Watchdogs take a swipe at Apple Pay
THERE IS NOT yet an app to keep track of the growing number of antitrust complaints against Apple. But perhaps there should be. On May 2nd the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, added another to the pile. Following an investigation begun in 2020, it sent the smartphone-maker a “statement of objections”, saying that, in…
Will an ever feebler currency save or sink Japan’s economy?
The last time the Japanese yen dipped below 130 to the American dollar, in 2002, China’s economy was smaller than France’s, Vladimir Putin was meeting Western officials with a smile, and the rapper Eminem was atop the pop-music charts. The yen’s slide to that abyss, first reached on April 28th and every day since, has…
How Can Landlords Protect Themselves From Reckless Tenants?
Reckless tenants can quickly land their landlords in serious trouble, taking some time to correct. They may not miss their rents, flout any law, or constitute a nuisance in the neighborhood, but they always forget to turn off the tap or bring friends of questionable character into their apartment. The result is often colossal damage…
Turkey’s president woos the Saudi crown prince
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government badly needs moneyTHE FIRST requirement was to sweep a murder case under the carpet. On April 7th a court in Istanbul suspended the trial of 26 Saudis accused of killing Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist, in Turkey in 2018, and transferred the file back to Saudi Arabia. Prince Muhammad bin…
What is the importance of a chef’s hat?
A lot of workplaces require wearing a special staff uniform; this includes the healthcare industry, the banking and finance industry, the defense industry, manufacturing facilities, among many other industries. Some of these workplaces enforce the adoption of uniforms, and others do not follow a particularly strict set of guidelines for them. In the foodservice, catering…