Bloomberg India’s main services index rose to the highest level in five months in December as improving new work orders helped boost activity in the country’s dominant sector. The seasonally adjusted Markit India Services PMI index climbed to 53.3 from 52.7 in November, suggesting a strong end to the calendar year. The level was the highest since July. A reading ...

Centrifugal or centripetal, which force will prevail in the European Union (EU) in 2020? A lot suggests it’ll be the former, with the EU drifting apart. Its third-biggest member state is preparing to exit. Populists are railing against Brussels and want their “sovereignty” back. Conservatives in the north balk at deeper integration of the euro area. One woman who wants ...

From Google to Papa John’s to Buffalo Wings and Starbucks, more companies are introducing implicit bias training. These HR-sponsored courses are intended to foster diversity and inclusion by making employees more aware of unconsciously believed negative stereotypes. The idea is that if we can combat our underlying biases, we’ll decrease discriminatory behaviours at work and level the playing field for ...