According to Bloomberg, one way to instill the reality of women’s higher pay is their increased participation of in construction training. One good example is Sylas DeMello, who makes $18 an hour and expects $25 once she has her journeyman’s license next year. This is quite step up from her earlier $13-an-hour job as a sous…
Bloomberg expounds on how one aspect of the aftermath of the war in Vietnam is closely connected to the advent of female CEOs. According to data compiled by Paris-based Intelligent Financial Research & Consulting and Bloomberg – women leaders are currently getting rewarded by investors in Vietnam’s $58 billion stock market. Moreover, the data revealed that…
As the debate rages on about whether an increase in the U.S. minimum wage will boost or hinder hiring, one aspect is more unambiguous: It would almost surely lift consumer spending. According to Bloomberg, while the effect will probably be positive, the magnitude of the improvement remains up in the air. Walmart, for instance, is…
Environmental activists have inflated a long balloon to mock a pipeline – protesting against the Keystone pipeline project during a demonstration in front of the White House. Activists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline are digging deep into a more than 7,000-page environmental analysis to marshal reasons President Barack Obama should reject the project. But finding a…
As the Economist explains, the entrepreneurs of new technologies like to flock together – and the place they are now clustering is the middle of a desert. More specifically, the Mojave desert – America’s main centre for experimental military flights. These individuals, who have now come to be known as New Space, are a curious…
Not long ago, before the financial crisis and the global recession it triggered, economists referred to America itself as fulfilling the role of consumer of last resort. American consumers were fueling demand for the goods China and other nations produced, and so, they kept the world economy humming. However, as Bloomberg reports, it may not quite…
