McDonald’s faces an uphill battle in a case where it wants regulators to determine that it is not a joint employer of its franchisees’ workers. The implications for the franchise industry are potentially huge, experts say.
McDonald’s faces an uphill battle in a case where it wants regulators to determine that it is not a joint employer of its franchisees’ workers. The implications for the franchise industry are potentially huge, experts say.
Does the European Union (EU) offer any lessons to the ASEAN members as they explore closer economic integration? In this opinion piece, Rolf J. Langhammer, a professor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, draws parallels between the two to explore that question.
In this opinion piece, Stephen Groff, the Asian Development Bank’s vice president for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, argues that regional cooperation is the best way forward.
In this opinion piece, Malcolm Cook, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, explores — and explodes — three myths about the ASEAN countries’ relationships with China, the U.S. and one another.
John Lee, author of ‘Will China Fail?,’ believes that the ASEAN countries — with a couple of exceptions — could move closer to the U.S. to counter Chinese influence.
China’s slowing economy is battling falling exports, looming job layoffs and a potential real estate bubble. What steps can the government take?
Despite cultural speed bumps, relations between the two countries have improved dramatically in the past two years — and are likely to grow stronger.
India’s latest Union Budget provides an array of incentives for agriculture in the hope that increased rural consumption will boost GDP growth.
Wharton professor Peter Conti-Brown demystifies the U.S. Federal Reserve in a new book.
The European Union’s slow-motion crisis is starting to pick up speed. The flow of migrants, both from war-torn countries on Europe’s periphery and from poorer EU countries to wealthier ones, is causing bickering over borders in an alliance where borders were supposed to vanish. Thomas Piketty and others have suggested…Read More
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