đź”’ McKinsey’s Seoul soiree masks consulting industry’s wildest headwinds in years
McKinsey and the $860 billion management consulting industry grapples with budget cuts and layoffs amid ethics scandals.
McKinsey and the $860 billion management consulting industry grapples with budget cuts and layoffs amid ethics scandals.
Luxury property markets and unpredictable inflation are fuelling a shift within global cities – prime property in 2023 is facing dicey fluctuations worldwide.
Global direct real estate investment returned to pre-recession levels in 2014 and should reach about $1 trillion annually within five years.
Emerging-market stocks rose for the first time in five days as Tencent Holdings Ltd. paced gains for technology stocks, countering declines in energy shares. Indonesia’s rupiah led developing-nation currencies lower.
The longer-term graph of the gold price is ugly. Down a full third in the last two years, bullion failed to react to any of its normal stimuli from inflationary fears around Quantitative Easing through to geopolitical concerns sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah was arrested Tuesday for delaying a flight with a tantrum over snacks in a “nut rage” incident that caused a national uproar, according to a media report.
Every year, hundreds of North Koreans risk their lives escaping the reclusive nation, but the profile of those braving the dangerous border crossing has changed markedly from the famine-driven refugees of the past.
Like people all over the world, the Biznews community was fascinated with a story dubbed “Nutgate” featuring the bossy daughter of the Korean Air Lines CEO. The story has an interesting update. South Korean prosecutors now want her arrested.
UPDATE: The story went global. With interesting consequences. The bullying daughter of the airline’s CEO has resigned.
While strikes are never good news, not for the economy, sector, company or employees involved, at least this one isn’t on South African soil. Reports say that more than 20,000 unionised workers at Hyundai Motor’s plants staged a walk-out that will cost the group more than R1bn. That’s a lot of Rands. We’ll now get … Read more