Covid loan: ‘It’s more than I spend on fish a month”
BBC News – Business Firms struggling to repay pandemic debt should be given more flexibility, a business lobby group says. Go to Source 01/06/2023 – 03:03 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Covid officials say new ‘Arcturus’ variant could be linked to conjunctivitis
Coronavirus | The Guardian California report says variant XBB.1.16 is contagious but should not prompt concerns about a return to early pandemic stagesA new Covid variant that some public health officials have suggested could be linked with conjunctivitis, or pink eye, has set off minor alarms about the virus despite a continual decrease in the […]Continue reading
Singapore still leads the way as the world’s best place to do business
The Straits Times Business News April 14, 2023 4:33 PMIt should also remain the best place to operate for the next five years, according to Economist Intelligence Unit rankings. Go to Source 14/04/2023 – 12:05 / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
MIT professor to Congress: “We are at an inflection point” with AI
MIT News – Artificial intelligence Government should not “abdicate” its responsibilities and leave the future path of artificial intelligence solely to Big Tech, Aleksander Mądry, the Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computing at MIT and director of the MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning, told a Congressional panel on Wednesday. Rather, Mądry said, government should […]Continue reading
Danish government says employers must pay wages on scrapped holiday
The Local Should the government go through with plans to scrap a public holiday from 2024, employers will be expected to pay staff for the additional day of work, employment minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen said on Thursday. Go to Source January 5, 2023 – 9:04 pm / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
What new ESG approach ‘double materiality’ means – and why JPMorgan is a fan
The Straits Times Business News November 20, 2022 5:00 AMNEW YORK – Should a business or an investment fund care only about how environmental, social justice and governance (ESG) issues affect its bottom line, or should it also be attuned to how its operations affect the world? Go to Source November 20, 2022 – 12:03 […]Continue reading
Is this the end game for crypto?
The Straits Times Business News November 18, 2022 9:30 AMWhy should an industry that at best has simply reinvented conventional banking have any fundamental value? Go to Source November 18, 2022 – 6:04 am / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Government with Social Democrats is favoured choice of rival ex-PM Rasmussen
The Local The governing Social Democrats should form a coalition across the centre according to former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, an erstwhile rival. Go to Source October 21, 2022 – 6:06 pm / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Russia says it should be part of Nord Stream leaks probe
The Local Moscow said on Wednesday it should be part of the probe into leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, after Sweden blocked off the area around the pipelines pending an investigation. Go to Source October 5, 2022 – 6:02 pm / Twitter: @hoffeldtcom
Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman looking to drum up business for 2022-23
Jets owner Mark Chipman says hockey fans should not be comparing the economic downturn created by the pandemic to what led to Winnipeg losing its NHL franchise in 1996. Go to Source September 16, 2022 – 6:04 am /Kelly Moore Twitter: @hoffeldtcom