The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession

Maybe it will start with a failed initial public offering, followed by the revelation of widespread fraud in Silicon Valley. Perhaps energy prices will spike, sapping the finances of anyone who drives a car to work. Maybe a foreign crisis will cause a credit crunch, or President Trump will spark a global trade war. A recession might seem like a distant concern, with the latest data showing that the current, extraordinarily economic long expansion just keeps humming along.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/next-recession-prepared/544391/?source=Snapzu

Samsung now offers an Enterprise Edition of the Note 8 for business

The push to let employees bring their own devices to work has been underway for some time now — in fact, it’s a big part of what ultimately doomed enterprise-focused companies like BlackBerry’s hardware businesses. Samsung’s been walking the line for a while as well, rolling out enterprise features like Knox security for its consumer handsets, along with accessories like DeX, designed to convert the phones into makeshift desktop computers.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/01/samsung-now-offers-an-enterprise-edition-of-the-note-8-for-business/?source=Snapzu

Animal rights activists and Inuit clash over Canada’s Indigenous food traditions

Seal meat on a Toronto restaurant’s menu has stirred up a decades-long conflict over anti-hunting campaigns, which the Inuit say threaten their existence. By Selena Randhawa.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/01/animal-rights-activists-inuit-clash-canada-indigenous-food-traditions?source=Snapzu

Japanese firm gives non-smokers extra six days holiday

A Japanese company is granting its non-smoking staff an additional six days of holiday a year to make up for the time off smokers take for cigarette breaks. Marketing firm Piala Inc introduced the new paid leave allowance in September after non-smokers complained they were working more than their colleagues who smoked.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japanese-firm-piala-inc-tokyo-non-smokers-extra-six-days-holiday-cigarette-break-a8028541.html?source=Snapzu

What’s the Economic Cost of Brexit? Pineapples Tell a Tale

As Britain pursues an exit from the European Union, higher costs on imported goods and uncertainty about trade have conspired to weaken its economy.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/business/brexit-economic-cost-imports.html?source=Snapzu

Why Don’t We Build Amazon a Goddamn Stargate While We’re at It

Governor Eric Greitens made a big futuristic splash yesterday when his office announced that a hypothetical Hyperloop would be included in the state of Missouri’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. By Daniel Hill. (Oct. 20, 2017)
Read more: https://m.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2017/10/20/why-dont-we-build-amazon-a-goddamn-stargate-while-were-at-it?source=Snapzu

Gordon Brown: Bankers should have been jailed for role in financial crisis

Gordon Brown has claimed bankers should have been jailed for their fraudulent and dishonest behaviour during the financial crisis that led to Britain’s deepest post-war recession and his defeat in the 2010 general election. The Labour former prime minister used the second extract from his memoirs to warn that the failure to take a tougher line with wrongdoing – as pursued by other countries – has made it inevitable that rogue bankers will again gamble with public money.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/31/gordon-brown-bankers-should-have-been-jailed-for-role-in-financial-crisis?source=Snapzu