Gut bacteria may help combat nematode infestations in sheep
SHEEP FARMERS in Australia and New Zealand have a problem. Their charges are susceptible to intestinal nematode worms which cause them to waste away and can, in severe cases, kill them.Over the years, the worms have evolved resistance to drugs once used to attack them. But a second approach is to breed countermeasures into the…
How Can HR Tools Help Your Business? Here’s the Answer
HR tools have a wide range of use and are the technological solutions that can help you better manage your business and contribute to your daily HR activities in an effective and productive manner. Doing HR processes manually can take you loads of time, is cumbersome and will cause you headaches. In contrast to this,…
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…
The Fed’s balance-sheet is about to shrink. Wall Street is not ready
CONSIDER THE life of a Treasury bill or bond. Typically once or twice a week, a slew of fresh Treasuries are born. Their first home is usually, briefly, an investment bank’s dealing desk. Those dealers might hold onto a few for themselves, but generally distribute the bulk out to more permanent owners, like the bond…