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Merkel’s party accelerates leadership race

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will accelerate the process of appointing a new leader as the party struggles to emerge from political turmoil. A special party conference will be held to choose a successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on April 25, according to a CDU official. The party chairwoman who shocked Germany’s political establishment this month by abandoning ...

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Who’s afraid of Bernie Sanders in US elections?

The latest Post-ABC News poll, which shows Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with a 16-percentage-point lead over his nearest Democratic rival, former vice president Joe Biden, should settle at least one important question. It refutes the notion that most Democrats are focused single-mindedly on defeating President Trump — and that everything else is secondary. It turns out that everything else isn’t ...

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Resumes, a terrible way to hire people

Employers spend billions annually screening and assessing potential new hires, but they aren’t getting much for their money. As many as 95% of employers admit to hiring the wrong people each year. Worse, more than a third of employers report being unaware of the true costs of bad hires, which can reach as high as five times annual salary costs. ...

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