Tag: GDP

  • Legalized Sports Betting Is A New Job Market In The USA

    Legalized Sports Betting Is A New Job Market In The USA

    A few years ago, on May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court decided to back New Jersey’s bid, allowing any state in the US to legalize sports betting. The Supreme Court overthrew PASPA – Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 –  a law that was supposed to define the legal status of sports betting…

  • How Sixty Percent Of Consumers Have Changed Shopping Behaviors Due To Covid

    How Sixty Percent Of Consumers Have Changed Shopping Behaviors Due To Covid

    Global Consumer Spending to Plunge by 8.6% to $44.3trn by end of 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has changed almost every aspect of people’s daily lives, and consumer spending is no exception. The uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis caused considerable changes in consumer habits, forcing them to cut down their budgets and prioritize spending. According to…

  • Violence Against Women Costs Lesotho South Africa $113 Million USD Annually

    Violence Against Women Costs Lesotho South Africa $113 Million USD Annually

    A recent Commonwealth report has revealed violence against women and girls costs Lesotho more than $113 million (about 1.9 billion Lesotho loti) a year. The report estimates the total cost, including loss of income and expenses associated with medical, legal and police support, equates to around 5.5 per cent of Lesotho’s gross domestic product (GDP). The cost…

  • How We Set In Motion Coffee Global Business

    How We Set In Motion Coffee Global Business

    If you are like me- someone who has drunk much more than one coffee in your life, you might be interested in pondering this question: Why do you think the multi-billion-dollar global coffee industry can be a losing business for the growers, whose hands till the land from where coffee starts? In fact, if you…

  • Ontario Takes Historic Action To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 Hour By 2019

    Ontario Takes Historic Action To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 Hour By 2019

    Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs- $15 Minimum Wage and Equal Pay for Part-Time and Full-Time Workers Part of Plan to Help People Get Ahead in a Changing Economy May 30, 2017 10:20 A.M. Ontario is taking historic action to create more opportunity and security for workers with a plan for Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs. This…

  • Ontario Boosts Transit Funding Across Province Doubles Municipal Share Gas Tax

    Ontario Boosts Transit Funding Across Province Doubles Municipal Share Gas Tax

    Ontario is boosting support for nearly 100 cities and towns across the province, providing them with reliable, long-term funding to improve and expand their local transit systems and offer more travel options for commuters and families. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca were at York Region Transit’s Richmond Hill facility today to…

  • Circular Economy Is New Direction For Waste Free Ontario

    Circular Economy Is New Direction For Waste Free Ontario

    In late Spring 2016, Ontario passed legislation to divert more waste from landfills, create jobs, help fight climate change and lead towards a waste-free province. Currently, Ontario is producing too much waste, and not recycling enough. Over eight million tonnes of waste is sent to landfill each year. Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Ontario’s waste…