“HAVE A BREAK” is a slogan associated with the popular chocolate snack, KitKat. But it may be pretty good advice for any manager or worker, minus the calories. The longer the shift, the less effective the employee may become. In a new paper for Royal Society Open Finance, “Quantifying the cost of decision fatigue: suboptimal…
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It comes with political baggageROLF BUCH, chief executive of Vonovia, Germany’s biggest residential-property company, says he has learned a lot since he tried and failed to buy Deutsche Wohnen (DW), the second-biggest, in 2015. Back then Mr Buch’s hostile bid was an attempt to prevent DW from combining with third-ranked LEG. Neither deal came to…
When it comes to logistics, Chinese tech giants take divergent routesIN 2019 RICHARD LIU told couriers working for JD.com that the Chinese e-commerce giant he founded would cancel their base pay after a 2.8bn yuan ($438m) loss the previous year, its 12th consecutive one in the red. Riders would make only a commission on deliveries.…
A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoA push toward relying more on renewable energy for bitcoin mining could make the underperforming solar industry more attractive, star fund manager Cathie Wood said at a cryptocurrency conference Thursday.The value of…
BANGKOK—Shareholders of the French energy company Total have voted to suspend payments of dividends to stakeholders in the joint venture company running a gas pipeline in Burma, the company said Wednesday. Pressure has been growing on companies with investments or operations linked to the Burma (also known as Myanmar) military to suspend any financial support following…
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