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Recent evidence for the US finds that higher AI job postings reduce municipal bond yields, particularly for longer-maturity and lower-rated bonds. This column shows that in five non-US OECD countries, …
When AI meets local debt Read More
Chinese tech giants are quietly shrinking their workforce — echoing a pattern playing out in Silicon Valley. In 2025, e-commerce major Alibabai reduced its head count by 34% as it continues to axe …
The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants Read More
Adoption of artificial intelligence is on the rise worldwide, but the pace is uneven. As the global economy shifts increasingly toward AI-driven production and processes, wealthier nations are reaping the …
From Chile to the Philippines, meet the people pushing back on AI Read More
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has welcomed the announcement that the Government is to roll back on the ‘opt-out’ exception to copyright for artificial intelligence training. An ‘opt-out’ exception was …
Equity welcomes government’s shift in AI copyright policy Read More
It’s Saturday night in Manila, but 25-year-old Chris, who just graduated with a master’s degree, is not getting ready to party. His chair at a call center awaits him, so …
Philippines, the call‑center capital: Taking a deluge of calls for under $2 an hour Read More
A year ago, engineers at Snowflake, the American cloud-based data platform, still spent part of their day on routine tasks – such as scanning dashboards to ensure systems were running …
The new boss at work may not be human Read More
The United Auto Workers (UAW) have just marked one of the most important milestones in the union’s history: they have officially reached a tentative agreement on a first contract with …
The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South Read More
Six weeks before the US launched its brazen mission to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, a spy plane called the Rivet Joint was detected flying figure-of-eight loops above the Atlantic …
Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea Read More
SHOMPOLE, Kenya, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The dozens of cow and goat carcasses scattered around Maria Katanga’s family compound testify to the grinding impact of an ongoing drought on Kenya’s …
Drought spreads beyond Kenya’s arid north, plunging herders into crisis Read More
On 25 December, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) mobilized a nationwide flash strike, with nearly 40,000 delivery workers from platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon participating across …
India’s Gig Workers Strike for Dignity and Protection Read More