Southwest Airlines pilots to disastrous bosses: It’s your education, stupid
When too many executives have the same education and think alike, it may be a recipe for disaster. Or, at least, for a systemic catastrophe.
Day: January 8, 2023
Japan’s business owners can’t find successors. This man gave his away
An owner’s struggle in Japan’s northern dairy region illuminates one of the potentially devastating economic impacts of an aging society.
Want a clue on health care costs in advance? New tools take a crack at it
It’s the latest effort in an ongoing movement to make prices and upfront cost comparisons possible in a business known for its opaqueness.
Washington Post: Time Is Not On Ukraine’s Side
Ukrainian military prepare to fire a mortar round, in the region of Donetsk, Ukraine, December 31. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates, Washington Post: Time is not on Ukraine’s side When it comes to the war in Ukrai…
Dramatic moment oil base goes up in flames after mystery gas pipeline explosion in Ukraine as Russia blames ‘saboteurs’
DRAMATIC footage shows the moment a gas pipeline blast in the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk sparked a blaze at an oil base after a series of mysterious fires.
The blast on the Ukrainian pipeline, currently being operated by Russians, on Januar…
China travel to resume as Beijing drops Covid restrictions
China has ended quarantine for travellers arriving from overseas and dropped limits on international flights as the country abandons the “zero-Covid” policy that kept its borders closed for most of the past three years.
Warm temperatures in Austria cast doubt over major ice skating event
In previous years, the ice cover on Lake Weissensee was 50 centimetres thick. But some areas are unlikely to freeze over this season.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s tomb open to the public
The tomb of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City in now open to the public. The pontiff was buried on January 5th immediately following a funeral in St. Peter’s Square.
Iranian man arrested in Germany suspected of plotting chemical attack
German officials said Sunday that a 32-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with deadly chemicals.
Iraq reopens Baghdad’s Green Zone to ease traffic jams
Iraqi authorities have reopened Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attempt to ease traffic jams in the capital.