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...Deloitte’s workforce increased 11 per cent over the 12 months, to 457,000 globally....
...“It’s a huge collection of a lot of little things the workforce did; again they did it,” he told the FT....
...Danny Tan joined Ashurst as Asia-Pacific head of investment funds in Singapore after leading the private funds team at Allen & Gledhill....
...FT Trading Room reports on the debate on whether to close down stock exchanges as swings in prices become disorderly and institutions with depleted workforces are unable to cope with heavy volumes....
...typical windowless cubicles used by traditional large Chinese companies, the country’s co-working spaces compete on providing “increasingly innovative, fun and rich communities to their demanding millennial workforces...
...Since Westinghouse entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March last year, it has announced plans to cut about 1,500 jobs from its workforce of about 11,500, given up on acting as a lead contractor...
...Research by the Financial Times last year found that while women made up 51 per cent of Citi’s global workforce, they made up 42 per cent of mid-level executives and 43 per cent of seniors....
...A large part of the skilled workforce, as well as many utility-industry technical experts, supervisors and managers are ageing into retirement....
...HNA, controlled by billionaire Chen Feng, now boasts global assets of $90bn and annual revenues of $30bn, with an international workforce of nearly 200,000 employees....
...Demographic analysis by Standard & Poor’s has found that ageing populations across emerging markets are forcing governments to increase access to healthcare while relying on a shrinking workforce to pay...
...Keppel Corporation, the world’s biggest manufacturer of jackup rigs, cut 17 per cent, or about 6,000, of its global workforce last year and reduced its subcontracted Singapore workforce by 24 per cent, or...
...However, as market turmoil took hold last summer, the industry was affected by outflows and falling asset prices, leaving it with less money to pay a larger workforce....
...“Order entry is critical and some of the best typists were those who had left the workforce,” says Joel Rudich, who worked for her in the 1980s....
...BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s annual pay fell 40 per cent last year because of workforce deaths and missed financial targets at the world’s most valuable mining group....
...Novo Banco, with total assets of €65bn, was created last August as the “good bank” rescued from the collapse of BES, including its branch network and workforce....
...(WSJ) “Kellogg said Monday that it will cut about 2,000 jobs, or 7% of its global workforce, over the next four years as part of a billion-dollar cost-cutting plan.”...
...Geographically diverse, the company stands to benefit as the emerging world urbanises, the middle class grows and more women join the workforce....
...It shows wide variations in hiring intentions for the next three months – employers in 32 of the 42 countries surveyed expect to add to their workforces but European organisations are in “wait and see” mode...
...But some think even this does not go far enough: Mr Prozesky suggests it needs to cut 40-50 per cent of its workforce in total. The main reason for its problems is an ill-timed expansion....
...The changes come just a week after Getco revealed that it had shed nearly 10 per cent of its workforce in a heavy round of job cuts that included the sacking of some senior employees....
...The FTSE Eurofirst 300 is down 0.4 per cent after the FTSE Asia Pacific index added 0.4 per cent, taking its gains since the end of November to 3.6 per cent....
...Last week it emerged Getco, the US group, was cutting 10 per cent of its workforce....
...“We change the shape of the workforce on an ongoing basis,” Mr McDonald said....
...The cuts were fewer than anticipated, with sources indicating last week that 8,000-10,000 jobs could be cut from a global workforce that totalled 73,400 at the end of April....
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