The proportion of remote workers who feel connected to their company’s mission or purpose slipped from 32 percent to 28 percent year over year, according to a Gallup survey of 9,000 employees this spring and summer.
Category: 12 September 2023
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SPOTLIGHT: EUROPE GOING DOWN
The HCOB purchasing managers index (PMI), which measures business activity across the 19-country Eurozone, sank to 47 in August, its lowest in 33 months, after the ongoing slump in manufacturing was joined by an unexpected contraction in services.
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WAR AGAINST THE NATURALLY HUMAN CONTINUES: WIRED PUSHES IDEA THAT DESIRING BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN IS “IMMORAL”
“Most people say they want their kids to be their own genetic offspring—but such a desire is in conflict with other evolving values around parenting and family.”
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EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WANT NO PEACE IN UKRAINE: NAZI TIME?
There’s a growing sense in the West that the war in Ukraine is not going well for the West, and Eastern European countries—the loudest “supporters” of Kyiv—are fearful of the reality that Russia could emerge from the conflict much stronger and more assertive in the region.
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WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY TAKE YOU TO WAR: ISRAEL, U.S. PRACTICE STRIKING IRANIAN TARGETS
The U.S. and Israel are preparing to come together—once again—to practice attacking Iranian targets in the next few months that will simulate responding to a multi-front missile attack from Iran and separate attacks on nuclear facilities, according to a report.
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GERMANY’S 2024 BUDGET TAKES AIM AT MIDDLE CLASS AS COUNTRY WAGES WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
Berlin has declared war on Russia and on the average German.
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KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO DOESN’T KNOW DICK SHIT ABOUT NUCLEAR WASTE, BLAMES CHINA FOR RAISING CONCERNS OVER JAPAN’S TOXIC DUMP INTO PACIFIC
Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House of Representatives speaker with about as much knowledge on nuclear waste as your mailman, visited Japan this week and endorsed Tokyo’s move to dump toxic waste from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific, and criticized China for raising concerns.
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ROMANIA SAYS PARTS OF RUSSIAN DRONE FELL ON TERRITORY, AFTER FIRST DENYING
It didn’t take long for Romania to change its tune.
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THE RISING SUN: JAPAN TO SPEND RECORD $53 BILLION ON DEFENSE
Japan, the U.S.’s WWII enemy who bombed Pearl Harbor and killed tens of millions across Asia, will spend $53 billion in 2024 to beef up its military in the perceived threat of China and North Korea—much to the delight of Washington.
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NIGER: FRENCH FORCES ARE PREPARING ‘INTERVENTION’ AFTER COUP
Niger’s new leadership—that has been in place after the July coup in the former French colony—has accused Paris of amassing forces and military equipment in nearby countries—raising the risk of a military intervention that could further destabilize the country.