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We wish you a merry reorganisation

In a Money talks special, Anne McElvoy brings in Suzane Heywood and Stephen Heidari-Robinson, authors of Reorg: How to get it right. They delve into the art and science of reorganising a businessContinue reading

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Dic

Reservar en enero, evitar el viernes y otras claves para dar con el mejor billete de avión

El domingo es el mejor día para comprar un vuelo, según un estudio

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Dic

The best cities for some last-minute Christmas shopping

CHRISTMAS in New York is a time when, in the words of Meyer Berger, the city tries “to match the gems from her endless treasure chest against the winking and sparking brilliants in Heaven’s vault”. Only grinches fail to succumb to the seasonal spirit when the snow is falling in Manhattan, the steam is rising from the pavements and the lights twinkle. For many, though, Christmas means one thing: the chance to shop. New York may be magical, but is it the best place to stock up on gifts? Gulliver decided to compare the Big Apple with other shopping draws around the world. 

To be a good place to shop, a city first needs a wide selection of things to buy. We used a ranking by CB Richard Ellis, a real-estate firm, to assess the penetration of global retailers in cities around the world. Second, it must not break the bank. So we applied cost-of-living data from The Economist Intelligence Unit, our sister company, both on the average cost of a night’s stay and the price of the sort of items Christmas…Continue reading

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Dic

Para los ‘millennials’ alquilar ya no es tirar el dinero

El 68% de los jóvenes de hasta 35 años se decantará por el alquiler de vivienda a tres años vista, una opción que causaba rechazo en generaciones anteriores; solo un 16% dice que comprará una casa a corto plazo

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Las ‘telecos’ hacen frente común para exigir al Gobierno menos tasas y más antenas

Las operadoras tendrán que invertir para dar respuesta al tráfico de datos y la velocidad de conexión que se triplicarán en tres años, según un informe

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Las ‘telcos’ hacen frente común para exigir al Gobierno menos tasas y más antenas

Las operadoras tendrán que invertir para dar respuesta al tráfico de datos y la velocidad de conexión que se triplicarán en tres años, según un informe

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Las empresas se rebelan contra los nuevos impuestos del Gobierno

Piden reunirse con la CNMV y el Instituto de Contabilidad para aclarar aspectos que consideran que pueden afectar al beneficio o a los dividendos

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Dic

BBVA cerrará 132 oficinas en España ante el mayor uso de canales digitales

La entidad garantiza al menos una sucursal en las poblaciones de más de 15.000 habitantes

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Dic

Keep the costs of trade in perspective

ECONOMISTS are realising that they have got some things about trade wrong in the past. Just because trade can make everyone better off, doesn’t mean it will, for instance (at least without some help from politicians). That new research, and this year’s political ructions, are generating some reflection on these issues among economists is a good thing. But it is important to maintain one’s perspective. Tim Duy has not done that, I think, in this stemwinder of a post on the effects of American trade policy. He quotes Noah Smith, who says:

[I]n the 1990s and 2000s, the U.S opened its markets to Chinese goods, first with Most Favored Nation trading status, and then by supporting China’s accession to the WTO. The resulting competition from cheap Chinese goods contributed to vast inequality in the United States, reversing many of the employment gains of the 1990s and holding down U.S. wages. But this sacrifice on the part of 90% of the American populace enabled China to lift its…Continue reading

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El portal de viajes Trivago se estrena en Wall Street discretamente

La página web de reservas de Expedia sube un 8% en el arranque pero tras debutar con un precio reducido