By SIMON CONSTABLE
1967 Israel Defense Force Spokesperson's Unit
Friday, October 20, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Korn Ferry: Monk Mode: A Hot Trend for Workers?
By SIMON CONSTABLE
The BBC jumped on the trend, along with other news sources. So did TikTok. “Monk mode”—a term coined two decades ago by a computer program—has now become the latest social-media detox, one that experts say could help workers struggling to focus amid today’s incessant distractions.
But does it come with a cost?
Read more here.
Korn Ferry: A Gender Pay Gap—at the Very Top
By SIMON CONSTABLE
British women have come a long way in business, but even those taking the top CEO role are getting short-changed it seems—and by some signifcant sums.
The few women CEOs in the public companies that make up the FTSE 100 index of leading UK stocks get paid 23.5% less than their male counterparts, according to a recent report The High Pay Center, a UK think tank. In 2022, the average pay for male FTSE 100 CEOs was £4.3 million ($5.2 million) versus £3.4 million for women. And there are only 11 such women in those top roles. Read more here.
Monday, October 9, 2023
Briefings Magazine: Dodging a Bullet…for Now
By SIMON CONSTABLE
For much of the last year and a half, Wall Street sent a consistent message: recession was imminent. Financiers were certain, because the Federal Reserve had pledged to crush inflation by sharply raising interest rates, which typically triggers a rapid slowdown. Yet, unlike in the past, no recession arrived. Unemployment remains low, with millions of unfilled job openings, and the economy keeps growing. “It’s hard to apply normal economic analysis in the post-pandemic world,” says Win Thin, global head of currency strategy at New York-based Brown Brothers Harriman. Hard, yes, but not impossible. Read more here.
WSJ: Financial Flash Back -- 40 Years ago the US Government broke up AT&T
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Published exclusively in the print edition of the Wall Street Journal
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