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Employees coming back to offices | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

  
NHK WORLD - 05.16.2023 Original article ›
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A survey of 11,000 Japanese companies shows remote work continuing to be supported by about 38% of companies, an almost equal number of 39% support workers going back to the office. In the US major cities downtowns have high vacancies for office space with a strong tendency of some companies to keep practice of remote work or only 2-3 days in office from the pandemic period. About 23% of companies say they are undecided.

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Siemens partners with India on railway modernization – DW – 02/27/2023

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dw.com - 02.27.2023 Original article ›
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India places a $3 billion order for 1200 electric locomotives and railway modernization with Siemens. It includes a 35 year contract for maintenance. The equivalent of 800,000 trucks can be replaced by these locomotives over the lifetime. Siemens CEO Roland Busch says "This will help India create the world's largest green rail network, as our locomotives will save the equivalent of 800 million tons of CO2 emissions over their lifecycles."

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Here’s Why the Economy Seems Weird

  
WSJ - 03.09.2023 Original article ›
Greg Ip
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Greg Ip and other experts say the US economy is different today because nothing like the collapse of supply chains and the pandemic leading to shortage of workers has happened in the last 50 years. One has to go back to 1947 in the postwar period to see how the nation adjusted between supply of labor after World War II and supply of goods, to understand today's economy, says Greg Ip in the WSJ.

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P.T. Usha elected India's first woman Olympic chief

  
France 24 - 12.10.2022 Original article ›
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The 58 year old P.T. Usha, with multiple gold medals in running at the Asian Games, is elected president of the Indian Women's Olympics Association. This is a critical time for Indian sports athletes with building of better sports facilities, and support of athletes by the Indian government. India has lagged behind in the Olympics and is trying to catch up. Only a small number of medals were won at Olympics by Indian athletes.

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Varane driving France’s ‘historical soldiers’ in pursuit of World Cup

  
The Guardian - 12.12.2022 Original article ›
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The calming role that Varane takes on as the French soccer team's core seasoned players Giroud, Varane, Lloris and Griezman give direction and transmit a sense of calmness and composure when the stakes are high. Varane who is softspoken and quiet on the field in defense takes on a leadership role in such situations. The French team take on Morocco in the World Cup Soccer semifinals after winning 2-1 in the game with England.

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Lionel Messi's hometown ready for World Cup final – DW – 12/17/2022

  
dw.com - 12.17.2022 Original article ›
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Rosario, Argentina is the hometown of Lionel Messi. DW.com looks at this city, the third largest in Argentina, and capital of Santa Fe state. Two of Argentina's famous soccer coaches were born in Rosario. Lionel Scaloni, the current national coach and 1978 coach Cesar Luis Menotti. Argentina lost to Germany 1-0 in 2014, and 8 years later locals are sensing something big as Argentina meets France on Sunday.

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What the Queen's English revealed about a changing world

  
BBC News - 12.25.2022 Original article ›
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Accumulation of all the memories of people we have spoken with shape our accents say experts. This BBC story covers the changes in Queen Elizabeth down to her last Christmas broadcast and her pandemic period broadcast. It changed to become more mainstream after weekly meetings with 15 heads of Britain's government whose accents ranged from Yorkshire to the north of England. After 1990 the accent went back to that of her youth, says the BBC.

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Forces in India, US seek to sow division: USAID administrator

  
The Indian Express - 07.27.2022 Original article ›
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USAID Administrator Samantha Powers talk at the IIT- Delhi is covered in detail in the Indian Express. Powers says India's aid to Sri Lanka with $3.5 billion in credit lines during the pandemic is an example of the kind of help the US and India have made to assist poor countries. She sees ever broader and deeper cooperation between the US and India to help African, Asian and Latin American nations build a better future.

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Jaishankar visits Lanka IOC to take stock of fuel supply situation

  
The Hindu - 03.28.2022 Original article ›
Pti
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India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar visits the local subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Colombo to get some idea of the fuel supply situation in Sri Lanka. Facing a shortage of foreign exchange reserves and payment due for its debt in 2022 Sri Lanka has cut imports, including oil imports. India has offered a $1 billion line of credit and other assistance to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is also getting financial help from the IMF.

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Mann Ki Baat | PM Modi hails India’s start-up culture, says country has become a nation of job creators, not job seekers

  
The Hindu - 11.28.2021 Original article ›
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PM Modi of India interacts with Mayur Patil, a young engineer in India who developed air filter technology to reduce emissions on existing motorcycles and buses by as much as 20-30%. Patents were granted and NITI Aayog granted a 90 lakh rupee grant for mass production. India faces a real need for job creation through the development of new companies and new products to hire hundreds of thousands of engineers and other graduates graduating each year.

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Opinion | The State of Trump’s Union

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WSJ - 01.20.2020 Original article ›
William Mc Gurn
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The WSJ's William McGurn looks at the Trump impeachment in the Senate and compares this with a similar period when Bill Clinton, another president  was being impeached by Republicans. Bill Clinton survived the impeachment vote as is expected also for Mr. Trump. The strong economy supported Mr. Clinton in his State of the Union message that followed, as is expected for Mr. Trump in his State of the Union message. 

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The Verdict on Trump’s Economic Stewardship, Before Covid and After

  
WSJ - 10.14.2020 Original article ›
Jon Hilsenrath
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This analysis in the WSJ looks at president Trump's handling of the economy during the period before and following the coronavirus. It says a Gallup poll taken in September showed 56% or a majority of Americans thought they were better off than four years ago. The same poll shows handling of the coronavirus that hurt the economy not getting high marks for the president. A lot of uncertainty remains says this report.

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SoftBank marks retreat from global solar ambitions with Adani deal

  
The Financial Times - 09.23.2021 Original article ›
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A Japanese group that was unable to realize the potential in renewables with only 5GW expansion in India is selling its energy unit to the Adani Group in India. After building thermal capacity in India this Indian company is now shifting its focus to help achieve prime minister Modi's target of 450 GW for India in renewables. Modi saw the potential for renewables early in his administration for the state of Gujarat.

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ESPN Boss Jimmy Pitaro’s Chaotic Race to Remake the Sports Giant

  
WSJ - 03.18.2024 Original article ›
Isabella Simonetti, Robbie Whelan
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Jimmy Pitaro at ESPNsports network is navigating adifficult landscape looking for new sports streaming custmers. Joining other media companies to compete with streaming against Google and Apple TV. As more Americans cut the cord cable TV is collapsing. From 2011 onwards to today cable lost 29 million subscribers. ESPN, part of Disney, is a division that once supported Disney growth, its growth in 2023 was 2% for revenue with decline of 2% for profit.

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Endless Demand Spurs U.S. Natural-Gas Prices to Shale-Era Highs

  
WSJ - 08.23.2022 Original article ›
Ryan Dezember
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Natural gas prices hit a 14 year high in the US with futures reaching $10 per million British thermal units BTU's. Natural gas is liquefied and sent to Europe from the US leading to higher domestic prices. Europe is facing a winter of gas shortages with rationing of energy supplies to industry to meet winter home demand. Germany has built up its reserves to 80% and has agreements for additional supplies from Qatar.

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Germany: Gas storage filling up faster than expected ahead of winter | DW | 28.08.2022

  
DW.COM - 08.29.2022 Original article ›
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Germany will reach 85% of gas storage with Russian gas reduced to 10% of consumption by September 1, 2022. The next target is to get it up to 95% for German gas storage facilities by November 1, 2022. "The reservoirs are filling quicker than planned," German Economy Minister Habeck told Der Spiegel. The big part of gas supplies are now from Norway and Netherlands. And LNG supplies will come from France. 

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China is reducing its CO2 emissions – DW – 12/13/2023

  
dw.com - 12.30.2023 Original article ›
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In this video DW.com looks at China with its CO2 emissions making up 30% of the global total and addition of coal power capacity. Yet China is also the country with a huge effort to build solar energy and is at the forefront in electric cars. What does this mean and how does it affect the search for reaching a limit to the use of fossil fuels? DW.com's Christian Pricelius takes a look.

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New York and New Jersey Selected to Host 2026 World Cup Final

  
WSJ - 02.04.2024 Original article ›
Joshua Robinson
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The World Cup Soccer 2026 will take place in 16 cities in US, Mexico, Canada. It starts June 19 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The last time it was plaed in the US was 1994. The final game will be played at the MetLife Stadium 82,000 seat in East Rutherford, New Jersey, built in 2010. It will be played all over the US most in Dallas, in Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara.

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How did Yashasvi Jaiswal prepare for the James Anderson onslaught

  
The Indian Express - 02.20.2024 Original article ›
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Jaiswal's double century at Rajkot in the third Test cricket match against England was achieved with cricket skills developed though hard work on the pitch.Sriram Veera reporting from the Rajkot cricket grounds says Jaishwal is a player who has worked hard on his batting, methodically improving it to build a sound base. This discipline was seen in practice sessions and on the pitch when Sharma pointed out for him to keep his bat straighter.

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How Layoffs Have Barely Dented Tech Giants’ Workforces, in Charts

  
WSJ - 02.29.2024 Original article ›
Theo Francis, Alana Pipe
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Layoffs at Microsoft, Amazon and Google are offset by more hiring. So that the companies are smaller by a small margin in 2023 compared to 2022, yet way larger than 2018. WSJ looks at the growing size of these companies. At Microsoft the headcount is 101,000 outside the US, a 70% increase since 2019. Apple's 161,000 employees are much higher than the 137,000 in 2019. A small trimming of employees only took down 3000 employees.

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Insights on How to Be a Socially Conscious Company Today

  
WSJ - 08.09.2023 Original article ›
Ben Ashwell, Walden Siew
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Do social value in the way you run the business. That is the intelligent way. On green washing it says just don't do it. With so much that businesspersons are faced with- lack of upward mobility and wages, mental health, climate change needs, supply chain and domestic manufacturing, the need for an honest sincere response on these issues. These points are made at a WSJ event as reported by Ashwell and Siew.

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UN population report: Key takeaways for India and the world

  
The Indian Express - 04.20.2023 Original article ›
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A key takeaway from the UN Population report in 2023 is the youthfulness of India's population. India has 1.428 billion people in 2023. 26% of this is in the 10-24 year age group. As much as 68% is in the 15-64 years age group. The fertility rate now at 2.0 is less than the replacement rate of 2.1. This is the number of children each woman has in her lifetime.

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ECB president Christine Lagarde’s son lost money invested in crypto

  
- 11.25.2023 Original article ›
Mehreen Khan
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The European central bank chief and former French finance minister takes a dim view of crypto currency. It has called for direct regulation of crypto currency, and their inclusion in anti money laundering and terrorist financing laws. ECB's view is- "Since Bitcoin is suitable neither as a payment system nor as an investment, it should be treated as neither in regulatory terms and should not be legitimised."

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The World’s Largest Buyer of U.S. Debt Isn’t Going Away

  
WSJ - 11.27.2023 Original article ›
Jon Sindreu
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The largest holder of America's debt is not China. It is Japan with holdings by banks, insurers and pension funds of $1.1 trillion of US debt. This is important with the growing borrowing of the US government to fund infrastructure and clean energy, services. This investment is growing after slowing during the pandemic. Much of it is done not for earnings gains but with hedging in financial markets to reduce exchange rate risk.

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Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States

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NYTimes.com - 09.14.2023 Original article ›
Jim Tankersley
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Investment in the US in clean energy technologies reached $213 billion in the last 12 months through July 2023 after the climate law was passed by president Biden. The prior year it was $151 billion and the year before that $81 billion. Investment is growing fastest in electric car batteries, EV's, and in solar panels, slower in wind energy. This shows the Biden plan is working and will accelerate in the coming year.

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