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1 – 10 of 18The union represents some 340,000 workers at UPS, the largest US package delivery company. The United States is experiencing a rise in strikes and work stoppages espite low union…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280183
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With many US colleges and universities lacking endowments and already struggling financially, the expected decline in enrolments in the coming years will pose additional…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279667
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However, interest-rate-sensitive sectors such as home improvement are suffering the largest sales declines, according to weekly credit-card spending data. Housing prices also are…
UNITED STATES: Politics could lead to skills gap
Immigration policy has become a key issue in the US presidential primaries, upending the Republican nomination contest and fuelling the rise of 'outsider' candidate Donald Trump…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205859
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UNITED STATES: Services sector will drive GDP rebound
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES210373
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Trump on March 16 ordered social distancing and many businesses’ closure for 15 days, to slow COVID-19’s spread and avoid overwhelming hospitals. Transport, tourism, leisure…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251565
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The pandemic has plunged Canada into recession. Employment rolls shrank from 19.2 million (mn) in February to 16.2mn in April. Although they rose to 16.5mn in May, concerns about…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253389
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UNITED STATES: Manufacturing to prove a growth drag
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES209731
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These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…