Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak
为什么埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）是正确的：反对由J.D. Wong通过Mises Institute补贴Amtrakauth的案子，该研究所成立于54年前，Amtrak开始进行大胆的冒险，看看客车是否可以盈利。快进到今天，这个实验一直没有成功。政客经常制作赢得选票的路线，而不是吸引骑手。结果，自1971年开始以来，Amtrak一直在浪费纳税人的钱。然而，即使有了这种支持，Amtrak的损失也从2019财年的11.2亿美元飙升至2024财年的21.2亿美元。这种财务流失并不是什么新鲜事。美国客车已经亏损了79年。Amtrak断言，这是“实现运营盈利能力的轨道”。但是，这是一个秃头的谎言。
UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency
Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness.Read the full story, “UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency”, on globalissues.org →
Neochromosome and Opentrons develops new robotic system for antibody discovery
New platform integrates yeast-based synthetic biology and robotics to streamline antibody discovery, ‘eliminating lengthy steps and significantly reducing costs’ compared to traditional outsourcing Opentrons Labworks, a lab automation company with more than 10,000 robotic systems deployed, and Neoch
UK services sector shrinks for first time in 17 months amid Trump tariff fears
Smaller companies say costs of Rachel Reeves’s tax rises led to them lay off more workers in AprilBusiness live – latest updatesA 17-month period of expansion in the UK’s services sector came to an abrupt end in April as uncertainty created by Donald Trump’s tariff war hit new orders and exports.A p
保険型投資商品等の利回りは、良好だったが（～2023 欧州）－４年通算ではインフレ率より低い。（EIOPAの報告書の紹介）
■总结目前，正在考虑将有助于节省等效保险和欧洲退休金的保单足以在退休后获得资金。因此，重要的是要确保保险和养老金产品的水平以及系统构建和政策以及系统构建和政策。可以看到的文件之一是EIOOPA（欧洲保险和公司养老金监督当局）宣布了2023年4月15日至2023年的保险型投资产品的收益和成本和成本。收益率良好，但由于它们低于通货膨胀，因此可以说，它们实际上是负面的。 ■内容表1引入2个保险类型投资产品的状态1-销售量的销售量2年2023年2023年的总收益量或2019 - 2023年的总收支最近报告1中提到的退休养老金系统（IORP）5解决的国家4循环状况，欧洲的政策目前将在目前考虑退休后确
US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs
Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices highFor many Americans celebrating Easter, the holiday is incomplete without chocolate: chocolate bunnies and eggs, bars tucked into Easter baskets, candy hidden in plastic eggs for Easte
Jamie Dimon Urges Quick Resolution To Tariff Standoff
Jamie Dimon Urges Quick Resolution To Tariff StandoffThere was a brief glimmer of hope for equity futures this morning, when amid the market rout, JPM CEO Jamie Dimon urged a quick resolution to the uncertainties sparked by Trump’s tariffs and warned against a potentially “disastrous” fragmentation
Who Should Pay for Ozempic Is the Next Big Workplace Fight
有关减肥药物保险覆盖的问题，随着WSJ期刊的Callum Borchers越便宜的替代品，越来越强烈。摘录：“有些公司已遏制或结束覆盖量，用于减肥治疗，称为GLP-1。”“有些雇主说，只有在较小的工作人员身上足够长时间，覆盖减肥药物的前期成本只有在肥胖症的其他与肥胖相关的条件（像心脏病和关节型替代）的情况下持续了很多。健康转变联盟首席执行官罗伯特·安德鲁斯（Robert Andrews）说：“患有2型糖尿病的人至少要减肥药物的患者的心脏病发作，中风和急诊室就诊少于没有服用同样的药物的糖尿病患者的糖尿病。扣押后每月大约每月约650美元。” "sustaining the fat-burning
Ljubljana Airport seeks China flights
ljubljanajožepučnik机场正在积极寻求通过吸引中国航空公司来提高其连通性，但是，它预计需要时间的过程，任何具体的发展在不久的将来都不太可能。 Speaking to the “Finance” business daily, Ljubljana Airport’s Head of Airline Management, Janez Krašnja, said, “We've been in talks with Chinese carriers for years about launching flights to Ljubljana. However, long-haul
Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety university will capitulate to Trump
Harvard weighs costs of standing up to president as other elite schools, such as Princeton, signal they won’t concedeThe day after the Trump administration announced a review of $9bn in federal contracts and grants with Harvard University due to what it claimed was the university’s failure to combat
Yemen: What has a decade of military intervention achieved?
也门：十年的军事干预实现了什么？ 2025年4月10日至2:00 pm至3:00 Pmanymon（未经验证）2025年4月1日在线专家研究了十年的区域和国际军事干预对也门的影响以及对该国未来的影响。最近，美国对也门的空中袭击信号在正在进行的冲突中发生了巨大的转变。 2015年3月，在西方军事和情报支持的情况下，沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋领导的阿拉伯联盟发起了一场重大的军事运动，即决定性的风暴。该运动旨在推迟伊朗支持的胡塞（Houthi）在2014年9月占领也门的首都萨那（Sanaa）之后。尽管与2022年4月的也门总统理事会的形成平行的脆弱的停战局相似，但冲突才加深。区域和国际行为者越来越参与。该国
CBO Forecasts DOGE And AI Will Be Massive Failures: Sees US Debt Exploding As Productivity Collapses
CBO的预测，Doge和AI将是巨大的失败：认为，随着生产力倒塌的Doge倡议，美国债务爆炸将是史诗般的失败。 That's the message from the latest forecast by the "non-partisan" Congressional Budget Office which projected staggering increases in federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years, coupled with a collapse in population growth and prod
如此多的获胜：现代最新公司在一条长期内宣布在美国现代汽车公司投资数十亿美元的投资计划，计划在美国投资200亿美元，此举总统特朗普将在与路易斯安那州州长杰夫·兰德里（Jeff Landry）举行的白宫活动中强调，根据彭博的一部分，这项投资的一部分将为Louisiana的新钢厂提供资金。这一宣布是在日益加剧的贸易紧张局势之内出现的，特朗普将于4月2日在他认为对美国贸易利益不公平的目标国家提出互惠关税。Honundai的决策反映了外国公司增加美国产量的更广泛的趋势，以避免特朗普升级的关税威胁。半导体和药物。韩国被特朗普标记为贸易虐待者，可能是针对性的国家之一，尽管官员尚未发布最终清单。特朗普的积极关
Morgan Stanley Prepares To Cut 2,000 Jobs & "Water Down" DEI Initiatives
摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）准备裁员2,000个工作岗位和“水下” Dei Initiativesmorgan stanley将在本月底裁员约2,000个工作岗位，这是提高运营效率的广泛努力的一部分。同时，《华尔街日报》报道说，投资银行正在缩减或重组其多样性，公平性和包容性计划，以应对内部反击。熟悉即将到来的裁员的消息人士告诉彭博社，削减范围是裁员，除了其15,000名财务顾问外，削减。在市场动荡使纳斯达克100指数下跌7.3％之前，实施了80,000人银行的劳动力减少。 A spokesperson for the New York-based bank declined to
Crude prices lifted by US-Houthi attacks, as City watchdog decides to fine Crispin Odey £1.8m and ban him from the UK financial services industry for ‘a lack of integrity’Crispin Odey banned from City and handed £1.8m fine by FCAReeves to outline plan to cut regulation costs and boost growthNewsflas
United Nations New Efficiency Initiative is Aiming for Structural Changes to Operations
联合国，3月12日（IPS） - 有了足够的钢铁和混凝土，可以重建被粉碎到加沙地点的医院。 But a construction plan paired with an army of bulldozers will not be enough to reconstruct the entirety of Gaza's health care system, which, after many months of war, has been decimated by the Israeli military forces.Read the full story, “Gaza Counts Co
English councils seeking more help to pay for rise in Send transport costs
Exclusive: Costs particularly acute in more rural areas, where many children with special needs have to use taxisCouncils in England urgently need more money to help them pay for school transport for children with special needs.Many councils have told the Guardian that their obligations under the wi
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