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AI agents are turning Salesforce and SAP into rivals

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE is an unlikely source of hubbub. Bringing up CRM or ERP in conversation has usually been a reliable way to be left alone. But not these days, especially if you...

Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday

“Ja, ja, ja, now we’re gonna spit on our hands, we will increase the gross national product!” is the refrain from Geier Sturzflug’s biggest hit. The band’s “Gross National Product” topped Germany’s...

Which universities will be hit hardest by Trump’s war on foreign students?

If college presidents were hoping Donald Trump would tire of lambasting America’s universities, recent tirades against international students have left them freshly agog. In May the administration said it would no longer...

Even as the Murdochs bitterly feud, their empire thrives

Nothing in Fox’s television schedules last year was quite as exciting—or, at times, as profane—as the drama that played out in a closed probate court in Reno, Nevada. Rupert Murdoch, the now...

A short guide to salary negotiations

Talking about how much money you earn is uncomfortable for many people. But there are moments when it is an unavoidable topic of conversation. When you take a new job or learn...

Can Korea Inc step up?

SOUTH KOREANS would rather forget most of the past 12 months. Thousands of doctors and teachers took to the streets to air assorted grievances. Catastrophic summer floods ravaged swathes of the country....

Europe’s attempted bonfire of red tape is impressing no one

A couple of years ago DP World, an Emirati ports group with vast operations in Europe, began work to meet European Union rules on sustainability reporting and due diligence. The company had...

Will European business turn away from America?

If the European Union was, as Donald Trump claims, formed “to screw the United States”, nobody told its companies. The stock of foreign direct investment in America held by EU businesses reached...

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