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Don’t buy the bull market in belief

by Duncan MacInnes | Dec 13, 2022 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters2

After reaching extraordinary valuations, zeitgeist stocks are yet to return to reasonable levels. In the classic Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street, Kris Kringle is on trial for claiming to be the real Santa Claus. His defence lawyer says, “If this court finds that...

WFH has serious hidden costs

by Len Shackleton | Dec 12, 2022 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

‘Flexible working’ could mean many things. To employers such as the train-operating companies, it might mean unions which are prepared to change rigid rostering systems dating back decades. To other employers it might mean employing people who are prepared to put in...

Corporate debt and the global economy

by Aymen Smondel and Mohamad Hassan Shahrour | Dec 8, 2022 | The Professor

A global economy at a standstill, populations confined and hospitals overcrowded are the consequences of an unprecedented health crisis. A rescue plan is needed and recovery measures are crucial. The health and economic situations have imposed crisis management,...

Five ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

by Paul Cureton and Ole B Jensen | Dec 7, 2022 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Drones are already shaping the face of our cities – used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK’s Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited understanding of how drones might be...

Walking a crowded street in gratitude

by Garrison Keillor | Dec 7, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

It surprises me, a man of pen and paper, that Twitter requires regular maintenance and without the attention of veteran software engineers could easily crash, leaving millions of twitterers to write notes on paper. And would they be able to write with a pen, or would...