Noticias
Bankia afirma que Hacienda nunca descubrió las tarjetas ‘black’ de Caja Madrid
Un exdirectivo dice que el uso de la visa opaca era habitual y parte del contrato
Los grupos parlamentarios, menos PP y Ciudadanos, piden subir un 1,2% las pensiones
La proposición de ley sumaría el apoyo de la mayoría del Congreso, 178 diputados
De Guindos se compromete a convocar ayudas adicionales para el carbón
La ayuda proporcionará 10 euros por tonelada producida y permitirá bajar el precio del carbón nacional. Leer
Popular ofrece un plan de bajas voluntarias de 28 días por año trabajado
La entidad mantuvo este jueves la tercera reunión con los sindicatos desde que se constituyó formalmente la mesa de negociación la semana pasada. Leer
Ikea abrirá dos tiendas ‘pop up’ en el Rastro de Madrid y el Born de Barcelona
La cadena sueca de decoración venderá artículos exclusivos de la tradición sueca en dos establecimientos que solo abrirán entre el 21 y el 30 de octubre
Vender los derechos de BBVA en Bolsa es un 5% más atractivo
El banco se compromete a pagar 0,08 euros por derecho hasta este jueves. Leer
Deutsche Bank congela la contratación de personal en la mayoría de sus divisiones
El objetivo es profundizar en su política de ahorro de costes e intentar así mitigar los temores del mercado, informa Financial Times. Sus acciones vuelven a caer hoy con fuerza en Bolsa. Leer
Overdoing it
LATE of an evening, Japan’s black-suited salarymen let their hair down in the streets of Shimbashi, a district of Tokyo. Shirts untucked, ties off, liquor flowing, they stagger around before heading home, or directly back to the office via a konbini (convenience store) to buy a clean shirt.
This is the harmless outlet for their stress: karoshi, or death by overwork, is the darker, and until recently, more overlooked one. This month the first ever government report into the scale of karoshi found that employees put in over 80 hours of overtime a month at almost a quarter of companies surveyed. At 12% of those firms the figure rose to a whopping 100 hours. These numbers may underestimate the problem; under a fifth of 10,000 companies contacted responded, which is a normal response rate, but firms with still worse overtime figures may have kept out of the study.
Little wonder that 93 people committed or attempted to commit suicide in the year to the end of March 2015 because of overwork. These are the cases where the government has officially recognised that families are owed compensation;…Continue reading
Worth it?
While many MBA programmes are feeling the pinch, life is rosy for the very best business schools. Chicago retains its place at the top of our ranking of full-time MBAs. It is the sixth time in seven years that it has taken first place. Like most of Chicago’s peers, nearly all of its MBA class can expect to find a job immediately after graduation, with a basic salary well in excess of $100,000. Such degrees do not come cheap. The average cost of tuition at the top 15 schools is $112,000. America, the spiritual home of the MBA, dominates our list, accounting for 11 of the top 15 schools. The ranking is based on a mix of hard data and subjective marks given by students. It weights data according to what students tell us is important. The four categories covered are: opening new career opportunities (35% weighting), personal development and educational experience (35%), increasing salary (20%) and the potential to network (10%).