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France seeks eurozone stability package - CNN International

France seeks eurozone stability package - CNN International | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
France seeks eurozone stability packageCNN International(Financial Times) -- France is pressing the EU to adopt a financial stability package to stem the eurozone crisis, believing negative market reaction to the €100bn bailout of Spain's banks shows...
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Global stock markets fall after World Bank cuts growth forecasts

Global stock markets fall after World Bank cuts growth forecasts | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Nikkei down 6% and European exchanges off 1% on economic stimulus fears and growth downgrade to 2.2%
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OECD: "Inequality surges in world’s richest countries, esp. in times of crisis"

OECD: "Inequality surges in world’s richest countries, esp. in times of crisis" | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it

Not only has social inequality risen in the industrialized nations over the past three decades, the economic crisis of 2008-09 sped up the deterioration as “pain of the crisis was not evenly shared,” a new report of the OECD says.


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Pope Francis attacks 'cult of money' in reform call

Pope Francis attacks 'cult of money' in reform call | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Pontiff says politicians need to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisis
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Business Improvement and Older Employees

Business Improvement and Older Employees | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
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Jonathan Haynes, Tdf Consultants comments, "Companies need older, experienced candidates as well as fresh, young minds.  What is also important is to bring in talent from other industries.  ompanies become too fixated on the idea that only someone with direct experience is relevant to a job.  Not so - pigeonholing in any form is the death of most companies."

Daniel Watson's curator insight, May 8, 7:28 PM


The reality that most recruiters are under 40, results in business owners seeking to recruit new staff, rarely being presented with competent and capable candidates who are mature and experienced.


The fact that mature workers and younger workers possess a different type of intelligence, and a business needs both types of intelligence operating within the business to be successful, means that businesses not employing a certain percentage of mature workers are missing out on gaining a competitive advantage over companies whose employee profiles are skewed heavily towards younger employees.


This excellent article, discusses the different types of intelligence that younger and older workers possess, and it identifies four opportunities for a business to improve productivity, move beyond stereotypes, increase work flexibility and improve organisation training by employing older workers.

CAEXI BEST's curator insight, May 9, 6:03 AM
amélioration des affaires et les employés plus âgés
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Vince Cable: Consider RBS break-up to increase banking competition

Vince Cable: Consider RBS break-up to increase banking competition | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Business secretary speaks out against rush to sell bailed-out bank, saying it could be used to make sector more competitive
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RBS signals government could sell taxpayer stake next year

RBS signals government could sell taxpayer stake next year | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Bailed-out bank's chairman uses strongest language yet to talk of sale, as RBS reports first-quarter profits of £826m
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An elderly crisis and a youth crisis: South Korea’s got it all

An elderly crisis and a youth crisis: South Korea’s got it all | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
With around a quarter of its population older than 60, Japan has rightly earned its rep for having the worst demographic crises in the world.
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Unemployment among UK women rising to 25-year high, survey finds

Unemployment among UK women rising to 25-year high, survey finds | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Almost three times as many women as men have become long-term unemployed since 2010, says Fawcett Society
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Goldman boss: UK must stick to plan

Goldman boss: UK must stick to plan | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein says the UK must stick with its austerity plan or face a negative reaction from global investors.
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George Osborne boosts funding for lending scheme before IMF visit

George Osborne boosts funding for lending scheme before IMF visit | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Chancellor to beef up £80bn loans scheme amid US calls for Britain to tone down austerity measures
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Hundreds of top bosses demand better deal with the EU saying move is crucial for jobs and growth

Hundreds of top bosses demand better deal with the EU saying move is crucial for jobs and growth | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Ocado chairman Sir Stuart Rose (pictured) and Next boss Lord Wolfson are among the 500 people who have signed up to the Business for Britain campaign.
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Leading economies promise to boost growth

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The world's leading economies set an objective on Saturday to boost growth and jobs at the end of a weekend of high-level meetings, but undermined their ambitions with sharply differing views of the necessary policies.
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So much for British jobs for British workers! Foreign-born men have higher levels of employment since the financial crisis struck

So much for British jobs for British workers! Foreign-born men have higher levels of employment since the financial crisis struck | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Male migrants in the UK have had higher levels of employment than British workers from 2007 onwards, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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IMF calls for new growth measures to help UK economy - live

IMF calls for new growth measures to help UK economy - live | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
After two weeks scrutinising the UK economy, the International Monetary Fund has called on the government to do more to speed up the recovery
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Osborne's plan to help housebuyers 'could cause another crash': Sir Mervyn raises fears of US-style sub-prime crisis

Osborne's plan to help housebuyers 'could cause another crash': Sir Mervyn raises fears of US-style sub-prime crisis | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King said Chancellor George Osborne's Help to Buy scheme was 'too close for comfort' and could damage the mortgage market.
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Immigrants now make up 13% of the British population as it’s revealed more Europeans arrived in the UK in the past decade than in the previous 50 years

Immigrants now make up 13% of the British population as it’s revealed more Europeans arrived in the UK in the past decade than in the previous 50 years | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
New data from the 2011 Census showed that 3.8million came to the UK's shores in the previous ten years, doubling the number who were already living here.
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Sagging demand for exports is dragging down economic growth everywhere

Sagging demand for exports is dragging down economic growth everywhere | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Indonesia's economy grew at just 6.02% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the previous year. That's the slowest growth in two years, and it's in large part due to flagging export demand.
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George Osborne to tell IMF that austerity U-turn would do damage

George Osborne to tell IMF that austerity U-turn would do damage | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Chancellor to stick to austerity strategy and defend stance at upcoming London talks
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Credit Rating Agency Admits You Shouldn't Trust Its Credit Ratings

Credit Rating Agency Admits You Shouldn't Trust Its Credit Ratings | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Here's yet another reason we may never trust credit-rating agencies again: One of the biggest of them has just suggested that we shouldn't.
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The global economy is losing steam

The global economy is losing steam | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Recent data shows growth is slowing in the United States and China, while Europe's recession is still underway. And even though Japan has announced a massive stimulus program, it's not likely to grow much this year either.
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Fears of triple-dip recession could reverse stock market's soaring start to the year

Fears of triple-dip recession could reverse stock market's soaring start to the year | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
The stock market enjoyed a soaring start to 2013, but could fears of a triple-dip recession be about to turn the rally into a slump?
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Royal Mail sell-off in the post as £3bn deal mooted for Urenco

Royal Mail sell-off in the post as £3bn deal mooted for Urenco | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
Government poised to offload several major assets, starting with some or all of its £3bn stake in Urenco nuclear fuel firm
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U.K. may have slipped into a third recession

U.K. may have slipped into a third recession | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
The coldest March in 50 years may have tipped the ailing U.K. economy into a third recession since the financial crisis, a result that will raise further doubts about the government's policy of austerity.
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Osborne under fire over 'non-existent' recovery: Triple dip fear returns as new cash is pledged for small firms

Osborne under fire over 'non-existent' recovery: Triple dip fear returns as new cash is pledged for small firms | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
The Chancellor is expected to announce plans to expand lending to small businesses - but his predecessor Alistair Darling says the Government's economic policies are 'simply not working'.
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George Osborne vows to marshall G20 nations to fight tax evasion

George Osborne vows to marshall G20 nations to fight tax evasion | Parlez-vous business | Scoop.it
British chancellor says he wants to put tax reform at centre of Britain's presidency of the G8 this year
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