#France: Oil climbs, inflation falls, and the climate is perfect in the South of France. John Batchelor @RealConstable Occitane

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Korn Ferry: A New Look for Apprenticeships

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The apprenticeships among the job listings seemed normal. They would last up to five years and offer an increasing pay scale. But there was one key twist—beyond trade gigs, they came they came in banking, marketing, even medicine. Read more here.

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Forbes.com: Britain To Switch Energy Policy, But How?

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Not content with green lighting Britain’s first new coal mine in decades, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has a taken a new stance of energy policy.

“I don’t think that we’re going to get to net zero by telling everybody that they can’t fly anywhere or can’t do this or can’t do that. That’s not my approach to it,” Sunak told the BBC.

Instead he wants a pragmatic and proportionate way, while at the same time staying committed to achieving its carbon-emissions goal by 2050. Read more here.

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Forbes.com: Bearish Commodities Investors Should Brace For An Epic Agriculture Rally

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Fund investors are bailing on commodities, and meanwhile the war in Ukraine suggests they should be doing the opposite.

The combination of sustained commodities fund outflows along with a pending disruption to global grain supplies suggest a possible epic rally for the sector. Read more here.

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Forbes.com: Germany Remains In Economic Slump, ECB May Stage A Surprise Pause

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Germany keeps on delivering bad economic news and its bad for the rest of Europe. The only twinkle of light is that things weren’t as bad as some expected.

The bottom line is that Europe’s largest economy, which is generally seen as the European Union’s engine of growth, shrank in the first half of the year.

“GDP data for Germany showed that the economy stagnated in Q2 and contracted slightly less than previously estimated,” according to a recent report from London-based consulting firm Capital Economics. “The big picture remains that the German economy has shrunk in the past nine months.” Read more here.

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#France: Wild Boars wander the South of France; awaiting the Women's Tour de France. @BatchelorShow @RealConstable Occitane.

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Korn Ferry: Hot Desking: The UK’s Latest Hot Topic

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More than half of British firms now have no assigned desks for workers, the world’s highest rate. Does hot desking undermine morale? Read more here.

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