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Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms

Harvard Business Review

Students, workers, and retirees are protesting, targeting trains, airlines, retirement homes, universities, and government offices. last year, unemployment is slowly decreasing , and public finances are improving faster than anticipated. For a start, despite the discontent in some sectors, the French economy is not doing too badly.

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How the Best CEOs Get the Important Work Done

Harvard Business Review

And they constantly review the 60 percent to decide if really need to do them or can delegate them to others. ” At one Brazilian retailer, it’s “To give aspiring lower-class consumers the opportunity to own furniture, ‘white goods’ and consumer electronics by helping them solve their financing needs.”

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