Jeans What are the perfect jeans, if you could only own 1 pair? Timeless, soft & comfy for travel, smart enough for the office, & chic to wear to dinner. 2016 global jeans sales >$40bn (£31bn). Premium denim is now 1 of the fastest growing segments in apparel. When he made his blue jeans…
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Jobs theft Did the digital spreadsheet steal jobs? Yes & No. The 1978 invention replaced 2-page spreads in paper ledgers overnight & re-defined accountancy. 400,000 US bookkeeper/ accounts clerk jobs – calculate, fill-in, check, correct – ended. But as accounting became cheaper, more demand & 600,000 jobs for other types of accountant appeared. No need…
Junk rating Financial crisis couldn’t have occurred without the rating agencies. 89% of Moody’s 2007 investment-grade securities later classed as junk. Yet S&P, Moody’s and Fitch still control 96% of global market, and make debt-issuer pay for their ratings. Guessed the Word? Series 11 (1/4) [photo: Alexas_Fotos]