Constable Confidential: Iranians Have Long Endured No Legal Protections Publish

By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Constable Confidential: Israel 14 Days After the Hamas Attack

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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?

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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.

#AT&T: Forty years ago, Ma Bell broke into innovation and prosperity. @RealConstable @BatchelorShow WSJ

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CC: The latest on the Hamas-backed Invasion of Israel with special guest Ben Weinthal

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Briefings Magazine: Dodging a Bullet…for Now

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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.