Your CV is more than a piece of paper; it’s your ticket to landing a job that could change your life. When pursuing international opportunities, this ticket needs to do even more. It has to show not just your qualifications but also your ability to adapt to new cultures, languages, and work environments. Here’s how to tailor your CV for the global stage and make a lasting impression. Start with Research Every country has its...
Retail giant Next has defied expectations for the crucial Christmas trading season, posting stronger-than-forecast sales but cautioning that a spike in wage costs will lead to higher prices this year. Full-price sales at the clothing and homeware chain rose 6 per cent in the nine weeks to 28 December, beating City forecasts of 4.5 per cent. This growth – fuelled largely by online and overseas performance – led Next to raise its annual pre-tax profit...
Businesses shed jobs at the fastest pace in four years last month after higher employment costs and mounting uncertainty from the autumn budget dented confidence, according to the latest S&P Global data. Excluding pandemic-era figures, the decline in headcount was the sharpest in over 15 years, with nearly a quarter of firms either laying off workers or freezing recruitment. The closely watched final composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dipped to 50.4 in December from 50.5...
Las Vegas is the Unites States gambling capital and the success of the industry has been a great teaching tool for other countries. Legalized gambling began in 1931, at the same time that the Hoover Dam was constructed. As a result, thousands of workers from the dam to Vegas to enjoy gambling with the money they earned. At this time, the downtown hub of the city was Fremont Street. The Vegas Strip was born in...
In the competitive world of e-commerce, email marketing is not just an additional strategy. According to research conducted by the Data & Marketing Association in 2018, 73% of consumers stated that email is their preferred marketing channel. Businesses today require platforms that integrate seamlessly with their operations, leverage data for personalization, and offer automation to optimize every stage of the customer journey. Two standout platforms in this space are Omnisend and Klaviyo, each with their...
Additional pardons, measures to prevent homegrown political extremism, and more military aid for Israel are among the plans that Biden and his administration have during their final days before passing the baton to President-elect Donald Trump and his team. Biden will end his presidency with one more international trip, during which he will travel to Italy and Vatican City to meet with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella. Biden’s...
President-elect Trump ramped up his calls for the U.S. to take ownership of Greenland in an amusing social media post on Monday. The move comes as the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., is preparing to travel to Greenland on Tuesday. The trip will be undertaken in a personal capacity, and he is not expected to meet with government officials. In a Truth Social post, President-elect Trump said that he was ‘hearing that the people of...
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who claimed victory in last year’s presidential election against current President Nicolás Maduro, met with President Biden on Monday in search of support in removing the incumbent from office. Biden and González Urrutia met at the White House, where the latter, who represented Venezuela’s main opposition coalition in the country’s presidential election in July, tried to rally support for his effort to remove Maduro from office by Friday, when...
In this video, Dave shares a long-term analysis of the Ten-Year Treasury Yield, breaks down how the shape of the yield curve has been a great leading indicator of recessionary periods and weaker stock prices, and outlines the chart he’s watching to determine if early 2025 will look a great deal like early 2022. This video originally premiered on January 6, 2025. Watch on StockCharts’ dedicated David Keller page! Previously recorded videos from Dave are available at this link.
With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday morning that he will step down as Liberal Party leader, whoever succeeds him will face Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, whose Conservative Party has nearly three times the support of committed voters (47% compared to 18% for the Liberals) in this year’s general election. First elected to the House of Commons in 2004, 45-year-old, Calgary-born Poilievre, 45, became leader of the Canadian Conservatives in 2022 and has...
