As we usher in the New Year, it’s worth taking a moment to see how this year’s major business themes have played out. While smatterings of growth and dips in unemployment have brought relative stability to Europe and the US, analysts at Nomura foresee policy changes that may reshape global prosperity in the long-term.
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Explore the impact of Big data on business in this Notizie di inglese commerciale lezione.
By now, odds are you’ve heard the term “Big Data”. The thousands upon thousands of giga, tera, and peta bytes that are collected everywhere around us has caused concern for some, and jobs and wealth for others.
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The global financial spotlight is focused squarely on China with its economy and banking system beginning to show signs of weakness. Interest rates hit all-time highs, while the central bank stood by and watched, as Reuters reports.
The People’s Bank of China has engineered a tightening of cash in money markets after seeing interest rates spike to 25 percent or higher for some deals. This was done in order to try to rein in excessive credit growth, especially in the lightly-regulated “shadow banking” sector.
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Imparare Vocabolario inglese commerciale e collocazioni per descrivere le tendenze e la tecnologia in questo Notizie di inglese commerciale lezione sul recente calo delle vendite di PC.
Non è passato molto tempo da quando molti di noi potevano contare su un nuovo computer ogni tre anni circa. Con gli aggiornamenti hardware e software che fanno passi da gigante, i consumatori e le aziende cercavano di sostituire le macchine obsolete con scatole nuove e scintillanti. Tuttavia, come spiega Forbes, le cose sono cambiate radicalmente: “Le spedizioni di PC sono in calo 14% anno dopo anno nonostante il lancio di Windows 8. Mentre Microsoft e i suoi fan potrebbero non volerlo ancora ammettere, finestre 8 è un flop. L’incapacità di generare nuove vendite è negativa; l'accelerazione della tendenza al ribasso nelle spedizioni di PC è davvero terribile.”
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In questo Notizie di inglese commerciale lezione, we look at trends in the workplace, particularly changing attitudes to telecommuting.
The question of “live to work or work to live” has been around for decades, with many employees trying to strike that perfect work-life balance. Employees around the world benefit from the use of modern technology to do their work in the comfort of their own homes.
Recently though, Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, made some waves with her decision that all employees must work their 9 to 5s in the office.
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