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Average wages stagnate after 35. (bigstockphoto) Ah, your 20s: A decade of self discovery, smartphone dating and shopping for IKEA coffee tables — right? A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sends a more sobering message to millennials: Your first 10 years in the labor market likely shape your lifetime earning…
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com By Nolan Feeney, TIME Scribd, an e-book and audiobook subscription service that has been likened to a “Netflix NFLX for books,” is now expanding to comic books. Subscribers will have access to more than 10,000 comic books, in addition to…
Bill Pugliano / GettyElon Musk Tesla sold only 120 cars in China in January, a Tesla source told Reuters. CEO Elon Musk is now prepared to fire overseas executives as the number was well below company targets, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Reuters, citing sources who have seen the email, says that Musk “threatened to fire…
Lax U.S. rules and real estate industry’s no-questions-asked approach make it easy for dodgy characters to funnel wealth through high-end Manhattan apartments. One day during Chen Shui-bian’s second term as Taiwan’s president, several people lugged what a witness described as “five or six” fruit boxes into the presidential residence in Taipei. Inside the crates, the…
In a country beset by increasing wealth and income inequality, few places are more economically disparate than New York City. Part of what drives income inequality in New York is that it’s an extremely attractive place for the global elite to live, or in many cases to park their vast fortunes. On Sunday, The New…
One57, on West 57th Street, where a penthouse is reportedly in contract for $90 million. (Photo: Rendering Courtesy of Extell Development) Additional reporting by Michael Hudson of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. PART I. THE BUYER The buyer, an Italian, was in town for a week, with a million or so dollars to spend….
back to all blog posts December 17, 2014Tagged / culture / culture change / how we work / by Mike Bland There were many things I appreciated about the Google development culture during my time at the company. The entire environment was set up to make it as easy as possible to share information between…
FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2014 file photo, robots install rivets on a 2015 Ford F-150 truck at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. Cheaper, better robots will replace human workers in the world’s factories at a faster pace over the next decade, pushing manufacturing labor costs down 16 percent, a report from…
close shareTools DALLAS — The first nationwide strike at U.S. oil refineries since 1980 is spreading to two BP plants in the Midwest. The United Steelworkers union has notified BP Plc. that workers at refineries in Ohio and Indiana will strike late Saturday night, joining a walkout that began this week at nine other refineries….
Copyright 2015 Reuters G20 gives negative outlook for global economy U.S. Politics • February 10, 2015 5:09 AMFebruary 10, 2015 5:09 AM FOLLOW STORY FOLLOW STORY Copyright 2015 Reuters this is necessary because of the different way mobile and desktop/tablet handle the hero unit image Brisbane, Australia November 16, 2014 G20 gives negative outlook…