 percent compared to the 1.9 […]

New York (CNN Business)Rapidly rising prices have caused economic hardship for millions of Americans. But drastic action to rein in prices could lead to even more pain, including job losses. Overall prices jumped 7.5% during the last year, according to the January consumer price index reading, the fastest pace in nearly 40 years. The increases have squeezed household budgets for […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States needs to pursue new strategies and update its domestic trade tools to deal with China’s “state-led, non-market policies and practices”, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday in a new assessment report.FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a […]

The CFO of ViacomCBS, soon to be known as Paramount, said Tuesday that the company is looking hard for “efficiencies” at its traditional businesses to divert as much cash it can to streaming, where investment will pass $6 billion by 2024. That’s up from $2.2 billion last year, the streamer’s first. Naveen Chopra also forecast direct-to-consumer revenue that year of […]