German beer sales up in 2022 after COVID pushed them down
Official figures show that German beer sales rose in 2022 after COVID-19 restrictions weighed on brewers in the previous two years.
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Disruption across UK as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border checks – as it happened
UK public warned of ‘significant disruption’ from strikes involving teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train driversKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, speaking from a teachers’ picket line in Warwick,…
Business sector has driven shift to ‘values-based capitalism’, Jim Chalmers says
Treasurer hits back at criticism of his essay that championed co-investment and economic inclusionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says Australia’s business and investment community has driven a shif…
Day of disruption in UK as thousands join mass walkout
Up to half a million workers are expected to go on strike across the U.K. in what’s shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade.
UK house prices fall for fifth month in a row
Average cost of home now 3.2% below August 2022 peak as mortgage demand slumpsHouse prices in the UK continued to fall in January, sliding for the fifth month in a row, according to Nationwide, pushing the average cost of a home 3.2% below the peak se…
Workplace reforms back on agenda when parliament returns next week, Tony Burke says
Albanese government to launch new industrial relations negotiations but all but rules out bringing back bargaining fees for non-union membersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app o…
Costa cappuccinos deliver nearly five times as much caffeine as Starbucks ones
Which? study reveals huge disparity in the amount of caffeine delivered by high street coffee chainsCoffee lovers looking for a strong pick-me-up should avoid Starbucks and head to Costa, after it emerged its cappuccinos deliver almost five times as mu…
Intel Cuts Pay Across the Board To Avoid Layoffs
segaboy81 writes: Internal reports of Intel cutting pay across the board are flooding the internet. It’s now confirmed that CEO Pat Gelsinger will take a 25% cut, while everyone else takes a 5% to 15% hit. What’s worse is it looks like they will remain…
Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’
Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coupIn the two years since a murderous junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies conti…
UK benefit changes have pushed people into dead-end, low-paid jobs, says IFS
Tougher rules have boosted employment but jobs offer scant career progression and contribute little to tax revenueTougher benefit rules have boosted employment in the UK in the past 25 years but only at the expense of trapping workers in dead-end jobs,…