About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.
Category: Labor and Jobs
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Bringing A.I. Tools to the Workplace Requires a Delicate Balance
Move too slowly, and risk getting left behind. Move too quickly, and neither the staff nor the technology may be ready.
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Hollywood Writers Strike Is ‘Going to Be a While’
The writers and entertainment companies remain far apart on several key issues, including money, and the standoff could last for months.
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Bank Stocks Bounce as Investors Rethink Economic Outlook
PacWest and Western Alliance, the banks at the center of the latest phase of the crisis, recouped a chunk of earlier losses, as robust economic data also heartened investors.
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Wages Grow Steadily, Defying Fed’s Hopes as it Fights Inflation
Pay gains picked up last month, the opposite of what Federal Reserve officials are hoping for as they try to cool inflation.
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Wages Climb Rapidly, Defying Fed’s Hopes as it Fights Inflation
Pay gains picked up last month, the opposite of what Federal Reserve officials are hoping for as they try to cool inflation.
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U.S. employers added 253,000 jobs in April.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent as the labor market showed enduring strength.
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Powell Bets the Fed Can Slow Inflation Despite Recession Fears
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, thinks his central bank can defy history to clinch slower inflation and a soft economic landing.
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Outside Hollywood Studios, Writers Make Their Case
Those in picket lines at the headquarters of companies like Netflix were critical of working conditions that have become routine in the streaming era.
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After Pandemic Rebound, U.S. Manufacturing Droops
Factories that roared out of the recession have stalled, hampering the economy, even as a new wave of production looms.
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Job Openings Slipped in March as Labor Market Continued Easing
The ratio of open jobs to available unemployed workers fell to the lowest level since October 2021.
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Cómo acabar con las juntas interminables
Algunos gerentes están hallando nuevas formas de ayudar a sus empleados a recuperar tiempo, incluidos los días obligatorios sin reuniones.