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new video loaded: The Lasting Cost of Graduating Into a Tough Job MarketSydney Ember, a Times business reporter, has been speaking with recent college graduates struggling to find work. She explains how starting a career in a weak job market can leave lasting scars on wages and opportunities.By Sydney Ember, Nour Idriss and Stephanie SwartJune 5, 2026
“Hopefully we can do another act with Mónica Oltra.” It was April 9 and Gabriel Rufián, ERC spokesperson in Congress, shared the stage in Barcelona with Podemos MEP Irene Montero. The party has just been left out of the Cortes of Castilla y León and from Madrid its leadership began to strongly agitate the idea of an electoral tandem between the two. Rufian, the preferred political leader among the progressive electorate to lead a unity candidacy on the left, extended his hand to also attract the former Valencian vice president to the debate. The idea has taken almost two months…
Between skepticism and irrational expectations of salvation: In many places, the AI transformation in Germany is proceeding in an unstructured manner and without a strategy. How can HR find better approaches? A comment. Maybe you feel the same way – sooner or later, in many conversations, whether at work or with friends, the topic of artificial intelligence comes up. The emotional mix is characterized by amazement at the abilities, skepticism regarding ethical questions and mixed feelings about the impact on the future world of work. The numerous stories and anecdotes about the short-sightedness and naivety with which many employers appear…
The rain has ruined the first day of Primavera Sound Barcelona, which started on Wednesday, with the opening concerts. At 8:45 p.m. this Thursday, just after Ravyn Lenae’s performance ended and Alex G’s concert was about to begin, the festival organization projected a message on the screens of its two main stages warning that the activity was temporarily suspended due to bad weather. It was not until shortly after 11 p.m. that the organization announced that Massive Attack would perform late into the night, two and a half hours later than planned. However, around 1:00 he announced that it was…
Pedro Sánchez currently maintains his confidence in both the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the director of the Civil Guard, Mercedes González, despite the enormous political pressure on them, with the PP calling for their resignation, after the publication of a UCO report in which it is noted that the latter had three meetings with Leire Díez, an alleged spy in the pay of the PSOE. The UCO maintains that after these appointments there were movements to hinder the investigations that affected the president’s family, and it does so based on Leire’s own communications. Continue reading
Mr. Lin left to start his own production companies, which generated a run of high-profile projects including “Aladdin,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “It” and “The Two Popes.” He was considered for a job overseeing the DC Comics film empire in 2022, helping to elevate his profile as a major executive when Netflix went looking for someone to succeed Mr. Stuber in 2024.After joining the streamer, Mr. Lin recalled some advice Mr. Horn had once given him: Always return phone calls, and always tell the truth. In Hollywood, where artifice is standard and egos are fragile, most operators understand that truth is…
David Sánchez, brother of the President of the Government, denied this Thursday before the court trying him for the alleged irregularities in the awarding of positions in the Badajoz Provincial Council to him in 2017 and to a friend of his in 2023 that he had the capacity to “influence anything.” Sánchez, whose statement only lasted 10 minutes when answering only the questions of his defense lawyer, has highlighted the work he did to face the accusations of absenteeism from work that the popular accusations use as an indication against him in the accusations of influence peddling and prevarication for…
The trial for the alleged irregularities in the hiring of David Sánchez, brother of the President of the Government, in the Badajoz Provincial Council reaches one of the climaxes with the statement of Sánchez and Miguel Ángel Gallardo, president of the Provincial Council at that time. Gallardo has denied that Pedro Sánchez ever contacted him about the position that was finally awarded to his brother. At that time “I wasn’t even aware that I had siblings,” Gallardo said. Previously, in a short interrogation, David Sánchez denied that he had the capacity to hire his friend Luis Carrero when a position…
Free snacks, canteen subsidies, company parties – all of this has tax pitfalls. Which rules apply, where the exemption limits are and how HR and Payroll avoid typical mistakes. Butter pretzels for a meeting or mozzarella sticks for a meeting: If an employer gives snacks to teams or the entire workforce, the employees usually like it. At the same time, a sense of proportion is required here: When providing meals to employees free of charge or at a reduced price, all sorts of tax and social security regulations must be taken into account in Germany. This is because the legislature…
In a flash, the striking teachers camped in the Plaza de la Virgen de Valenca to demand that the Consell negotiate their demands have raised their more than 70 tents in the center of the agora and have placed them on the sides of the public space, without losing sight of the Palau de la Generalitat. The teachers’ assembly decided this Wednesday around 9:30 p.m. to clear the center of the square so as not to interfere with the celebrations of the city’s popular Corpus Christi festival, which is 700 years old. Continue reading