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Deloitte’s 2018 Global Human Capital Trends Report has found that almost two-thirds of companies are designing jobs to enable them to incorporate AI and robotics into operations …

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49% of the 7200 companies interviewed for PWC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey in 123 territories had suffered from fraud in the last two years (up from 36%) …

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A recent report on wage trends in advanced economies published by the Reserve Bank of Australia has shown that changes in union density, and hence bargaining power, has a pronounced affect on wage growth …

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The major accounting firm EY now uses a range of automated processes to make its back-office operations more efficient …

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This year’s corruption perception survey by Transparency International indicates that few of the world’s most corrupt countries have done anything to improve the way their residents view them …

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A highly influential study about the use of physical exercise regimes and cognitive behavioural therapy to treat chronic fatigue syndrome (Myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME) have been put in doubt by reanalysis of the data …

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Due to the significant risk of abduction and deception by taxi or even private hire services, the best practice for companies sending executives or professionals to countries where they do not have representatives is to arrange for a registered guide to meet visitors at airports or rail stations …

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How many companies in the world are run by women?  Worldwide it is one in every 5 and it is more likely for smaller businesses …

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The company ASI Data Science has worked with the UK Home Office to come up with software that will identify terrorist propaganda video material, even at the point it is being uploaded to the internet …

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Amazon has developed and patented an intelligent wristband that can match an order against the bin where the order is being sourced …

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Although foreign direct investment to developing countries remained fairly stable last year, it fell very significantly in North America (-33%) and Europe (-27%) compared to 2016 …

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Which countries have the highest percentage of those aged 25 to 34 with tertiary (University or equivalent) education? Many would guess the USA – but they would be wrong …

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Employers should be on alert to possible terrorist acts during this Christmas and New Year holiday period …

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A number of major companies such as Airbus, Rio Tinto Mining Group, Amec Foster Wheeler and British American Tobacco have found themselves the subjects of UK Serious Fraud Office investigations during the last six months …

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A recent report by the leading application security company CA Veracode has found that a quarter of business leaders do not understand many common security threats, in spite of recently authorizing vast increases in IT budgets …

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