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The Uber-ization of work: The good side, the bad side
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/08/2016
» What if work was a flexible series of small jobs or "gigs" & not the typical 9 to 5, Monday to Friday routine workweek?
Engaging your team during tough times using Q12
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 25/04/2016
» Engaging people is a key to maximising their performance. During tough times it is even more important. One very useful engagement tool is Q12, based on a set of 12 questions asked in 10 million workplace interviews that the Gallup Organization conducted in more than 100 countries.
The dark side of world's lucrative mobile phone industry
AFP, Published on 25/02/2016
» BARCELONA - As the world's largest mobile phone fair hosts the "creme de la creme" in Barcelona, activists slam the dark side of a sector accused of ignoring rights abuses in Chinese factories and Congolese mines.
China revives totalitarian scare tactics
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 10/02/2016
» China is once again gripped by fear in a way it has not been since the era of Mao Zedong. From the inner sanctum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to university lecture halls and executive suites, the spectre of harsh accusations and harsher punishment is stalking China’s political, intellectual, and business elites.
Virtual reality app brings crisis zones closer to home
AFP, Published on 23/11/2015
» WASHINGTON - Bombed-out buildings tower overhead, and rubble is piled high in the deserted streets of Syria's onetime economic hub Aleppo. Gunshots can be heard in the distance.
Asean Community faces key unity challenge
News, Chananthorn Kamjan, Published on 23/11/2015
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) yesterday reached a landmark decision with the signing of the historic Kuala Lumpur declaration to establish the Asean Community (AC).
Pope electrifies Philadelphia with advice on family, immigration
AFP, Published on 27/09/2015
» PHILADELPHIA - Pope Francis addressed a festival of families attended by tens of thousands of Catholics, offering a frank assessment of the difficulties of life and a prescription for love on the penultimate day of his US tour.
US flag ready to fly in Cuba
Published on 14/08/2015
» HAVANA — US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Havana on Friday to raise the Stars and Stripes over the newly opened US Embassy, making a symbolically charged victory lap for the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with Cuba.
Justice system faces trial in Koh Tao murder case
News, Andy Hall, Published on 06/07/2015
» Prior to British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller's heinous murders last September, migrant workers' presence and everyday lives on Koh Tao island were not publicly discussed. This situation abruptly changed once migrants were identified by case investigators as key suspects behind the killings.